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 | 16,754 | 19,756 | 317,823 | 19,574,809 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 8,399 | 8,421 | 14,024 | 750,972 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,576 | 2,610 | 16,869 | 904,646 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,900 | 1,984 | 24,416 | 1,316,900 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,172 | 2,663 | 70,798 | 3,888,470 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 846 | 1,504 | 54,482 | 3,121,002 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 861 | 2,574 | 137,234 | 9,592,819 |
| More data |
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 | 16,754 | 23.2% | 10.2% | 5.1% | 317,823 | 82.6% | 60.3% | 43.2% |
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2007 | 17,143 | 22.3% | 9.7% | 4.9% | 302,971 | 81.3% | 58.1% | 42.4% |
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2006 | 17,101 | 22.5% | 9.9% | 5.0% | 315,469 | 82.0% | 59.8% | 42.8% |
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2005 | 17,260 | 22.3% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 322,342 | 82.2% | 60.1% | 44.5% |
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2004 | 17,341 | 22.6% | 9.7% | 5.1% | 323,273 | 81.9% | 59.6% | 44.6% |
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2003 | 17,659 | 22.5% | 9.6% | 5.1% | 325,903 | 81.6% | 59.2% | 44.7% |
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2002 | 17,861 | 23.0% | 9.7% | 5.2% | 322,579 | 81.4% | 58.1% | 43.4% |
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2001 | 18,083 | 23.4% | 10.2% | 5.6% | 343,491 | 82.0% | 59.1% | 44.1% |
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2000 | 18,633 | 23.2% | 10.0% | 5.5% | 344,027 | 81.5% | 58.0% | 42.9% |
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1999 | 18,911 | 23.0% | 10.0% | 5.5% | 338,196 | 80.7% | 57.1% | 42.4% |
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1998 | 19,024 | 23.1% | 10.2% | 5.5% | 330,809 | 79.9% | 56.2% | 40.2% |
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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 | 16,754 | 23.2% | 10.2% | 5.1% | 317,823 | 82.6% | 60.3% | 43.2% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 9,512 | 27.0% | 12.1% | 6.2% | 180,287 | 82.1% | 57.2% | 38.7% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 4,810 | 26.0% | 12.0% | 6.3% | 124,659 | 86.8% | 68.0% | 52.0% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,517 | 5.6% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 12,877 | 49.1% | 30.2% | 20.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |