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 | 12,604 | 18,990 | 261,560 | 6,641,106 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 7,052 | 7,074 | 12,945 | 318,285 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,619 | 2,681 | 17,276 | 383,641 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,379 | 1,526 | 18,284 | 464,375 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 870 | 1,397 | 30,363 | 970,455 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 235 | 776 | 17,576 | 625,876 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 449 | 5,536 | 165,116 | 3,878,474 |
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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 | 12,604 | 12.3% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 261,560 | 81.5% | 69.8% | 63.1% |
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2006 | 13,082 | 12.2% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 256,958 | 81.2% | 68.7% | 62.5% |
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2005 | 13,220 | 11.8% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 249,433 | 80.5% | 68.1% | 61.6% |
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2004 | 13,151 | 12.3% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 249,280 | 80.3% | 67.2% | 59.9% |
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2003 | 13,184 | 12.4% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 245,758 | 80.2% | 66.9% | 59.4% |
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2002 | 13,286 | 12.8% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 251,819 | 80.2% | 66.6% | 58.2% |
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2001 | 13,208 | 13.2% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 260,536 | 80.8% | 67.0% | 59.2% |
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2000 | 13,019 | 13.0% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 252,082 | 80.3% | 66.5% | 59.1% |
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1999 | 12,708 | 13.5% | 5.6% | 3.7% | 240,821 | 79.9% | 65.8% | 58.0% |
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1998 | 12,803 | 13.2% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 232,599 | 79.2% | 64.5% | 57.3% |
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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 | 12,604 | 12.3% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 261,560 | 81.5% | 69.8% | 63.1% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,366 | 22.2% | 6.2% | 2.4% | 31,869 | 82.5% | 53.5% | 32.9% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 889 | 9.0% | 4.5% | 3.0% | 10,308 | 65.8% | D | 46.1% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 537 | 11.2% | 5.8% | 3.7% | 8,572 | 77.2% | 67.5% | 61.9% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,176 | 18.3% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 25,055 | 78.6% | 58.9% | 50.3% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,930 | 7.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 44,083 | 82.6% | D | D |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 598 | 13.4% | 8.9% | 6.9% | 11,822 | 81.1% | D | D |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 702 | 13.7% | 6.3% | 2.6% | 12,919 | D | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,278 | 19.6% | 14.9% | 12.2% | 24,631 | 82.9% | 77.5% | 74.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,021 | 13.3% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 16,293 | 76.3% | 60.6% | 56.1% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 123 | 22.8% | 17.9% | 17.1% | 50,456 | D | D | 99.2% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,840 | 7.2% | 3.8% | 2.6% | 15,077 | 57.0% | D | D |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,241 | 8.1% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 10,475 | 66.1% | 48.0% | 31.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |