U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2006:
NAICS 44 - Retail Trade
South Carolina

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
South Carolina - Retail Trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 11,778 18,598 228,874 4,859,578
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 6,734 6,763 12,415 259,701
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,393 2,463 15,565 315,981
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,238 1,363 15,864 379,333
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 821 1,295 28,646 868,196
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 189 859 14,839 387,159
Firms with 500 employees or more 403 5,855 141,545 2,649,208

 
 
South Carolina - Retail trade - 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 2008 detail 2008 11,423 12.1% 5.2% 3.6% 236,741 81.7% 70.1% 64.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 11,778 12.0% 5.0% 3.4% 228,874 80.8% 68.3% 61.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 11,988 11.6% 4.9% 3.4% 220,737 80.1% 67.4% 60.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 12,008 12.1% 5.0% 3.4% 222,629 80.0% 67.0% 60.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 11,982 12.2% 5.1% 3.4% 215,143 79.5% 66.1% 59.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 11,998 12.0% 5.1% 3.6% 213,238 79.1% 66.4% 60.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 12,118 12.2% 5.3% 3.6% 218,946 79.4% 66.3% 59.6%
link to 2000 detail 2000 12,120 12.5% 5.2% 3.6% 223,955 79.7% 66.2% 59.8%
link to 1999 detail 1999 12,108 12.5% 5.1% 3.6% 217,761 79.3% 65.6% 59.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 12,301 12.3% 4.9% 3.5% 213,807 78.8% 65.1% 58.6%

 
 
South Carolina - Retail Trade - by Subsector
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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
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 +
44-45 Retail Trade 11,778 12.0% 5.0% 3.4% 228,874 80.8% 68.3% 61.8%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 1,843 18.3% 3.7% 1.5% 27,591 75.7% 35.8% 19.0%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 963 11.5% 5.5% 4.0% 8,572 54.4% 35.9% 32.0%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 476 9.0% 4.4% 3.8% 5,465 69.2% D 57.5%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,158 16.2% 5.1% 3.0% 23,029 77.6% 60.0% 53.7%
445 Food & beverage stores 1,322 8.9% 3.3% 2.3% 38,428 89.4% 82.5% 79.4%
446 Health & personal care stores 735 11.0% 4.8% 3.9% 16,028 78.9% 70.6% 70.2%
447 Gasoline stations 1,189 11.4% 4.1% 1.7% 18,514 73.7% 56.6% 34.4%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,247 16.4% 12.7% 10.6% 24,091 82.8% 77.4% 75.0%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 631 9.7% 6.2% 4.8% 7,153 67.0% 59.2% 54.4%
452 General merchandise stores 135 20.7% 16.3% 14.8% 44,046 99.1% D 98.5%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 1,662 6.7% 3.5% 2.2% 10,968 50.4% 37.9% 31.1%
454 Nonstore retailers 488 11.9% 5.9% 4.1% 4,989 64.8% 47.0% 23.0%

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