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 | 32,334 | 38,906 | 595,384 | 24,970,440 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 18,117 | 18,133 | 31,160 | 1,258,048 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,718 | 5,776 | 37,529 | 1,313,260 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,474 | 3,611 | 46,233 | 1,728,780 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,048 | 3,757 | 108,254 | 4,232,416 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 789 | 1,843 | 86,795 | 3,602,279 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,188 | 5,786 | 285,413 | 12,835,657 |
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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 | 32,334 | 15.5% | 6.1% | 3.7% | 595,384 | 80.7% | 62.5% | 47.9% |
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2007 | 33,001 | 15.3% | 5.8% | 3.4% | 573,209 | 79.6% | 60.5% | 46.0% |
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2006 | 33,228 | 15.3% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 577,415 | 79.6% | 59.6% | 45.1% |
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2005 | 33,282 | 14.9% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 562,398 | 79.2% | 59.4% | 44.6% |
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2004 | 33,089 | 14.8% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 551,001 | 78.8% | 58.6% | 43.5% |
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2003 | 32,652 | 15.0% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 540,306 | 78.9% | 58.4% | 43.6% |
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2002 | 32,279 | 15.2% | 5.5% | 3.3% | 550,725 | 79.4% | 59.6% | 45.2% |
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2001 | 31,931 | 15.1% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 556,877 | 79.5% | 59.8% | 45.1% |
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2000 | 32,100 | 14.9% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 546,400 | 79.2% | 59.2% | 44.6% |
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1999 | 31,981 | 14.8% | 5.5% | 3.3% | 528,902 | 78.7% | 58.5% | 44.4% |
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1998 | 31,879 | 14.5% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 518,526 | 78.6% | 58.5% | 43.9% |
| 1997 | 31,664 | 14.2% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 497,878 | 77.9% | 57.5% | 42.0% | |
| 1996 | 30,842 | 13.9% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 482,052 | 77.9% | 57.7% | 42.9% | |
| 1995 | 29,989 | 14.0% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 464,013 | 77.8% | 57.6% | 42.4% | |
| 1994 | 29,271 | 13.7% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 445,362 | 77.6% | 57.8% | 42.1% | |
| 1993 | 28,751 | 13.6% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 426,624 | 76.9% | 57.2% | 42.3% | |
| 1992 | 28,286 | 13.6% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 420,674 | 76.9% | 57.3% | 43.0% | |
| 1991 | 28,179 | 13.1% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 416,792 | 76.5% | 57.1% | 42.3% | |
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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 | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 32,334 | 15.5% | 6.1% | 3.7% | 595,384 | 80.7% | 62.5% | 47.9% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 144 | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 520 | 14.8% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 40 | 15.0% | 10.0% | 5.0% | 312 | 56.7% | D | D |
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22 | Utilities | 43 | 48.8% | 41.9% | 30.2% | 3,234 | 96.4% | 92.9% | 78.4% |
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23 | Construction | 4,468 | 6.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 26,638 | 47.9% | 14.9% | 2.0% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 1,957 | 32.6% | 12.4% | 6.8% | 83,459 | 91.0% | 71.4% | 55.2% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 1,694 | 29.9% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 26,418 | 80.3% | 55.2% | 36.1% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 4,397 | 17.9% | 8.5% | 6.0% | 101,591 | 82.7% | 69.5% | 60.8% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 767 | 18.6% | 10.7% | 7.7% | 13,011 | 82.1% | 66.4% | 49.9% |
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51 | Information | 498 | 32.1% | 21.3% | 14.9% | 15,977 | 89.9% | 78.8% | 60.4% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 1,123 | 25.6% | 16.7% | 11.8% | 28,756 | 90.1% | 78.1% | 62.3% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,225 | 9.9% | 5.8% | 4.0% | 7,597 | 58.4% | 38.1% | 29.4% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3,799 | 10.4% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 29,687 | 61.0% | 37.7% | 24.6% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 170 | 85.9% | 71.2% | 49.4% | 11,889 | 99.3% | 97.1% | 88.1% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 2,094 | 13.3% | 6.4% | 4.3% | 43,917 | 85.9% | 73.8% | 60.8% |
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61 | Educational services | 547 | 24.9% | 8.6% | 4.0% | 27,823 | 93.1% | 81.3% | 66.1% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 2,721 | 18.1% | 6.5% | 2.6% | 84,669 | 85.4% | 71.4% | 49.3% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 734 | 17.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 12,669 | 80.5% | 52.5% | 32.6% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 2,903 | 22.6% | 4.7% | 2.4% | 55,966 | 77.0% | 45.0% | 32.2% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 3,388 | 6.8% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 21,211 | 40.3% | 17.9% | 9.0% |
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99 | Unclassified | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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