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 | 58,656 | 76,982 | 901,418 | 22,552,518 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 39,341 | 39,405 | 69,430 | 1,786,830 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 9,710 | 9,852 | 62,662 | 1,562,447 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,936 | 5,219 | 64,466 | 1,761,379 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,536 | 4,671 | 128,581 | 4,184,868 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 571 | 2,267 | 63,623 | 2,159,882 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 562 | 15,568 | 512,656 | 11,097,112 |
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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 | 57,108 | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 892,335 | 78.5% | 64.8% | 57.8% |
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2006 | 58,656 | 8.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 901,418 | 78.2% | 63.9% | 56.9% |
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2005 | 60,111 | 7.9% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 877,803 | 77.6% | 62.7% | 55.6% |
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2004 | 59,767 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 887,747 | 77.5% | 62.3% | 55.5% |
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2003 | 59,031 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 862,872 | 76.9% | 61.4% | 54.4% |
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2002 | 59,336 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 848,464 | 76.3% | 60.7% | 54.3% |
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2001 | 58,029 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 841,493 | 76.3% | 60.7% | 54.2% |
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2000 | 57,698 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 843,837 | 76.5% | 61.4% | 54.5% |
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1999 | 57,070 | 8.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 813,025 | 76.0% | 60.5% | 54.0% |
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1998 | 57,484 | 8.1% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 800,626 | 75.5% | 60.0% | 53.6% |
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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 | 58,656 | 8.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 901,418 | 78.2% | 63.9% | 56.9% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 4,505 | 22.4% | 3.4% | 0.9% | 81,186 | 80.6% | 35.8% | 15.7% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 3,242 | 7.7% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 31,435 | 63.8% | 48.4% | 37.9% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 2,422 | 4.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 28,275 | 75.0% | 65.9% | 62.5% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 4,064 | 12.0% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 67,905 | 74.8% | 55.0% | 45.4% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 14,498 | 5.9% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 197,703 | 77.6% | 64.3% | 57.9% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 4,386 | 7.0% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 82,955 | 78.4% | 69.4% | 66.4% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,346 | 4.6% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 32,855 | 59.4% | 49.3% | 40.3% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 7,833 | 8.0% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 141,252 | 82.8% | 74.2% | 68.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 3,017 | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 38,656 | 77.1% | 65.6% | 60.1% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 1,303 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 118,386 | 96.5% | 94.6% | 93.3% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 7,016 | 4.9% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 45,899 | 54.2% | 39.8% | 32.9% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 3,223 | 10.9% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 34,911 | 67.3% | 42.1% | 32.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |