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 | 45,764 | 72,118 | 995,711 | 23,662,443 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 30,977 | 31,068 | 56,018 | 1,307,705 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,724 | 7,889 | 50,777 | 1,137,396 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,518 | 3,987 | 45,742 | 1,117,145 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,296 | 3,737 | 85,717 | 2,560,839 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 626 | 2,134 | 62,722 | 2,096,938 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 623 | 23,303 | 694,735 | 15,442,420 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 45,764 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 995,711 | 84.7% | 76.1% | 69.8% |
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2006 | 47,994 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1,056,865 | 85.0% | 75.9% | 68.9% |
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2005 | 48,111 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 987,307 | 84.0% | 74.6% | 67.4% |
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2004 | 47,384 | 8.2% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 960,282 | 83.4% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2003 | 46,488 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 919,700 | 83.3% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2002 | 46,459 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 908,648 | 83.2% | 73.4% | 66.6% |
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2001 | 45,510 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 915,111 | 83.3% | 73.3% | 66.9% |
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2000 | 44,046 | 8.7% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 902,523 | 83.3% | 73.0% | 66.4% |
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1999 | 43,887 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 888,690 | 83.0% | 72.8% | 66.3% |
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1998 | 44,233 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 872,452 | 82.4% | 71.9% | 65.3% |
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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 | 45,764 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 995,711 | 84.7% | 76.1% | 69.8% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 5,810 | 16.3% | 4.9% | 1.1% | 126,027 | 86.5% | 61.7% | 35.3% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 3,205 | 7.4% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 37,287 | 68.6% | 54.7% | 49.8% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 2,031 | 6.8% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 29,873 | 78.5% | D | 65.6% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,584 | 11.7% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 78,576 | 81.5% | D | D |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 6,310 | 5.3% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 187,964 | 89.6% | D | D |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 3,170 | 6.9% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 68,467 | 83.5% | 76.9% | 75.0% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,073 | 4.3% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 40,483 | 71.6% | 66.6% | 59.4% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 5,544 | 8.6% | 5.2% | 3.4% | 124,128 | 85.3% | 81.0% | 76.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 2,427 | 6.5% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 30,872 | 71.9% | 63.3% | 59.8% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 495 | 6.7% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 187,124 | 99.4% | D | 99.2% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 6,534 | 5.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 49,827 | 56.8% | 44.2% | 37.8% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 3,737 | 6.6% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 35,083 | 68.8% | 53.7% | 43.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |