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 | 34,942 | 41,755 | 509,093 | 17,684,908 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 21,513 | 21,535 | 34,062 | 1,128,843 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,794 | 5,860 | 38,178 | 1,095,772 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,383 | 3,549 | 44,855 | 1,318,002 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,591 | 3,502 | 94,427 | 3,028,110 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 681 | 2,370 | 87,469 | 2,921,882 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 980 | 4,939 | 210,102 | 8,192,299 |
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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 | 34,942 | 12.2% | 4.8% | 2.8% | 509,093 | 77.0% | 58.5% | 41.3% |
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2007 | 35,776 | 11.9% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 503,789 | 76.2% | 57.0% | 40.3% |
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2006 | 35,687 | 12.1% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 508,163 | 76.3% | 56.8% | 39.4% |
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2005 | 35,927 | 11.8% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 497,387 | 76.2% | 56.4% | 39.1% |
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2004 | 35,385 | 11.9% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 494,256 | 76.0% | 56.2% | 38.7% |
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2003 | 34,807 | 11.8% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 488,973 | 76.0% | 56.4% | 38.8% |
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2002 | 34,421 | 11.9% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 486,766 | 76.2% | 56.3% | 39.9% |
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2001 | 34,193 | 11.8% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 500,030 | 76.7% | 57.2% | 40.9% |
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2000 | 34,148 | 11.9% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 491,780 | 76.3% | 56.4% | 40.0% |
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1999 | 33,683 | 11.7% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 475,149 | 75.9% | 56.0% | 39.2% |
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1998 | 33,273 | 11.5% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 456,715 | 75.6% | 55.7% | 39.0% |
| 1997 | 32,906 | 11.4% | 4.1% | 2.3% | 447,063 | 75.4% | 55.4% | 39.0% | |
| 1996 | 32,298 | 11.3% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 437,539 | 75.2% | 55.1% | 39.4% | |
| 1995 | 31,689 | 11.4% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 432,290 | 75.6% | 55.5% | 39.6% | |
| 1994 | 30,966 | 11.4% | 4.1% | 2.3% | 419,774 | 75.5% | 56.1% | 39.0% | |
| 1993 | 30,631 | 11.4% | 4.0% | 2.2% | 411,964 | 74.9% | 54.9% | 38.4% | |
| 1992 | 30,188 | 11.1% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 398,982 | 74.5% | 54.8% | 39.3% | |
| 1991 | 29,920 | 11.1% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 401,691 | 74.5% | 54.8% | 38.6% | |
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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 | 34,942 | 12.2% | 4.8% | 2.8% | 509,093 | 77.0% | 58.5% | 41.3% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 757 | 5.7% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 3,642 | 47.9% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 27 | 18.5% | 11.1% | 11.1% | (100-249) | D | D | D |
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22 | Utilities | 48 | 43.8% | 31.3% | 20.8% | (2500-4999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 5,356 | 4.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 27,711 | 45.1% | 18.3% | 8.2% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 1,689 | 25.6% | 9.9% | 5.4% | 58,774 | 89.2% | 70.9% | 53.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 1,424 | 26.1% | 15.9% | 10.0% | 18,961 | 77.5% | 57.7% | 35.1% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 4,963 | 14.0% | 6.3% | 4.5% | 85,002 | 76.6% | 62.0% | 52.0% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 1,121 | 15.6% | 8.6% | 5.5% | 15,861 | 79.9% | 61.8% | 45.4% |
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51 | Information | 499 | 27.9% | 16.2% | 10.2% | 13,167 | 88.1% | 73.8% | 56.3% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 990 | 24.3% | 14.3% | 10.5% | 27,181 | 90.3% | 77.4% | 60.7% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,493 | 7.2% | 4.2% | 2.7% | 7,298 | 53.3% | 35.2% | 22.6% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3,353 | 9.1% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 23,429 | 57.5% | 34.4% | 24.9% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 171 | 90.1% | 73.7% | 37.4% | 7,946 | D | 95.8% | 77.6% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 1,833 | 13.3% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 23,032 | 76.3% | 55.6% | 33.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 474 | 20.7% | 9.1% | 4.0% | 14,482 | 89.0% | 72.8% | 48.9% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 3,251 | 17.2% | 7.1% | 2.4% | 105,736 | 87.9% | 74.8% | 49.2% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 875 | 9.7% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 7,222 | 64.7% | 35.2% | 13.5% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 3,506 | 16.1% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 47,710 | 70.9% | 36.7% | 20.1% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 3,522 | 5.5% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 19,142 | 36.5% | 16.5% | 9.5% |
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99 | Unclassified | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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