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 | 3,160 | 3,651 | 79,730 | 3,101,081 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,641 | 1,644 | 2,542 | 105,089 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 472 | 473 | 3,076 | 102,394 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 347 | 350 | 4,642 | 162,293 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 327 | 350 | 12,786 | 444,325 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 159 | 202 | 12,602 | 415,258 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 214 | 632 | 44,082 | 1,871,722 |
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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 | 3,160 | 22.2% | 11.8% | 6.8% | 79,730 | 87.1% | 71.1% | 55.3% |
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2006 | 3,263 | 20.5% | 10.7% | 6.0% | 77,550 | 86.8% | 70.4% | 54.8% |
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2005 | 3,217 | 20.9% | 10.8% | 6.0% | 77,335 | 87.2% | 71.2% | 56.5% |
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2004 | 3,157 | 21.6% | 10.9% | 6.3% | 78,681 | 87.1% | 71.4% | 58.9% |
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2003 | 3,138 | 21.8% | 10.7% | 6.1% | 77,584 | 86.8% | 70.4% | 57.9% |
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2002 | 3,083 | 20.4% | 8.6% | 4.6% | 66,782 | 85.0% | 64.5% | 51.8% |
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2001 | 3,031 | 20.8% | 8.8% | 4.7% | 72,008 | 85.8% | 66.6% | 51.5% |
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2000 | 3,049 | 21.0% | 8.7% | 4.7% | 73,423 | 86.1% | 66.3% | 51.6% |
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1999 | 3,036 | 20.8% | 8.9% | 4.9% | 71,203 | 85.8% | 66.9% | 52.2% |
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1998 | 3,051 | 20.7% | 9.0% | 4.9% | 65,150 | 85.1% | 65.0% | 50.3% |
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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 + | ||
| 48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 3,160 | 22.2% | 11.8% | 6.8% | 79,730 | 87.1% | 71.1% | 55.3% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 71 | 59.2% | 46.5% | 32.4% | 8,187 | 98.7% | 95.4% | 94.4% |
| 483 | Water transportation | 44 | 31.8% | 15.9% | 9.1% | 933 | 89.6% | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 1,356 | 15.3% | 6.3% | 3.8% | 16,965 | 73.3% | 45.2% | 26.1% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 665 | 24.5% | 7.8% | 2.1% | 21,050 | 88.3% | 65.4% | 33.9% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 6 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 83.3% | 311 | 100.0% | D | D |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 67 | 7.5% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 451 | 82.5% | D | D |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 658 | 23.3% | 16.3% | 9.1% | 7,291 | 70.2% | 52.3% | 39.0% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 143 | 16.1% | 10.5% | 4.2% | 11,536 | 95.9% | D | 89.9% |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 182 | 63.2% | 50.0% | 40.1% | 13,006 | 97.4% | 91.3% | 84.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |