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 | 1,694 | 1,860 | 26,418 | 1,692,383 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 763 | 763 | 1,374 | 83,755 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 247 | 248 | 1,558 | 85,370 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 178 | 180 | 2,274 | 129,027 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 224 | 245 | 6,623 | 381,271 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 106 | 139 | 5,053 | 283,184 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 176 | 285 | 9,536 | 729,776 |
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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 | 1,694 | 29.9% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 26,418 | 80.3% | 55.2% | 36.1% |
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2007 | 1,789 | 27.1% | 15.0% | 9.6% | 24,404 | 77.2% | 51.1% | 35.7% |
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2006 | 1,811 | 27.3% | 15.2% | 10.0% | 24,880 | 77.6% | 52.0% | 36.0% |
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2005 | 1,859 | 26.1% | 14.0% | 9.3% | 24,728 | 77.8% | 52.1% | 36.0% |
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2004 | 1,840 | 25.7% | 13.7% | 8.7% | 24,665 | 77.1% | 52.6% | 38.4% |
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2003 | 1,871 | 24.5% | 13.6% | 8.9% | 23,428 | 74.7% | 51.5% | 37.7% |
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2002 | 1,886 | 24.6% | 13.0% | 8.6% | 23,023 | 73.8% | 47.9% | 32.8% |
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2001 | 1,900 | 24.3% | 13.5% | 9.8% | 24,227 | 73.3% | 47.9% | 31.6% |
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2000 | 1,958 | 24.0% | 12.9% | 9.0% | 24,832 | 73.6% | 47.6% | 34.8% |
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1999 | 1,998 | 23.4% | 12.3% | 8.5% | 23,739 | 73.1% | 45.6% | 32.3% |
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1998 | 1,975 | 23.0% | 11.9% | 8.4% | 22,912 | 72.2% | 43.9% | 29.4% |
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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 | 1,694 | 29.9% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 26,418 | 80.3% | 55.2% | 36.1% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,057 | 33.8% | 17.8% | 11.3% | 16,985 | 79.4% | 50.1% | 34.2% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 367 | 39.2% | 25.6% | 16.6% | 8,415 | 87.4% | 69.5% | 43.6% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 280 | 5.4% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 1,018 | 36.5% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |