Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 15,365 | 23,798 | 320,100 | 6,874,676 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 8,669 | 8,707 | 15,929 | 333,417 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,073 | 3,116 | 20,154 | 400,867 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,655 | 1,792 | 21,578 | 519,276 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,250 | 1,799 | 46,245 | 1,373,460 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 260 | 1,158 | 21,647 | 639,167 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 458 | 7,226 | 194,547 | 3,608,489 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 14,596 | 13.1% | 4.9% | 3.1% | 326,762 | 82.8% | 69.8% | 63.1% |
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2006 | 15,096 | 13.1% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 332,982 | 82.9% | 69.1% | 62.3% |
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2005 | 15,365 | 12.8% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 320,100 | 82.0% | 67.5% | 60.8% |
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2004 | 15,458 | 13.2% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 320,482 | 81.9% | 67.2% | 60.2% |
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2003 | 15,460 | 13.0% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 304,207 | 81.0% | 65.8% | 58.5% |
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2002 | 15,740 | 13.2% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 306,718 | 81.1% | 66.6% | 59.1% |
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2001 | 15,897 | 13.4% | 5.2% | 3.3% | 310,202 | 80.8% | 66.1% | 58.8% |
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2000 | 16,187 | 13.4% | 5.2% | 3.3% | 311,497 | 80.7% | 65.8% | 58.0% |
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1999 | 16,284 | 13.4% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 310,229 | 80.3% | 65.2% | 57.0% |
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1998 | 16,691 | 13.2% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 311,723 | 80.1% | 64.7% | 56.7% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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NAICS code |
Industry title (with link to definition) |
Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail Trade | 15,365 | 12.8% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 320,100 | 82.0% | 67.5% | 60.8% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 2,405 | 19.5% | 4.3% | 1.6% | 41,300 | 80.2% | 41.0% | 22.9% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 1,025 | 12.6% | 6.4% | 4.4% | 10,363 | 61.1% | 41.9% | 32.6% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 605 | 10.1% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 7,124 | 68.7% | 54.8% | 51.7% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 1,463 | 18.3% | 4.6% | 2.4% | 28,528 | 75.8% | 51.8% | 43.5% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 1,852 | 12.3% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 56,273 | 88.7% | 77.6% | 71.4% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 930 | 13.3% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 23,670 | 79.8% | 71.0% | 69.7% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,933 | 7.8% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 22,149 | 64.2% | 49.9% | 32.7% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 1,319 | 17.2% | 12.2% | 9.8% | 29,653 | 85.5% | 79.5% | 76.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 839 | 10.8% | 5.8% | 4.5% | 11,091 | 74.9% | D | 59.6% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 176 | 20.5% | 13.6% | 12.5% | 63,330 | 99.1% | D | 98.3% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,200 | 7.0% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 15,924 | 53.8% | 35.1% | 30.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 714 | 16.0% | 6.3% | 4.5% | 10,695 | 78.7% | 56.9% | 48.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |