U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2006:
All industries
South Carolina

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
South Carolina - All industries - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 83,945 105,296 1,633,441 52,189,166
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 47,200 47,270 80,004 2,490,176
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 15,542 15,710 102,354 2,618,024
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 9,282 9,650 123,061 3,326,901
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 7,769 9,703 285,089 8,302,184
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,905 4,979 225,580 6,638,997
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,247 17,984 817,353 28,812,884

 
 
South Carolina - All industries - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2006 detail 2006 83,945 14.2% 4.9% 2.7% 1,633,441 81.3% 63.8% 50.0%
link to 2005 detail 2005 82,938 13.8% 4.8% 2.6% 1,584,914 81.2% 63.9% 50.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 81,081 14.2% 4.9% 2.6% 1,560,573 81.0% 63.3% 50.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 79,493 14.2% 5.0% 2.7% 1,550,604 81.4% 64.3% 50.8%
link to 2002 detail 2002 78,608 14.1% 4.9% 2.7% 1,538,750 81.6% 64.8% 52.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 77,996 14.2% 5.0% 2.8% 1,596,385 82.2% 65.7% 53.3%
link to 2000 detail 2000 78,360 14.3% 5.0% 2.8% 1,601,532 82.2% 65.7% 53.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 77,896 13.9% 5.0% 2.8% 1,561,727 81.9% 65.8% 53.5%
link to 1998 detail 1998 77,017 13.6% 5.0% 2.8% 1,526,106 81.8% 66.0% 53.4%
  1997 76,049 13.7% 4.9% 2.7% 1,473,831 81.6% 65.3% 52.7%
  1996 74,045 13.2% 4.7% 2.7% 1,433,051 81.4% 65.5% 53.0%
  1995 72,073 13.2% 4.7% 2.6% 1,395,070 81.4% 65.5% 53.2%
  1994 70,271 13.1% 4.6% 2.5% 1,347,892 81.3% 65.5% 52.7%
  1993 68,738 13.0% 4.6% 2.5% 1,307,776 81.1% 65.3% 52.7%
  1992 66,970 13.1% 4.6% 2.5% 1,275,295 80.9% 65.2% 53.0%
  1991 65,914 13.0% 4.5% 2.5% 1,242,746 80.7% 64.7% 52.3%

 
 
South Carolina - All industries - by Sector
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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 83,945 14.2% 4.9% 2.7% 1,633,441 81.3% 63.8% 50.0%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 590 7.6% 2.0% 1.2% 4,276 37.3% D 4.3%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 63 36.5% 19.0% 14.3% 1,282 D D 53.7%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 100 37.0% 20.0% 9.0% 11,784 97.0% 89.9% 78.1%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 12,606 9.2% 1.5% 0.6% 118,318 60.1% 30.0% 16.6%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 3,868 37.9% 20.3% 12.1% 263,605 94.9% 84.6% 69.8%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 4,009 26.2% 14.0% 8.4% 67,865 80.3% 59.0% 42.8%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 11,778 12.0% 5.0% 3.4% 228,874 80.8% 68.3% 61.8%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 2,292 22.2% 13.1% 8.5% 55,271 88.3% 76.7% 66.9%
link to industry detail 51 Information 699 29.6% 19.3% 14.4% 27,792 93.1% 84.9% 76.2%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 3,397 14.0% 7.8% 5.2% 69,745 85.7% 75.2% 61.9%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 4,266 7.7% 4.4% 2.5% 29,044 66.0% 48.4% 30.0%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,820 8.9% 3.7% 2.1% 80,757 65.7% 47.1% 33.8%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 408 87.5% 74.3% 45.8% 26,507 D 97.6% 86.6%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 4,901 15.9% 7.4% 4.1% 140,155 88.2% 76.9% 58.4%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 910 23.7% 6.8% 4.1% 25,704 87.6% 62.7% 42.5%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 7,318 15.6% 4.6% 2.0% 197,901 83.1% 67.7% 52.4%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,429 21.6% 4.5% 1.8% 24,208 80.6% 38.4% 18.0%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 6,879 26.4% 5.7% 2.4% 181,191 83.5% 54.2% 36.2%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 10,464 8.3% 1.6% 0.9% 78,843 48.8% 17.9% 7.9%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 272 0.4%0.0 0.0 319 D 0.0 0.0

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