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 | 14,817 | 16,012 | 271,190 | 17,776,046 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 7,913 | 7,917 | 13,663 | 777,819 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,368 | 2,383 | 15,479 | 844,590 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,592 | 1,609 | 20,980 | 1,227,938 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,702 | 1,819 | 58,285 | 3,285,005 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 594 | 783 | 51,252 | 2,985,586 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 648 | 1,501 | 111,531 | 8,655,108 |
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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 | 14,422 | 20.5% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 270,479 | 81.9% | 60.3% | 41.4% |
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2007 | 14,766 | 19.8% | 8.3% | 4.3% | 269,317 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.2% |
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2006 | 14,817 | 19.9% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 271,190 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.1% |
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2005 | 15,152 | 19.2% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 274,063 | 81.5% | 60.2% | 42.2% |
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2004 | 15,396 | 18.8% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 272,818 | 80.7% | 59.1% | 42.0% |
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2003 | 15,649 | 19.0% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 272,243 | 80.4% | 58.2% | 41.1% |
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2002 | 15,465 | 19.9% | 7.9% | 4.5% | 264,787 | 80.4% | 57.3% | 40.2% |
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2001 | 15,642 | 20.3% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 281,004 | 81.3% | 58.3% | 40.9% |
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2000 | 16,047 | 20.1% | 8.3% | 4.7% | 279,140 | 80.7% | 57.3% | 39.5% |
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1999 | 16,345 | 19.8% | 8.3% | 4.6% | 275,609 | 80.4% | 57.2% | 39.8% |
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1998 | 16,647 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 4.6% | 275,728 | 79.5% | 56.9% | 39.4% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 14,817 | 19.9% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 271,190 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.1% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 7,719 | 23.3% | 10.0% | 5.4% | 136,266 | 79.3% | 54.2% | 36.0% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 5,142 | 21.6% | 9.4% | 4.7% | 122,414 | 86.2% | 68.0% | 47.9% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,012 | 4.5% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 12,510 | 59.8% | 45.8% | 31.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |