Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2006:
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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 | 76,669 | 113,307 | 1,700,802 | 45,771,768 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 44,947 | 45,141 | 78,978 | 2,136,916 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 15,247 | 15,560 | 100,265 | 2,263,918 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,384 | 9,197 | 109,992 | 2,772,428 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,161 | 9,094 | 234,148 | 7,398,174 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,262 | 4,959 | 168,470 | 6,222,994 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 668 | 29,356 | 1,008,949 | 24,977,338 |
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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 | 73,147 | 10.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,668,747 | 83.0% | 70.4% | 61.5% |
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2006 | 76,669 | 10.6% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,700,802 | 83.0% | 69.2% | 59.3% |
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2005 | 76,913 | 10.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,651,973 | 82.7% | 68.6% | 59.0% |
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2004 | 75,465 | 11.0% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,662,333 | 82.7% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
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2003 | 74,788 | 10.9% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,592,087 | 82.0% | 67.4% | 57.0% |
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2002 | 74,868 | 11.1% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,534,667 | 81.2% | 66.1% | 55.4% |
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2001 | 74,616 | 11.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,531,595 | 81.0% | 65.4% | 55.6% |
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2000 | 73,489 | 11.0% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,491,460 | 80.7% | 65.0% | 55.4% |
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1999 | 72,026 | 10.8% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,421,434 | 80.1% | 64.4% | 55.3% |
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1998 | 71,858 | 10.6% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,382,643 | 79.5% | 63.8% | 54.8% |
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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 | 76,669 | 10.6% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,700,802 | 83.0% | 69.2% | 59.3% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 8,651 | 22.1% | 6.1% | 0.8% | 221,147 | 86.6% | 57.2% | 24.4% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 5,461 | 10.5% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 68,401 | 69.7% | 47.7% | 36.3% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 3,787 | 8.0% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 66,696 | 79.8% | 68.3% | 61.0% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 5,630 | 15.7% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 138,201 | 81.4% | 62.9% | 53.2% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 13,325 | 9.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 335,872 | 86.3% | 74.7% | 67.0% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 5,137 | 8.9% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 115,182 | 82.1% | 72.1% | 68.3% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 5,305 | 9.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 62,126 | 56.5% | 34.8% | 24.0% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 9,109 | 8.2% | 3.4% | 2.1% | 209,895 | 85.1% | 78.1% | 72.6% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 4,681 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 78,879 | 76.2% | 62.4% | 55.0% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 1,382 | 5.7% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 260,249 | 98.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 10,380 | 6.7% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 91,754 | 59.5% | 42.4% | 34.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 4,191 | 12.3% | 3.3% | 1.7% | 52,400 | 71.5% | 45.0% | 30.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |