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 | 71,510 | 92,587 | 1,570,800 | 54,120,319 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 38,758 | 38,825 | 69,279 | 2,046,796 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 13,202 | 13,319 | 87,091 | 2,304,350 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,144 | 8,531 | 108,551 | 3,042,017 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 7,169 | 9,513 | 262,711 | 8,284,738 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,902 | 5,149 | 228,483 | 7,295,964 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,335 | 17,250 | 814,685 | 31,146,454 |
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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 | 71,510 | 16.0% | 5.9% | 3.3% | 1,570,800 | 83.1% | 66.4% | 51.9% |
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2007 | 72,848 | 15.8% | 5.8% | 3.1% | 1,550,192 | 82.5% | 65.3% | 50.8% |
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2006 | 72,992 | 15.7% | 5.6% | 3.0% | 1,552,012 | 82.5% | 65.1% | 50.0% |
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2005 | 73,089 | 15.4% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 1,514,199 | 82.2% | 64.5% | 49.7% |
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2004 | 72,910 | 15.4% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 1,489,497 | 82.0% | 64.1% | 49.0% |
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2003 | 71,980 | 15.4% | 5.4% | 3.0% | 1,471,878 | 82.0% | 64.2% | 49.7% |
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2002 | 71,874 | 15.5% | 5.4% | 3.0% | 1,462,517 | 82.0% | 64.2% | 49.8% |
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2001 | 71,846 | 15.5% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 1,497,466 | 82.3% | 64.8% | 49.7% |
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2000 | 72,300 | 15.6% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 1,513,722 | 82.4% | 64.9% | 50.0% |
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1999 | 72,533 | 15.2% | 5.4% | 3.0% | 1,469,315 | 81.9% | 64.4% | 49.6% |
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1998 | 72,795 | 15.0% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 1,443,015 | 81.6% | 63.9% | 49.2% |
| 1997 | 72,532 | 15.0% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 1,422,605 | 81.5% | 63.6% | 48.6% | |
| 1996 | 71,619 | 14.7% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 1,370,658 | 81.0% | 62.6% | 47.7% | |
| 1995 | 70,298 | 15.0% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 1,347,019 | 81.0% | 62.2% | 47.2% | |
| 1994 | 69,669 | 14.6% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 1,292,731 | 80.4% | 61.7% | 47.3% | |
| 1993 | 68,485 | 14.4% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 1,259,544 | 80.0% | 61.1% | 47.0% | |
| 1992 | 67,127 | 14.5% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 1,215,477 | 79.8% | 60.6% | 46.3% | |
| 1991 | 66,335 | 14.1% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 1,194,898 | 79.6% | 60.4% | 46.0% | |
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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 | 71,510 | 16.0% | 5.9% | 3.3% | 1,570,800 | 83.1% | 66.4% | 51.9% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 275 | 8.4% | 4.4% | 1.1% | 1,854 | 55.1% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 568 | 32.7% | 13.4% | 6.5% | 22,359 | 91.5% | 73.3% | 50.9% |
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22 | Utilities | 92 | 45.7% | 28.3% | 16.3% | 7,958 | 96.6% | 84.4% | 67.2% |
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23 | Construction | 8,667 | 9.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 78,878 | 60.1% | 26.7% | 8.4% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 3,661 | 40.1% | 20.3% | 11.8% | 247,611 | 94.7% | 83.0% | 65.0% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 3,657 | 30.7% | 16.3% | 10.2% | 74,882 | 84.2% | 63.9% | 45.2% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 10,394 | 14.4% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 230,483 | 81.3% | 67.5% | 61.5% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,602 | 21.5% | 13.2% | 9.2% | 85,853 | 91.0% | 83.0% | 75.3% |
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51 | Information | 816 | 32.2% | 19.7% | 13.6% | 33,861 | 92.6% | 81.9% | 73.3% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 3,201 | 17.1% | 9.4% | 6.4% | 68,352 | 86.3% | 73.0% | 60.2% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,974 | 9.5% | 5.5% | 3.5% | 19,668 | 59.9% | 41.6% | 32.5% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 7,645 | 9.6% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 65,732 | 64.3% | 43.0% | 29.4% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 462 | 89.2% | 70.3% | 43.9% | 26,820 | 99.5% | 95.7% | 84.9% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,387 | 18.6% | 9.4% | 6.1% | 97,277 | 89.0% | 77.2% | 62.7% |
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61 | Educational services | 753 | 24.7% | 10.9% | 4.5% | 26,551 | 89.4% | 75.4% | 39.9% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 8,062 | 16.1% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 239,448 | 84.7% | 70.8% | 54.3% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,290 | 17.1% | 3.6% | 1.9% | 18,391 | 74.0% | 37.1% | 18.6% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 5,296 | 29.7% | 7.6% | 3.5% | 156,668 | 85.1% | 56.7% | 37.9% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 8,840 | 8.1% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 68,004 | 51.8% | 26.8% | 16.8% |
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99 | Unclassified | 105 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (100-249) | D | D | D |
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