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 | 14,422 | 15,724 | 270,479 | 19,782,940 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 7,658 | 7,662 | 13,643 | 766,076 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,242 | 2,256 | 14,659 | 823,115 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,571 | 1,598 | 20,524 | 1,264,111 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,713 | 1,839 | 58,508 | 3,498,385 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 594 | 832 | 51,076 | 3,136,083 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 644 | 1,537 | 112,069 | 10,295,170 |
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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 | 14,422 | 20.5% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 270,479 | 81.9% | 60.3% | 41.4% |
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2007 | 14,766 | 19.8% | 8.3% | 4.3% | 269,317 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.2% |
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2006 | 14,817 | 19.9% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 271,190 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.1% |
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2005 | 15,152 | 19.2% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 274,063 | 81.5% | 60.2% | 42.2% |
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2004 | 15,396 | 18.8% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 272,818 | 80.7% | 59.1% | 42.0% |
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2003 | 15,649 | 19.0% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 272,243 | 80.4% | 58.2% | 41.1% |
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2002 | 15,465 | 19.9% | 7.9% | 4.5% | 264,787 | 80.4% | 57.3% | 40.2% |
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2001 | 15,642 | 20.3% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 281,004 | 81.3% | 58.3% | 40.9% |
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2000 | 16,047 | 20.1% | 8.3% | 4.7% | 279,140 | 80.7% | 57.3% | 39.5% |
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1999 | 16,345 | 19.8% | 8.3% | 4.6% | 275,609 | 80.4% | 57.2% | 39.8% |
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1998 | 16,647 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 4.6% | 275,728 | 79.5% | 56.9% | 39.4% |
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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 | 14,422 | 20.5% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 270,479 | 81.9% | 60.3% | 41.4% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 7,657 | 23.5% | 10.2% | 5.5% | 134,566 | 79.4% | 54.3% | 35.1% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 5,084 | 22.0% | 9.1% | 4.7% | 125,423 | 86.7% | 68.1% | 48.8% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,724 | 4.4% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 10,490 | 58.1% | 43.8% | 34.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |