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 | 1,611 | 1,829 | 20,567 | 875,090 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 776 | 777 | 1,370 | 49,775 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 277 | 293 | 1,779 | 62,363 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 174 | 182 | 2,235 | 90,925 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 188 | 237 | 5,810 | 217,744 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 66 | 107 | 4,007 | 156,004 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 130 | 233 | 5,366 | 298,279 |
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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 | 1,611 | 23.8% | 12.2% | 8.1% | 20,567 | 73.8% | 45.6% | 26.1% |
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2007 | 1,653 | 22.5% | 11.1% | 7.8% | 21,180 | 72.7% | 44.1% | 28.2% |
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2006 | 1,658 | 21.8% | 10.9% | 7.5% | 20,799 | 70.8% | 42.6% | 26.8% |
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2005 | 1,670 | 21.3% | 10.6% | 7.1% | 19,978 | 70.0% | 41.1% | 26.0% |
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2004 | 1,686 | 22.3% | 10.8% | 7.4% | 19,986 | 70.9% | 40.3% | 25.1% |
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2003 | 1,711 | 21.6% | 10.8% | 7.5% | 19,886 | 69.6% | 40.6% | 26.1% |
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2002 | 1,653 | 21.5% | 10.5% | 7.6% | 18,641 | 68.3% | 38.5% | 27.6% |
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2001 | 1,640 | 23.6% | 11.4% | 8.2% | 19,673 | 70.4% | 39.5% | 25.7% |
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2000 | 1,644 | 22.0% | 11.4% | 8.4% | 18,714 | 67.3% | 38.0% | 27.5% |
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1999 | 1,639 | 22.0% | 11.7% | 8.7% | 18,219 | 66.1% | 38.5% | 28.4% |
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1998 | 1,697 | 20.7% | 11.4% | 8.4% | 18,442 | 65.1% | 40.3% | 28.4% |
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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 | 1,611 | 23.8% | 12.2% | 8.1% | 20,567 | 73.8% | 45.6% | 26.1% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 729 | 24.7% | 14.4% | 9.9% | 8,117 | 70.4% | D | 29.2% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 736 | 26.9% | 12.4% | 7.9% | 11,685 | 77.9% | 48.8% | 24.0% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 152 | 7.2% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 765 | 47.8% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |