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 | 202,600 | 238,440 | 3,640,654 | 185,393,520 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 124,884 | 125,027 | 215,666 | 8,688,890 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 33,589 | 33,837 | 219,635 | 8,287,339 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 19,746 | 20,405 | 262,114 | 11,162,223 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 17,109 | 19,693 | 633,907 | 28,484,271 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 4,054 | 8,349 | 517,460 | 24,123,175 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 3,218 | 31,129 | 1,791,872 | 104,647,622 |
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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 | 202,600 | 12.0% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3,640,654 | 80.8% | 63.4% | 49.2% |
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2007 | 208,002 | 11.8% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 3,661,679 | 80.5% | 63.1% | 49.2% |
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2006 | 208,465 | 11.7% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,645,381 | 80.4% | 62.9% | 48.9% |
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2005 | 209,240 | 11.4% | 3.3% | 1.5% | 3,594,862 | 80.4% | 63.0% | 49.1% |
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2004 | 207,431 | 11.6% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,609,640 | 80.4% | 63.1% | 49.0% |
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2003 | 204,211 | 11.6% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,579,076 | 80.5% | 63.2% | 49.5% |
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2002 | 203,467 | 11.8% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 3,596,919 | 80.8% | 63.5% | 50.1% |
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2001 | 202,240 | 11.9% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 3,622,788 | 81.1% | 63.4% | 49.7% |
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2000 | 202,213 | 11.8% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 3,548,429 | 80.7% | 63.0% | 49.2% |
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1999 | 201,088 | 11.6% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 3,440,721 | 80.3% | 62.6% | 48.7% |
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1998 | 201,167 | 11.5% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,368,365 | 80.0% | 62.2% | 48.1% |
| 1997 | 199,775 | 11.4% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 3,300,923 | 79.7% | 62.0% | 47.7% | |
| 1996 | 196,518 | 11.2% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,208,801 | 79.6% | 61.7% | 47.4% | |
| 1995 | 192,876 | 11.5% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,184,257 | 79.6% | 61.4% | 46.8% | |
| 1994 | 189,553 | 11.4% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,124,484 | 79.8% | 61.8% | 47.7% | |
| 1993 | 187,037 | 11.5% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,099,870 | 79.5% | 61.6% | 47.2% | |
| 1992 | 183,746 | 11.6% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,064,166 | 79.7% | 61.6% | 47.5% | |
| 1991 | 183,263 | 11.6% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,087,243 | 79.7% | 61.5% | 47.5% | |
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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 | 202,600 | 12.0% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3,640,654 | 80.8% | 63.4% | 49.2% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 230 | 4.8% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1,584 | 59.5% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 81 | 33.3% | 22.2% | 13.6% | 1,591 | 85.8% | D | 45.6% |
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22 | Utilities | 79 | 46.8% | 34.2% | 31.6% | 17,318 | 99.2% | D | 95.2% |
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23 | Construction | 23,953 | 6.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 172,004 | 55.3% | 25.9% | 10.6% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 8,572 | 30.3% | 10.7% | 4.8% | 284,494 | 88.1% | 64.6% | 39.9% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 14,422 | 20.5% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 270,479 | 81.9% | 60.3% | 41.4% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 24,324 | 9.6% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 464,718 | 81.9% | 70.1% | 63.1% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 6,364 | 20.4% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 173,918 | 88.9% | 74.6% | 57.7% |
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51 | Information | 2,252 | 24.4% | 12.6% | 8.1% | 112,608 | 94.0% | 85.5% | 76.4% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 6,709 | 15.6% | 7.8% | 4.6% | 213,451 | 90.7% | 82.8% | 74.1% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 7,634 | 7.7% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 65,168 | 64.6% | 46.6% | 36.6% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 29,369 | 9.0% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 330,843 | 74.4% | 57.2% | 42.1% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 977 | 87.8% | 71.5% | 49.3% | 136,635 | 99.7% | 97.8% | 91.5% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 12,383 | 13.9% | 5.5% | 3.0% | 293,867 | 87.6% | 73.6% | 58.2% |
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61 | Educational services | 3,091 | 24.6% | 6.5% | 2.1% | 94,002 | 88.2% | 63.4% | 42.6% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 21,593 | 13.7% | 3.5% | 1.1% | 511,344 | 81.6% | 65.5% | 47.7% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3,326 | 16.6% | 4.1% | 1.2% | 52,767 | 80.7% | 48.6% | 18.1% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 16,676 | 14.5% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 291,237 | 77.2% | 51.7% | 42.8% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 22,528 | 6.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 152,291 | 47.5% | 20.0% | 9.8% |
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99 | Unclassified | 280 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 335 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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