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 | 46,590 | 76,335 | 1,080,932 | 24,317,534 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 27,917 | 28,008 | 50,849 | 1,107,321 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 9,179 | 9,419 | 59,625 | 1,184,584 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,815 | 5,429 | 62,902 | 1,462,142 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,280 | 5,357 | 117,826 | 3,303,420 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 739 | 3,246 | 87,415 | 2,800,540 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 660 | 24,876 | 702,315 | 14,459,527 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 45,395 | 10.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1,170,986 | 85.1% | 74.8% | 67.3% |
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2006 | 46,072 | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,128,050 | 84.7% | 73.9% | 66.1% |
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2005 | 46,590 | 10.0% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,080,932 | 84.0% | 73.1% | 65.0% |
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2004 | 46,407 | 10.5% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,060,647 | 83.5% | 71.8% | 63.3% |
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2003 | 46,695 | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,036,012 | 83.1% | 71.2% | 62.3% |
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2002 | 47,270 | 10.2% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,049,021 | 83.1% | 71.8% | 63.0% |
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2001 | 46,936 | 10.4% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,049,439 | 83.1% | 71.3% | 62.8% |
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2000 | 46,471 | 10.4% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,021,190 | 82.6% | 70.6% | 61.6% |
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1999 | 46,112 | 10.3% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,006,271 | 82.5% | 70.6% | 62.0% |
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1998 | 46,550 | 10.3% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 977,718 | 81.8% | 69.7% | 60.8% |
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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 | 46,590 | 10.0% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,080,932 | 84.0% | 73.1% | 65.0% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 7,006 | 17.9% | 4.7% | 0.9% | 151,164 | 83.1% | 57.3% | 30.3% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 3,028 | 10.2% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 39,555 | 70.4% | 54.2% | 42.9% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 2,027 | 7.6% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 37,649 | 80.4% | 71.9% | 68.3% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 3,679 | 14.9% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 83,262 | 79.2% | 63.3% | 54.7% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 6,869 | 7.9% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 181,552 | 88.0% | 79.8% | 74.6% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 3,058 | 8.7% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 62,835 | 78.8% | 68.9% | 67.6% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 5,351 | 8.4% | 2.1% | 0.8% | 72,367 | 71.2% | 56.1% | 43.5% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 4,349 | 10.5% | 6.0% | 4.0% | 108,988 | 86.2% | 81.0% | 76.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 2,140 | 9.2% | 3.3% | 2.1% | 50,432 | 83.8% | 75.4% | 71.9% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 727 | 8.5% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 216,033 | 98.8% | 98.4% | 98.3% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 6,218 | 6.1% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 53,218 | 59.4% | 44.1% | 34.3% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 2,380 | 10.5% | 3.9% | 2.6% | 23,877 | 65.8% | 44.6% | 35.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |