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 | 47,994 | 72,986 | 1,056,865 | 25,287,461 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 31,927 | 32,013 | 55,026 | 1,378,929 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 8,379 | 8,507 | 54,284 | 1,186,072 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,812 | 4,165 | 49,680 | 1,237,940 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,574 | 3,945 | 96,116 | 2,977,739 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 663 | 2,314 | 73,098 | 2,647,816 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 639 | 22,042 | 728,661 | 15,858,965 |
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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 | 45,764 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 995,711 | 84.7% | 76.1% | 69.8% |
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2006 | 47,994 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1,056,865 | 85.0% | 75.9% | 68.9% |
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2005 | 48,111 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 987,307 | 84.0% | 74.6% | 67.4% |
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2004 | 47,384 | 8.2% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 960,282 | 83.4% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2003 | 46,488 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 919,700 | 83.3% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2002 | 46,459 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 908,648 | 83.2% | 73.4% | 66.6% |
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2001 | 45,510 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 915,111 | 83.3% | 73.3% | 66.9% |
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2000 | 44,046 | 8.7% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 902,523 | 83.3% | 73.0% | 66.4% |
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1999 | 43,887 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 888,690 | 83.0% | 72.8% | 66.3% |
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1998 | 44,233 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 872,452 | 82.4% | 71.9% | 65.3% |
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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 | 47,994 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1,056,865 | 85.0% | 75.9% | 68.9% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 6,259 | 15.8% | 4.8% | 1.0% | 134,192 | 86.1% | 62.3% | 34.5% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 3,785 | 8.1% | 3.0% | 1.7% | 41,516 | 67.3% | 52.1% | 43.9% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 2,277 | 6.2% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 31,377 | 77.2% | 66.9% | 63.2% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 3,765 | 13.1% | 3.1% | 1.3% | 84,279 | 82.1% | 66.5% | 60.0% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 6,645 | 6.1% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 207,688 | 90.6% | 85.3% | 81.6% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 3,319 | 7.7% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 86,696 | 86.2% | 79.7% | 78.1% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,071 | 5.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 43,300 | 73.9% | 67.7% | 59.1% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 5,906 | 7.9% | 4.4% | 3.0% | 113,661 | 82.9% | 77.7% | 73.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 2,756 | 6.6% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 34,132 | 72.3% | 62.7% | 59.3% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 617 | 6.5% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 177,336 | 99.1% | 98.8% | 98.8% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 6,888 | 5.5% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 72,083 | 68.2% | 57.1% | 52.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 2,872 | 7.3% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 30,605 | 73.0% | 58.1% | 45.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |