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 | 26,217 | 41,743 | 652,695 | 15,721,660 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 14,585 | 14,631 | 27,399 | 645,323 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,220 | 5,343 | 34,454 | 757,490 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,928 | 3,201 | 38,034 | 924,949 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,363 | 3,457 | 87,611 | 2,708,339 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 551 | 2,302 | 52,898 | 1,613,143 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 570 | 12,809 | 412,299 | 9,072,416 |
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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 | 26,217 | 13.3% | 4.3% | 2.2% | 652,695 | 84.7% | 71.3% | 63.2% |
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2006 | 27,820 | 13.3% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 652,262 | 83.8% | 69.1% | 60.4% |
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2005 | 28,428 | 13.1% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 629,286 | 82.9% | 67.5% | 58.8% |
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2004 | 28,574 | 13.5% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 625,829 | 82.3% | 65.9% | 57.3% |
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2003 | 28,766 | 13.5% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 598,037 | 81.5% | 64.5% | 55.2% |
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2002 | 29,046 | 13.5% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 598,626 | 80.9% | 64.1% | 55.1% |
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2001 | 29,074 | 13.8% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 608,957 | 81.2% | 64.3% | 54.8% |
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2000 | 29,182 | 14.0% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 636,996 | 81.8% | 65.3% | 56.7% |
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1999 | 29,235 | 13.7% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 635,558 | 81.7% | 65.7% | 57.6% |
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1998 | 29,475 | 13.7% | 3.8% | 2.1% | 632,653 | 81.4% | 64.8% | 57.5% |
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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 | 26,217 | 13.3% | 4.3% | 2.2% | 652,695 | 84.7% | 71.3% | 63.2% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 3,054 | 28.9% | 4.9% | 1.2% | 72,313 | 84.5% | 38.4% | 16.9% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,584 | 12.9% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 21,517 | 69.3% | D | 44.2% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 1,161 | 10.8% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 22,407 | D | 71.5% | 64.5% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2,290 | 18.0% | 4.2% | 1.7% | 53,120 | 79.8% | 60.5% | 51.6% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 4,570 | 12.5% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 112,589 | 85.4% | 70.4% | 61.4% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 1,520 | 12.2% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 65,941 | 90.5% | D | D |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 2,143 | 8.4% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 29,423 | 68.2% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,630 | 13.4% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 67,167 | 86.4% | 82.1% | 78.2% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,411 | 10.4% | 4.8% | 2.7% | 23,743 | 77.2% | 67.9% | 64.3% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 394 | 16.8% | 9.1% | 6.3% | 123,697 | D | 98.5% | 96.7% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 3,561 | 7.2% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 32,524 | 58.4% | 45.0% | 37.4% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 2,052 | 10.9% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 28,254 | 78.2% | 62.1% | 45.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |