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 | 109,823 | 140,081 | 2,334,061 | 89,799,018 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 64,447 | 64,568 | 104,115 | 4,207,062 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 17,851 | 18,042 | 117,705 | 3,586,390 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 11,399 | 11,826 | 151,618 | 4,742,176 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 10,293 | 12,711 | 382,771 | 12,623,249 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,813 | 6,886 | 338,058 | 11,977,795 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 3,020 | 26,048 | 1,239,794 | 52,662,346 |
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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 | 109,823 | 14.7% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 2,334,061 | 84.0% | 67.6% | 53.1% |
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2007 | 113,298 | 14.7% | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2,404,089 | 84.1% | 67.3% | 52.7% |
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2006 | 110,401 | 14.8% | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2,335,098 | 84.1% | 66.9% | 51.2% |
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2005 | 106,113 | 14.3% | 5.1% | 2.6% | 2,159,823 | 83.6% | 66.5% | 51.4% |
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2004 | 101,196 | 14.6% | 5.2% | 2.7% | 2,044,134 | 83.2% | 65.9% | 51.0% |
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2003 | 97,758 | 14.7% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 1,998,795 | 83.3% | 66.5% | 52.0% |
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2002 | 95,908 | 14.7% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 1,945,472 | 83.1% | 66.3% | 52.2% |
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2001 | 93,947 | 14.9% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 1,941,599 | 83.2% | 66.1% | 52.1% |
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2000 | 93,004 | 14.8% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 1,919,353 | 83.2% | 66.2% | 52.2% |
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1999 | 91,640 | 14.7% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 1,838,277 | 82.6% | 65.3% | 51.2% |
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1998 | 90,374 | 14.5% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 1,763,508 | 82.1% | 64.5% | 50.4% |
| 1997 | 89,177 | 14.5% | 5.1% | 2.7% | 1,701,357 | 81.7% | 63.9% | 49.5% | |
| 1996 | 86,709 | 14.0% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 1,599,275 | 81.0% | 62.6% | 48.6% | |
| 1995 | 82,699 | 14.2% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 1,506,877 | 80.6% | 62.1% | 47.4% | |
| 1994 | 80,480 | 13.9% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 1,414,848 | 80.2% | 61.4% | 46.5% | |
| 1993 | 77,280 | 13.9% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 1,325,469 | 79.6% | 60.7% | 46.3% | |
| 1992 | 74,600 | 13.8% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 1,270,092 | 79.4% | 60.4% | 46.0% | |
| 1991 | 72,271 | 13.5% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 1,234,203 | 79.3% | 60.7% | 46.9% | |
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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 | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 109,823 | 14.7% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 2,334,061 | 84.0% | 67.6% | 53.1% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 189 | 10.6% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1,368 | 61.4% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 177 | 34.5% | 16.4% | 13.0% | 10,975 | 95.0% | 83.7% | 80.2% |
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22 | Utilities | 160 | 25.6% | 19.4% | 11.3% | (10k-24999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 15,414 | 13.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 208,256 | 72.6% | 40.8% | 21.9% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 4,651 | 29.0% | 11.7% | 6.6% | 165,910 | 89.3% | 70.6% | 54.8% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 5,838 | 25.7% | 13.9% | 8.5% | 100,540 | 82.6% | 62.7% | 47.8% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 11,162 | 14.2% | 6.8% | 4.1% | 343,480 | 87.5% | 79.0% | 69.9% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,754 | 22.4% | 13.4% | 8.6% | 82,250 | 90.1% | 80.4% | 70.1% |
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51 | Information | 1,345 | 28.3% | 17.3% | 12.3% | 54,466 | 93.2% | 84.5% | 73.4% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 5,523 | 13.5% | 8.8% | 5.6% | 138,629 | 90.4% | 84.7% | 77.8% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,852 | 8.0% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 50,811 | 71.5% | 53.6% | 41.1% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 15,510 | 8.8% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 126,940 | 66.9% | 47.5% | 33.4% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 605 | 89.4% | 72.9% | 46.4% | 50,990 | 99.7% | 97.0% | 87.8% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 7,449 | 18.5% | 8.5% | 4.6% | 252,510 | 90.5% | 78.9% | 61.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,640 | 24.5% | 7.0% | 3.0% | 48,052 | 88.1% | 63.0% | 46.3% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 12,665 | 12.2% | 4.0% | 1.7% | 287,400 | 83.5% | 69.8% | 51.9% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,601 | 21.0% | 7.9% | 3.0% | 46,668 | 90.1% | 71.5% | 42.0% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 8,000 | 27.6% | 5.9% | 2.8% | 259,521 | 86.3% | 60.9% | 45.9% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 9,686 | 9.6% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 91,612 | 59.1% | 33.8% | 17.4% |
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99 | Unclassified | 169 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 194 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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