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 | 5,838 | 6,933 | 100,540 | 5,295,178 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,946 | 2,949 | 4,840 | 236,020 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 798 | 810 | 5,169 | 226,302 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 596 | 612 | 7,509 | 336,945 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 687 | 802 | 20,032 | 885,434 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 316 | 469 | 14,914 | 708,441 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 495 | 1,291 | 48,076 | 2,902,036 |
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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 | 5,838 | 25.7% | 13.9% | 8.5% | 100,540 | 82.6% | 62.7% | 47.8% |
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2007 | 5,899 | 25.1% | 13.3% | 8.0% | 99,104 | 82.2% | 62.4% | 45.7% |
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2006 | 5,789 | 25.0% | 13.7% | 8.5% | 97,006 | 81.7% | 61.6% | 45.9% |
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2005 | 5,728 | 24.5% | 13.8% | 8.6% | 95,027 | 81.2% | 62.4% | 46.6% |
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2004 | 5,682 | 25.0% | 13.7% | 8.6% | 91,852 | 80.9% | 60.9% | 44.4% |
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2003 | 5,760 | 24.4% | 13.6% | 8.4% | 89,647 | 79.9% | 60.1% | 44.3% |
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2002 | 5,785 | 24.5% | 13.2% | 8.3% | 84,610 | 78.7% | 57.2% | 42.4% |
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2001 | 5,727 | 25.1% | 14.0% | 9.0% | 87,975 | 78.6% | 57.5% | 42.6% |
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2000 | 5,893 | 24.1% | 13.4% | 8.6% | 86,222 | 77.9% | 56.5% | 42.0% |
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1999 | 5,930 | 23.4% | 12.8% | 8.4% | 85,835 | 77.5% | 56.2% | 42.3% |
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1998 | 6,016 | 23.1% | 12.6% | 8.2% | 84,631 | 76.8% | 55.1% | 40.7% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 5,838 | 25.7% | 13.9% | 8.5% | 100,540 | 82.6% | 62.7% | 47.8% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 3,462 | 29.1% | 16.0% | 9.9% | 64,125 | 83.2% | 63.9% | 48.5% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,580 | 28.8% | 16.4% | 10.1% | 31,395 | 85.1% | 63.7% | 48.4% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 822 | 7.7% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 5,020 | 58.2% | 40.2% | 34.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |