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 | 9,811 | 11,806 | 170,557 | 9,722,632 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,927 | 4,934 | 8,269 | 422,486 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,551 | 1,575 | 10,132 | 483,576 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,101 | 1,169 | 14,441 | 733,808 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,178 | 1,485 | 37,683 | 2,027,345 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 467 | 881 | 31,112 | 1,566,945 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 587 | 1,762 | 68,920 | 4,488,472 |
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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 | 9,811 | 22.7% | 10.7% | 6.0% | 170,557 | 80.7% | 58.7% | 40.4% |
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2007 | 9,941 | 22.4% | 10.4% | 5.9% | 167,498 | 79.9% | 56.9% | 39.2% |
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2006 | 9,877 | 23.1% | 10.6% | 6.1% | 173,601 | 80.9% | 57.8% | 39.8% |
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2005 | 10,126 | 22.2% | 10.3% | 5.9% | 172,853 | 80.3% | 57.7% | 39.3% |
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2004 | 10,353 | 22.3% | 10.0% | 5.9% | 172,962 | 79.2% | 55.2% | 39.3% |
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2003 | 10,625 | 22.0% | 9.8% | 5.9% | 174,197 | 78.8% | 54.5% | 38.0% |
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2002 | 11,156 | 21.5% | 9.5% | 5.7% | 175,176 | 77.4% | 52.3% | 36.5% |
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2001 | 11,247 | 22.5% | 9.9% | 6.0% | 188,551 | 78.8% | 54.4% | 37.5% |
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2000 | 11,636 | 22.2% | 9.8% | 5.9% | 190,692 | 78.3% | 53.2% | 36.5% |
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1999 | 11,770 | 22.0% | 9.8% | 6.0% | 189,534 | 78.1% | 53.3% | 36.5% |
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1998 | 11,848 | 22.3% | 10.0% | 6.0% | 191,476 | 77.8% | 53.0% | 36.3% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 9,811 | 22.7% | 10.7% | 6.0% | 170,557 | 80.7% | 58.7% | 40.4% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 5,790 | 26.5% | 12.6% | 7.1% | 105,807 | 80.0% | 55.7% | 37.5% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 2,446 | 27.5% | 13.8% | 7.9% | 54,833 | 85.5% | 66.2% | 48.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,641 | 5.0% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 9,917 | 62.2% | 48.9% | 29.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |