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 | 6,261 | 7,410 | 105,068 | 6,428,807 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 3,316 | 3,322 | 5,187 | 263,008 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 830 | 842 | 5,271 | 254,188 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 619 | 636 | 7,655 | 383,954 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 615 | 758 | 19,383 | 995,284 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 345 | 502 | 14,518 | 765,009 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 536 | 1,350 | 53,054 | 3,767,364 |
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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 | 6,261 | 23.9% | 14.1% | 8.6% | 105,068 | 82.8% | 64.3% | 50.5% |
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2007 | 6,354 | 23.0% | 13.1% | 8.1% | 98,922 | 80.8% | 62.3% | 47.8% |
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2006 | 6,349 | 23.4% | 13.1% | 8.1% | 100,022 | 81.0% | 60.9% | 46.1% |
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2005 | 6,296 | 22.9% | 13.0% | 8.1% | 98,511 | 80.5% | 61.1% | 46.7% |
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2004 | 6,334 | 23.3% | 12.9% | 8.1% | 96,848 | 80.0% | 58.6% | 44.6% |
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2003 | 6,459 | 23.2% | 12.8% | 8.0% | 97,340 | 79.6% | 58.2% | 43.6% |
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2002 | 6,582 | 23.2% | 12.4% | 8.1% | 100,211 | 79.4% | 57.6% | 44.9% |
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2001 | 6,479 | 24.3% | 13.4% | 8.9% | 99,349 | 79.3% | 57.2% | 43.1% |
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2000 | 6,580 | 24.1% | 13.6% | 9.0% | 97,104 | 78.1% | 55.3% | 42.5% |
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1999 | 6,622 | 24.7% | 13.4% | 8.8% | 94,637 | 77.9% | 53.9% | 41.5% |
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1998 | 6,689 | 24.1% | 13.1% | 8.5% | 92,992 | 77.1% | 53.7% | 40.2% |
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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 | 6,261 | 23.9% | 14.1% | 8.6% | 105,068 | 82.8% | 64.3% | 50.5% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 3,435 | 29.2% | 17.5% | 10.9% | 66,438 | 84.1% | 65.9% | 52.8% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,664 | 28.3% | 17.5% | 10.6% | 32,702 | 84.8% | 65.7% | 48.8% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,206 | 4.9% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 5,928 | 56.3% | 39.2% | 34.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |