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 | 11,716 | 13,888 | 205,130 | 11,614,448 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,941 | 5,954 | 9,905 | 482,193 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,741 | 1,765 | 11,367 | 508,263 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,251 | 1,286 | 15,825 | 734,082 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,320 | 1,537 | 38,463 | 1,872,082 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 686 | 990 | 36,793 | 1,879,247 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 777 | 2,356 | 92,777 | 6,138,581 |
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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 | 11,716 | 23.8% | 12.5% | 6.6% | 205,130 | 81.9% | 63.2% | 45.2% |
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2007 | 12,058 | 23.0% | 11.8% | 6.3% | 206,089 | 81.3% | 62.5% | 45.3% |
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2006 | 11,978 | 23.0% | 12.1% | 6.5% | 207,204 | 81.6% | 63.0% | 45.5% |
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2005 | 11,934 | 22.9% | 11.9% | 6.4% | 200,693 | 81.3% | 62.1% | 45.2% |
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2004 | 11,862 | 23.0% | 11.7% | 6.5% | 199,327 | 80.9% | 61.0% | 45.2% |
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2003 | 11,824 | 23.2% | 12.0% | 6.9% | 197,951 | 80.9% | 61.2% | 46.6% |
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2002 | 11,780 | 23.4% | 12.1% | 7.0% | 195,861 | 80.6% | 60.8% | 46.1% |
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2001 | 11,733 | 24.2% | 12.4% | 7.5% | 201,981 | 81.0% | 60.3% | 45.3% |
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2000 | 12,025 | 23.8% | 12.4% | 7.4% | 198,709 | 80.0% | 59.7% | 44.0% |
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1999 | 12,235 | 23.5% | 12.3% | 7.5% | 197,503 | 79.7% | 59.5% | 44.7% |
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1998 | 12,393 | 23.5% | 12.2% | 7.6% | 193,117 | 79.2% | 58.4% | 44.1% |
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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 | 11,716 | 23.8% | 12.5% | 6.6% | 205,130 | 81.9% | 63.2% | 45.2% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 6,515 | 28.0% | 15.5% | 8.3% | 122,167 | 81.4% | 62.1% | 42.1% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 3,002 | 29.8% | 15.4% | 8.6% | 70,823 | 86.7% | 68.2% | 51.9% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,258 | 5.2% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 12,140 | 59.1% | 44.4% | 37.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |