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 | 39,368 | 46,246 | 537,952 | 17,574,245 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 23,770 | 23,804 | 38,284 | 1,162,350 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 6,621 | 6,672 | 43,705 | 1,132,180 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,980 | 4,159 | 52,272 | 1,427,369 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,093 | 4,170 | 109,034 | 3,212,068 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 739 | 2,041 | 69,789 | 2,141,697 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,165 | 5,400 | 224,868 | 8,498,581 |
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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 | 39,368 | 12.7% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 537,952 | 75.0% | 54.8% | 41.8% |
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2007 | 40,749 | 12.3% | 4.6% | 2.7% | 544,541 | 74.5% | 54.0% | 40.2% |
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2006 | 39,664 | 12.2% | 4.4% | 2.7% | 546,251 | 75.3% | 55.0% | 41.4% |
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2005 | 37,556 | 12.2% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 519,319 | 75.4% | 55.9% | 42.1% |
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2004 | 35,613 | 12.4% | 4.6% | 2.8% | 488,676 | 75.2% | 55.2% | 41.8% |
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2003 | 34,203 | 12.5% | 4.7% | 2.9% | 466,507 | 75.1% | 55.3% | 42.5% |
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2002 | 33,214 | 12.7% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 453,552 | 75.4% | 55.6% | 42.9% |
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2001 | 32,364 | 13.0% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 467,316 | 76.0% | 56.0% | 43.6% |
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2000 | 32,181 | 13.0% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 450,788 | 75.1% | 54.2% | 41.7% |
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1999 | 31,760 | 12.8% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 434,461 | 74.7% | 54.2% | 41.5% |
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1998 | 31,140 | 12.8% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 423,615 | 74.4% | 53.6% | 41.0% |
| 1997 | 30,880 | 12.7% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 404,670 | 73.5% | 52.0% | 38.5% | |
| 1996 | 30,095 | 12.5% | 4.4% | 2.7% | 393,699 | 73.2% | 51.5% | 38.6% | |
| 1995 | 28,849 | 12.7% | 4.5% | 2.7% | 379,161 | 73.4% | 51.5% | 37.8% | |
| 1994 | 27,777 | 12.7% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 368,120 | 73.6% | 52.2% | 38.6% | |
| 1993 | 26,362 | 12.5% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 344,209 | 72.9% | 51.2% | 37.9% | |
| 1992 | 24,901 | 12.7% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 326,497 | 72.4% | 50.5% | 37.8% | |
| 1991 | 23,654 | 12.5% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 308,678 | 72.5% | 50.8% | 37.8% | |
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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 | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 39,368 | 12.7% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 537,952 | 75.0% | 54.8% | 41.8% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 492 | 6.5% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 3,243 | 56.6% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 132 | 26.5% | 14.4% | 7.6% | 2,907 | 84.9% | 67.5% | 38.8% |
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22 | Utilities | 114 | 20.2% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 3,688 | 91.1% | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 7,959 | 5.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 43,509 | 40.5% | 11.4% | 2.5% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 1,860 | 24.2% | 9.6% | 4.9% | 63,460 | 88.4% | 71.3% | 57.2% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 1,684 | 33.3% | 19.6% | 12.5% | 25,883 | 81.9% | 54.9% | 35.7% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 4,389 | 17.1% | 7.6% | 5.4% | 81,646 | 78.2% | 61.3% | 52.1% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 1,544 | 14.0% | 6.8% | 4.8% | 17,054 | 76.3% | 52.9% | 40.1% |
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51 | Information | 475 | 30.5% | 16.6% | 12.8% | 14,446 | 90.6% | 76.3% | 68.3% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 1,720 | 14.8% | 10.9% | 7.6% | 23,245 | 82.0% | 73.8% | 56.2% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,128 | 5.4% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 8,106 | 44.2% | 29.5% | 16.7% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3,966 | 9.1% | 4.3% | 3.0% | 32,256 | 64.7% | 46.5% | 41.1% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 177 | 90.4% | 68.4% | 38.4% | 8,695 | D | 93.5% | 82.5% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 2,069 | 13.6% | 6.5% | 4.3% | 38,194 | 84.1% | 71.6% | 56.9% |
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61 | Educational services | 383 | 21.9% | 6.3% | 3.9% | 9,724 | 85.7% | 64.0% | 55.6% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 4,076 | 14.6% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 76,735 | 78.4% | 57.2% | 38.4% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 684 | 13.6% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 8,785 | 76.1% | 44.9% | 25.6% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 2,850 | 23.0% | 5.1% | 2.7% | 56,682 | 76.1% | 46.1% | 33.0% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 3,126 | 7.2% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 19,649 | 43.6% | 19.7% | 12.4% |
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99 | Unclassified | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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