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 | 443,992 | 518,632 | 7,617,164 | 440,631,852 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 287,840 | 288,149 | 474,787 | 20,228,061 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 69,461 | 70,009 | 453,783 | 17,819,013 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 40,235 | 41,607 | 536,167 | 23,000,362 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 34,343 | 40,965 | 1,288,267 | 62,550,525 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 7,781 | 19,299 | 1,189,017 | 60,040,051 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 4,332 | 58,603 | 3,675,143 | 256,993,840 |
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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 | 443,992 | 10.5% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,617,164 | 80.8% | 63.9% | 48.2% |
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2007 | 446,021 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 7,529,882 | 80.5% | 63.6% | 48.5% |
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2006 | 444,728 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,532,764 | 80.6% | 63.4% | 48.3% |
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2005 | 445,941 | 10.1% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,417,463 | 80.5% | 63.4% | 48.1% |
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2004 | 441,188 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,433,686 | 80.5% | 63.2% | 47.9% |
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2003 | 433,868 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,416,680 | 80.6% | 63.5% | 48.3% |
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2002 | 428,425 | 10.5% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 7,234,915 | 80.4% | 63.0% | 48.1% |
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2001 | 426,489 | 10.7% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,428,349 | 80.8% | 63.2% | 48.3% |
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2000 | 424,784 | 10.7% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,353,209 | 80.7% | 63.1% | 48.2% |
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1999 | 419,850 | 10.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,135,960 | 80.4% | 62.8% | 48.1% |
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1998 | 418,277 | 10.4% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 6,993,814 | 80.0% | 62.5% | 47.5% |
| 1997 | 415,311 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 6,895,924 | 80.1% | 62.5% | 47.4% | |
| 1996 | 411,120 | 10.2% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 6,789,494 | 80.0% | 62.5% | 47.4% | |
| 1995 | 407,036 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 6,780,555 | 80.1% | 62.6% | 47.3% | |
| 1994 | 402,268 | 10.2% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,664,228 | 80.0% | 62.9% | 47.6% | |
| 1993 | 401,739 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,632,501 | 79.7% | 62.2% | 47.1% | |
| 1992 | 400,820 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,672,221 | 79.9% | 62.4% | 47.5% | |
| 1991 | 404,267 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,802,471 | 79.7% | 62.1% | 47.1% | |
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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 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 443,992 | 10.5% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,617,164 | 80.8% | 63.9% | 48.2% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 594 | 4.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 3,328 | 49.7% | D | 6.6% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 289 | 23.9% | 14.2% | 7.6% | 4,678 | 81.5% | 64.0% | 27.1% |
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22 | Utilities | 184 | 40.8% | 27.7% | 21.2% | 39,688 | 98.8% | 96.2% | 92.9% |
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23 | Construction | 47,494 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 350,934 | 57.9% | 26.7% | 8.0% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 17,524 | 25.2% | 7.5% | 3.0% | 511,209 | 86.6% | 62.5% | 40.6% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 31,547 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 394,390 | 74.1% | 48.2% | 29.3% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 57,108 | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 892,335 | 78.5% | 64.8% | 57.8% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 10,545 | 16.5% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 240,237 | 87.2% | 71.8% | 55.8% |
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51 | Information | 7,477 | 19.0% | 7.7% | 4.3% | 289,745 | 92.3% | 81.9% | 72.4% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 16,660 | 13.7% | 5.6% | 2.6% | 594,917 | 91.4% | 83.3% | 72.5% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 28,821 | 5.3% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 169,939 | 54.5% | 31.9% | 19.2% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 55,652 | 8.2% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 582,925 | 72.9% | 54.1% | 39.6% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 1,853 | 81.6% | 65.6% | 39.7% | 175,450 | 99.5% | 96.9% | 86.7% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 23,013 | 13.3% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 518,877 | 87.5% | 73.5% | 53.0% |
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61 | Educational services | 6,252 | 27.8% | 8.2% | 3.0% | 361,429 | 94.4% | 80.8% | 65.6% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 43,457 | 12.8% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 1,345,569 | 87.5% | 76.8% | 56.8% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 10,611 | 11.8% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 158,890 | 81.6% | 58.0% | 35.7% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 38,763 | 14.2% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 626,195 | 74.8% | 47.6% | 31.2% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 49,510 | 6.1% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 355,505 | 52.0% | 27.8% | 14.1% |
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99 | Unclassified | 708 | 0.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | (500-999) | D | D | D |
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