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 | 12,202 | 13,342 | 560,342 | 27,811,876 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,191 | 4,194 | 8,146 | 309,835 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,201 | 2,203 | 14,744 | 520,211 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,943 | 1,951 | 26,798 | 1,146,254 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,523 | 2,681 | 100,891 | 4,447,956 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 784 | 1,098 | 114,821 | 5,053,540 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 560 | 1,215 | 294,942 | 16,334,080 |
| 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 | 12,202 | 31.7% | 11.0% | 4.6% | 560,342 | 91.1% | 73.1% | 52.6% |
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2006 | 12,484 | 32.3% | 11.3% | 4.7% | 614,888 | 91.7% | 74.6% | 54.4% |
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2005 | 12,760 | 32.0% | 11.0% | 4.6% | 635,234 | 91.9% | 75.0% | 55.5% |
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2004 | 13,129 | 31.8% | 10.7% | 4.3% | 661,699 | 91.9% | 75.2% | 56.2% |
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2003 | 13,402 | 31.9% | 10.5% | 4.4% | 679,638 | 92.1% | 75.3% | 57.6% |
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2002 | 13,580 | 30.9% | 10.4% | 4.3% | 690,655 | 92.0% | 76.0% | 58.3% |
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2001 | 14,054 | 32.4% | 10.7% | 4.4% | 755,635 | 92.4% | 76.2% | 58.3% |
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2000 | 14,162 | 33.7% | 11.2% | 4.5% | 819,227 | 93.0% | 77.3% | 58.9% |
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1999 | 14,378 | 33.3% | 11.0% | 4.4% | 816,625 | 92.8% | 76.9% | 58.6% |
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1998 | 14,691 | 33.6% | 10.9% | 4.3% | 828,809 | 92.8% | 76.8% | 58.2% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 + | ||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 12,202 | 31.7% | 11.0% | 4.6% | 560,342 | 91.1% | 73.1% | 52.6% |
| 311 | Food manufacturing | 718 | 28.1% | 12.0% | 5.7% | 27,892 | 89.6% | 73.8% | 52.2% |
| 312 | Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 96 | 24.0% | 10.4% | 9.4% | 4,373 | 93.8% | D | 80.1% |
| 313 | Textile mills | 42 | 16.7% | 11.9% | 2.4% | (500-999) | D | D | D |
| 314 | Textile product mills | 196 | 10.2% | 4.6% | 2.6% | 3,098 | 80.8% | D | D |
| 315 | Apparel manufacturing | 55 | 9.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 374 | 61.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 316 | Leather and allied product manufacturing | 18 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% | (500-999) | D | D | D |
| 321 | Wood product manufacturing | 491 | 29.3% | 8.4% | 2.6% | 10,705 | 81.0% | 45.2% | 16.3% |
| 322 | Paper manufacturing | 148 | 62.2% | 33.1% | 19.6% | 12,493 | 96.4% | 80.3% | 60.0% |
| 323 | Printing and related support activities | 992 | 17.9% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 17,175 | 76.4% | 45.7% | 24.9% |
| 324 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 44 | 54.5% | 36.4% | 27.3% | 1,752 | 89.2% | D | D |
| 325 | Chemical manufacturing | 363 | 47.7% | 28.4% | 18.2% | 28,370 | 95.6% | 86.5% | 69.2% |
| 326 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 615 | 53.7% | 27.0% | 12.0% | 51,056 | 96.1% | 82.4% | 53.9% |
| 327 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 393 | 28.2% | 12.0% | 7.4% | 12,084 | 87.0% | 68.3% | 55.4% |
| 331 | Primary metal manufacturing | 271 | 54.2% | 27.7% | 12.5% | 22,073 | 96.0% | 82.9% | 52.3% |
| 332 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 3,026 | 30.9% | 8.7% | 3.0% | 77,952 | 83.1% | 49.9% | 24.4% |
| 333 | Machinery manufacturing | 2,156 | 36.2% | 10.4% | 4.3% | 70,932 | 86.3% | 55.3% | 35.6% |
| 334 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 343 | 37.9% | 16.9% | 7.9% | 18,719 | 93.5% | 77.8% | 56.4% |
| 335 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 209 | 37.8% | 18.2% | 6.7% | 8,760 | 92.3% | 71.3% | 37.6% |
| 336 | Transportation equipment manufacturing | 792 | 58.1% | 32.3% | 15.7% | 153,852 | 98.6% | 92.6% | 78.0% |
| 337 | Furniture and related product manufacturing | 499 | 22.8% | 7.6% | 2.0% | 21,085 | 90.3% | 77.0% | 55.7% |
| 339 | Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1,001 | 17.3% | 4.7% | 2.2% | 16,030 | 74.1% | 46.6% | 31.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 31 |