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 | 5,156 | 8,387 | 141,638 | 3,681,044 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,514 | 2,519 | 4,387 | 116,161 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 940 | 959 | 6,344 | 152,447 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 625 | 678 | 7,995 | 193,263 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 438 | 618 | 14,093 | 408,959 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 200 | 508 | 12,743 | 443,297 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 439 | 3,105 | 96,076 | 2,366,917 |
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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 | 5,156 | 20.9% | 12.4% | 8.5% | 141,638 | 86.8% | 76.8% | 67.8% |
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2006 | 5,421 | 20.6% | 12.1% | 8.2% | 142,965 | 85.7% | 74.9% | 64.9% |
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2005 | 5,354 | 20.3% | 11.6% | 7.8% | 135,522 | 85.5% | 74.0% | 64.1% |
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2004 | 5,165 | 20.3% | 11.7% | 8.0% | 127,928 | 84.7% | 73.5% | 63.1% |
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2003 | 5,009 | 21.0% | 11.8% | 8.0% | 120,598 | 84.9% | 72.7% | 62.1% |
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2002 | 4,852 | 21.4% | 12.0% | 8.0% | 113,982 | 84.1% | 71.7% | 61.1% |
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2001 | 4,748 | 21.8% | 12.3% | 8.2% | 111,982 | 84.0% | 71.2% | 59.4% |
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2000 | 4,702 | 22.3% | 12.5% | 8.1% | 108,012 | 83.6% | 70.2% | 57.9% |
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1999 | 4,599 | 22.1% | 12.0% | 8.0% | 101,922 | 83.2% | 68.8% | 58.7% |
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1998 | 4,444 | 22.1% | 11.9% | 8.0% | 95,508 | 82.0% | 67.1% | 56.9% |
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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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 5,156 | 20.9% | 12.4% | 8.5% | 141,638 | 86.8% | 76.8% | 67.8% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 567 | 27.5% | 13.9% | 5.8% | 17,686 | 89.7% | 71.2% | 35.0% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 333 | 20.1% | 13.2% | 10.8% | 4,762 | 76.1% | 63.4% | 55.2% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 254 | 14.2% | 10.2% | 7.1% | 4,071 | 80.3% | D | 72.2% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 386 | 25.6% | 11.9% | 7.3% | 9,831 | 82.7% | 66.4% | 60.2% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 578 | 17.8% | 8.0% | 5.9% | 23,687 | 90.1% | D | 73.9% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 298 | 18.1% | 12.8% | 11.7% | 7,198 | 86.1% | D | 77.5% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 402 | 22.1% | 6.5% | 3.7% | 7,700 | 66.9% | D | 32.2% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 741 | 36.8% | 30.4% | 22.5% | 20,821 | 89.7% | 84.8% | 79.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 279 | 22.6% | 13.6% | 10.0% | 4,929 | 79.7% | 67.4% | 64.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 56 | 37.5% | 35.7% | 32.1% | 27,233 | D | D | 99.2% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 795 | 14.8% | 9.2% | 5.3% | 7,880 | 65.6% | 48.5% | 37.4% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 536 | 12.1% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 5,840 | 76.0% | 59.9% | 52.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |