Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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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 | 7,764 | 11,467 | 141,751 | 3,024,405 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,091 | 4,101 | 7,738 | 155,949 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,771 | 1,797 | 11,693 | 233,361 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 930 | 1,028 | 12,160 | 277,293 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 569 | 975 | 18,762 | 500,833 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 117 | 584 | 9,972 | 227,085 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 286 | 2,982 | 81,426 | 1,629,884 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 7,764 | 12.5% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 141,751 | 77.7% | 64.5% | 57.4% |
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2006 | 8,048 | 12.6% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 145,047 | 77.3% | 63.2% | 56.6% |
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2005 | 8,420 | 12.0% | 4.7% | 3.3% | 140,465 | 75.9% | 61.4% | 53.8% |
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2004 | 8,589 | 12.4% | 4.8% | 3.3% | 141,613 | 75.4% | 59.7% | 51.1% |
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2003 | 8,626 | 12.1% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 135,479 | 74.3% | 58.0% | 49.9% |
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2002 | 8,790 | 12.0% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 136,090 | 74.5% | 59.0% | 50.5% |
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2001 | 8,941 | 11.5% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 136,513 | 74.0% | 58.7% | 49.5% |
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2000 | 9,046 | 11.8% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 135,143 | 73.8% | 57.7% | 47.9% |
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1999 | 9,159 | 11.7% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 131,257 | 72.8% | 56.5% | 46.9% |
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1998 | 9,400 | 11.6% | 4.4% | 3.1% | 134,135 | 72.7% | 56.3% | 48.1% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 | 7,764 | 12.5% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 141,751 | 77.7% | 64.5% | 57.4% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,362 | 16.2% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 18,995 | 72.1% | 40.7% | 27.8% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 498 | 11.0% | 4.6% | 3.4% | 3,902 | 50.1% | D | 23.1% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 318 | 11.6% | 4.4% | 2.8% | 3,935 | 67.2% | 52.9% | 44.5% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 795 | 15.3% | 5.9% | 3.1% | 13,333 | 72.7% | 54.1% | 44.8% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 797 | 11.9% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 18,747 | 81.8% | 71.0% | 57.4% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 605 | 10.7% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 7,504 | 58.1% | 43.8% | 40.8% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,009 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 12,107 | 59.7% | 36.9% | 24.2% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 621 | 18.7% | 14.7% | 13.4% | 10,551 | 80.8% | D | 72.4% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 379 | 10.8% | 7.7% | 6.3% | 4,153 | 70.4% | D | 60.1% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 95 | 23.2% | 20.0% | 18.9% | (25k-49999) | D | D | D |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 955 | 7.0% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 6,147 | 46.7% | 28.7% | 17.6% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 375 | 12.0% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 3,167 | 62.1% | 36.5% | 24.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |