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 | 2,383 | 2,890 | 37,199 | 1,503,645 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 993 | 995 | 1,849 | 64,464 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 367 | 371 | 2,407 | 80,479 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 275 | 297 | 3,593 | 133,959 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 345 | 439 | 9,939 | 389,993 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 157 | 226 | 7,278 | 293,400 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 246 | 562 | 12,133 | 541,350 |
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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 | 2,383 | 31.4% | 16.9% | 10.3% | 37,199 | 78.9% | 52.2% | 32.6% |
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2007 | 2,419 | 29.8% | 16.0% | 9.9% | 36,483 | 77.0% | 51.3% | 31.6% |
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2006 | 2,410 | 29.8% | 16.1% | 10.5% | 37,852 | 78.8% | 53.3% | 35.4% |
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2005 | 2,402 | 28.6% | 15.1% | 9.9% | 35,256 | 75.7% | 48.3% | 31.5% |
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2004 | 2,487 | 28.3% | 14.3% | 9.4% | 35,458 | 75.1% | 46.6% | 30.6% |
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2003 | 2,513 | 27.3% | 13.9% | 9.0% | 35,543 | 75.1% | 48.0% | 31.5% |
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2002 | 2,559 | 27.4% | 13.4% | 8.4% | 35,289 | 74.0% | 45.0% | 29.2% |
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2001 | 2,644 | 26.9% | 13.3% | 8.8% | 36,709 | 73.8% | 43.5% | 28.7% |
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2000 | 2,702 | 26.6% | 12.8% | 8.7% | 39,972 | 74.8% | 45.9% | 31.9% |
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1999 | 2,746 | 26.4% | 12.6% | 8.3% | 39,444 | 74.3% | 44.9% | 30.5% |
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1998 | 2,816 | 25.5% | 12.1% | 7.8% | 39,464 | 73.1% | 44.8% | 31.0% |
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 2,383 | 31.4% | 16.9% | 10.3% | 37,199 | 78.9% | 52.2% | 32.6% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,393 | 34.1% | 19.0% | 12.0% | 19,305 | 75.1% | 44.6% | 27.5% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 779 | 33.2% | 18.0% | 10.7% | 16,431 | 84.7% | 63.3% | 39.8% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 223 | 11.2% | 3.1% | 1.8% | 1,463 | 63.4% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |