U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
All industries
California

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
California - 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 717,133 879,025 13,742,925 659,926,263
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 434,466 435,269 723,010 35,083,422
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 123,345 124,809 812,028 29,027,641
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 74,972 78,457 1,002,297 37,885,075
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 65,362 82,053 2,509,871 102,935,981
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 13,168 38,041 1,986,743 89,973,740
Firms with 500 employees or more 5,820 120,396 6,708,976 365,020,404

 
 
California - 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 2008 detail 2008 717,133 11.8% 2.6% 0.8% 13,742,925 81.5% 63.3% 48.8%
link to 2007 detail 2007 730,789 11.7% 2.6% 0.8% 13,771,650 81.3% 62.8% 48.4%
link to 2006 detail 2006 723,880 11.9% 2.6% 0.8% 13,834,264 81.7% 63.0% 47.9%
link to 2005 detail 2005 712,688 11.6% 2.6% 0.8% 13,382,470 81.6% 63.0% 48.2%
link to 2004 detail 2004 696,301 12.1% 2.6% 0.8% 13,264,918 81.5% 62.5% 47.5%
link to 2003 detail 2003 682,937 12.3% 2.7% 0.8% 12,991,795 81.4% 62.0% 46.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 674,635 12.4% 2.7% 0.8% 12,856,426 81.4% 62.1% 47.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 668,068 12.8% 2.8% 0.9% 13,239,616 81.9% 62.5% 47.2%
link to 2000 detail 2000 664,585 12.6% 2.8% 0.9% 12,884,692 81.6% 62.1% 47.0%
link to 1999 detail 1999 651,105 12.4% 2.7% 0.9% 12,356,363 81.2% 61.6% 46.9%
link to 1998 detail 1998 642,156 12.2% 2.7% 0.8% 12,026,989 81.0% 61.5% 46.6%
  1997 635,570 12.1% 2.7% 0.8% 11,565,015 80.5% 60.7% 45.6%
  1996 625,818 11.7% 2.5% 0.8% 11,131,054 80.0% 60.3% 45.8%
  1995 615,988 11.7% 2.6% 0.8% 10,957,751 80.1% 60.5% 45.7%
  1994 610,186 11.5% 2.5% 0.8% 10,624,354 79.6% 60.0% 45.4%
  1993 610,659 11.6% 2.5% 0.8% 10,725,128 79.5% 60.0% 45.6%
  1992 616,939 11.6% 2.5% 0.8% 10,730,366 79.2% 59.3% 45.2%
  1991 625,080 11.7% 2.4% 0.8% 11,019,825 79.4% 59.4% 45.3%

 
 
California - All industries - by Sector
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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 717,133 11.8% 2.6% 0.8% 13,742,925 81.5% 63.3% 48.8%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,901 12.9% 3.3% 0.9% 26,579 78.3% 49.3% 26.2%
link to industry detail 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 666 28.4% 14.0% 9.0% 22,698 90.1% 76.3% 60.7%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 484 18.2% 11.6% 8.7% (50k-99999) D D D
link to industry detail 23 Construction 76,454 11.1% 1.6% 0.3% 841,116 66.9% 33.8% 14.8%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 40,533 26.7% 7.7% 2.9% 1,383,918 88.0% 65.7% 46.0%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 52,836 16.4% 5.3% 2.2% 887,656 78.9% 55.6% 38.2%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 73,147 10.1% 2.5% 0.9% 1,668,747 83.0% 70.4% 61.5%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 17,578 17.2% 6.7% 3.6% 468,916 87.1% 73.7% 63.4%
link to industry detail 51 Information 14,391 16.3% 6.2% 2.8% 556,837 93.1% 83.1% 72.4%
link to industry detail 52 Finance and insurance 29,630 9.4% 3.8% 1.8% 667,895 87.8% 79.1% 68.2%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 38,071 6.2% 1.9% 0.8% 304,970 66.6% 47.4% 32.0%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 105,117 7.8% 2.3% 1.0% 1,189,159 74.2% 56.9% 44.4%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies and enterprises 3,247 85.2% 64.4% 34.3% 259,681 99.4% 96.2% 83.7%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs 36,782 15.2% 5.0% 1.9% 1,130,605 89.0% 75.6% 60.2%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 10,248 23.0% 5.9% 1.6% 336,476 88.8% 68.5% 47.3%
link to industry detail 62 Health care and social assistance 83,165 9.3% 2.2% 0.6% 1,645,106 80.3% 66.1% 51.6%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 18,890 10.4% 2.9% 0.8% 305,207 85.8% 66.6% 46.0%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation and food services 57,196 20.3% 2.8% 0.7% 1,409,418 81.4% 54.6% 39.9%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 63,245 8.5% 1.5% 0.5% 577,827 60.4% 33.4% 20.3%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 1,687 0.2%0.0 0.0 1,864 6.3% 0.0 0.0

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