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 | 920 | 1,021 | 18,957 | 1,443,509 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 444 | 444 | 686 | 40,395 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 110 | 111 | 711 | 32,861 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 68 | 72 | 876 | 42,359 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 99 | 111 | 2,288 | 104,621 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 72 | 88 | 2,346 | 136,981 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 127 | 195 | 12,050 | 1,086,292 |
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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 | 920 | 32.4% | 21.6% | 13.8% | 18,957 | 88.0% | 75.9% | 63.6% |
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2007 | 881 | 32.9% | 22.1% | 14.1% | 18,256 | 87.4% | 75.6% | 61.3% |
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2006 | 916 | 31.1% | 20.9% | 13.4% | 20,165 | 87.5% | 75.7% | 64.1% |
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2005 | 905 | 30.5% | 20.2% | 13.4% | 20,040 | 87.2% | 75.2% | 64.9% |
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2004 | 892 | 31.2% | 19.6% | 13.5% | 20,051 | 87.2% | 74.2% | 64.9% |
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2003 | 928 | 29.8% | 19.2% | 13.5% | 22,724 | 88.0% | 78.1% | 69.5% |
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2002 | 887 | 30.2% | 18.4% | 13.1% | 22,654 | 88.3% | 75.9% | 66.8% |
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2001 | 917 | 30.4% | 19.7% | 14.3% | 24,106 | 88.4% | 77.1% | 64.6% |
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2000 | 930 | 29.8% | 18.9% | 13.9% | 18,843 | 84.8% | 70.2% | 53.1% |
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1999 | 934 | 29.8% | 17.7% | 13.7% | 16,326 | 83.6% | 63.9% | 51.2% |
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1998 | 917 | 28.5% | 17.6% | 13.0% | 14,839 | 81.8% | 62.6% | 49.2% |
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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 | 920 | 32.4% | 21.6% | 13.8% | 18,957 | 88.0% | 75.9% | 63.6% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 520 | 37.7% | 25.2% | 15.4% | 5,788 | 75.9% | 50.8% | 32.4% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 281 | 34.5% | 24.9% | 17.8% | 12,773 | 95.0% | 89.6% | 79.7% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 122 | 6.6% | 0.8% | 0.0 | 396 | D | D | 0.0 |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |