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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
NAICS 44 - Retail Trade
South Carolina

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
South Carolina - Retail Trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 11,988 18,590 220,737 4,511,411
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 6,906 6,939 12,493 263,900
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,498 2,577 16,271 321,807
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,194 1,321 15,255 351,706
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 805 1,316 27,989 818,795
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 182 786 14,684 361,817
Firms with 500 employees or more 403 5,651 134,045 2,393,386

 
 
South Carolina - Retail trade - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 11,423 12.1% 5.2% 3.6% 236,741 81.7% 70.1% 64.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 11,778 12.0% 5.0% 3.4% 228,874 80.8% 68.3% 61.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 11,988 11.6% 4.9% 3.4% 220,737 80.1% 67.4% 60.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 12,008 12.1% 5.0% 3.4% 222,629 80.0% 67.0% 60.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 11,982 12.2% 5.1% 3.4% 215,143 79.5% 66.1% 59.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 11,998 12.0% 5.1% 3.6% 213,238 79.1% 66.4% 60.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 12,118 12.2% 5.3% 3.6% 218,946 79.4% 66.3% 59.6%
link to 2000 detail 2000 12,120 12.5% 5.2% 3.6% 223,955 79.7% 66.2% 59.8%
link to 1999 detail 1999 12,108 12.5% 5.1% 3.6% 217,761 79.3% 65.6% 59.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 12,301 12.3% 4.9% 3.5% 213,807 78.8% 65.1% 58.6%

 
 
South Carolina - Retail Trade - by Subsector
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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
44-45 Retail Trade 11,988 11.6% 4.9% 3.4% 220,737 80.1% 67.4% 60.7%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 1,883 17.7% 3.6% 1.5% 27,725 76.4% 37.0% 20.0%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 969 11.5% 5.4% 4.1% 8,458 53.4% 36.0% 32.7%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 502 7.8% 3.8% 3.2% 5,480 67.7% D 57.6%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,144 15.6% 4.6% 3.1% 20,336 75.6% 55.7% 50.6%
445 Food & beverage stores 1,334 8.3% 3.3% 2.3% 38,712 89.4% 82.8% 79.4%
446 Health & personal care stores 725 10.3% 4.4% 3.7% 14,872 77.9% 69.7% 69.3%
447 Gasoline stations 1,156 11.5% 4.4% 1.8% 17,823 72.5% 56.9% 37.4%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,285 16.3% 12.6% 10.4% 23,154 81.6% 75.7% 72.8%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 640 10.3% 6.3% 5.0% 7,221 67.5% 56.9% 52.6%
452 General merchandise stores 144 19.4% 16.7% 15.3% 41,020 98.8% D 98.3%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 1,767 6.2% 3.3% 1.9% 10,886 47.9% 36.3% 22.5%
454 Nonstore retailers 514 12.1% 5.4% 3.9% 5,050 65.5% 45.4% 23.0%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses Questions?