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 | 37,549 | 46,200 | 640,894 | 22,260,582 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 20,915 | 20,940 | 35,732 | 1,141,453 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 6,528 | 6,604 | 43,228 | 1,212,829 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,094 | 4,253 | 54,520 | 1,616,989 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,600 | 4,531 | 127,353 | 4,012,282 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 893 | 2,342 | 93,969 | 3,203,124 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,519 | 7,530 | 286,092 | 11,073,905 |
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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 | 37,549 | 16.0% | 6.4% | 4.0% | 640,894 | 79.2% | 59.3% | 44.6% |
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2007 | 38,291 | 15.6% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 642,183 | 78.9% | 58.9% | 44.5% |
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2006 | 37,871 | 15.8% | 6.2% | 3.8% | 628,681 | 78.8% | 57.9% | 43.0% |
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2005 | 37,246 | 15.4% | 6.0% | 3.7% | 595,249 | 78.0% | 57.1% | 42.5% |
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2004 | 36,615 | 15.6% | 6.1% | 3.8% | 580,576 | 77.8% | 56.7% | 41.7% |
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2003 | 36,049 | 15.3% | 6.1% | 3.8% | 571,381 | 77.9% | 57.3% | 42.4% |
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2002 | 35,597 | 15.2% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 554,156 | 77.6% | 57.3% | 42.4% |
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2001 | 35,333 | 15.0% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 553,357 | 77.6% | 57.4% | 42.1% |
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2000 | 35,469 | 15.0% | 6.1% | 3.9% | 549,352 | 77.5% | 57.2% | 42.2% |
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1999 | 35,669 | 14.9% | 6.0% | 3.9% | 541,386 | 77.3% | 56.7% | 42.3% |
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1998 | 35,775 | 14.8% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 540,186 | 76.9% | 56.0% | 41.2% |
| 1997 | 35,723 | 14.8% | 5.9% | 3.6% | 533,858 | 76.7% | 55.9% | 40.4% | |
| 1996 | 35,403 | 14.5% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 519,801 | 76.1% | 54.6% | 39.5% | |
| 1995 | 34,701 | 14.6% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 506,631 | 76.0% | 54.4% | 38.7% | |
| 1994 | 34,120 | 14.4% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 488,802 | 75.6% | 54.1% | 39.1% | |
| 1993 | 33,214 | 14.0% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 468,996 | 74.9% | 53.5% | 38.1% | |
| 1992 | 32,004 | 14.1% | 5.5% | 3.3% | 444,368 | 74.8% | 53.4% | 37.7% | |
| 1991 | 31,134 | 13.6% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 427,595 | 74.5% | 52.8% | 38.8% | |
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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 | 37,549 | 16.0% | 6.4% | 4.0% | 640,894 | 79.2% | 59.3% | 44.6% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 103 | 6.8% | 4.9% | 2.9% | 598 | 46.5% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 620 | 33.9% | 15.8% | 11.3% | 18,549 | 90.5% | 71.8% | 57.7% |
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22 | Utilities | 141 | 21.3% | 11.3% | 7.1% | 5,143 | 92.7% | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 5,604 | 11.2% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 54,940 | 63.4% | 28.9% | 9.6% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 1,499 | 22.5% | 9.8% | 5.7% | 34,925 | 83.6% | 64.2% | 47.0% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 1,728 | 31.8% | 18.8% | 13.6% | 23,015 | 76.0% | 54.2% | 40.5% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 4,644 | 17.6% | 8.7% | 6.2% | 100,588 | 82.0% | 69.0% | 59.3% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 1,175 | 20.2% | 12.2% | 8.9% | 17,405 | 81.8% | 64.0% | 54.0% |
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51 | Information | 508 | 27.4% | 18.7% | 13.8% | 14,049 | 89.2% | 80.0% | 69.3% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 1,659 | 18.0% | 12.3% | 8.4% | 25,035 | 82.5% | 69.4% | 49.1% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,002 | 8.0% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 11,274 | 54.3% | D | 28.4% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 4,521 | 10.2% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 42,955 | 68.2% | 51.0% | 39.5% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 170 | 87.6% | 68.8% | 43.5% | 10,960 | D | D | D |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 1,780 | 19.2% | 10.4% | 7.6% | 44,089 | 87.3% | 74.7% | 60.9% |
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61 | Educational services | 585 | 22.4% | 8.5% | 3.9% | 10,225 | 80.5% | 50.6% | 20.7% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 3,780 | 18.5% | 6.3% | 3.1% | 103,891 | 85.4% | 68.2% | 49.7% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 653 | 17.2% | 5.4% | 3.1% | 14,508 | 86.4% | D | 46.9% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 2,995 | 29.2% | 7.2% | 4.0% | 81,079 | 83.3% | 53.2% | 37.0% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 3,889 | 8.9% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 27,616 | 44.6% | 15.2% | 8.1% |
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99 | Unclassified | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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