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 | 31,547 | 34,112 | 394,390 | 23,763,576 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 19,362 | 19,387 | 32,684 | 1,590,862 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,748 | 4,788 | 30,759 | 1,548,637 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,973 | 3,046 | 38,841 | 2,140,501 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,999 | 3,400 | 101,933 | 5,911,431 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 818 | 1,325 | 74,697 | 4,624,518 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 647 | 2,166 | 115,476 | 7,947,627 |
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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 | 31,547 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 394,390 | 74.1% | 48.2% | 29.3% |
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2007 | 31,959 | 13.7% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 390,422 | 73.2% | 48.2% | 29.6% |
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2006 | 32,368 | 13.7% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 405,236 | 73.8% | 48.2% | 30.4% |
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2005 | 32,948 | 13.4% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 409,023 | 73.5% | 48.4% | 30.4% |
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2004 | 33,216 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 407,036 | 73.0% | 47.6% | 29.9% |
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2003 | 33,681 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 406,537 | 72.5% | 47.0% | 29.7% |
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2002 | 33,380 | 13.6% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 392,641 | 71.6% | 45.2% | 29.1% |
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2001 | 33,732 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 426,983 | 72.8% | 46.4% | 30.3% |
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2000 | 34,267 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 422,403 | 72.2% | 45.8% | 29.2% |
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1999 | 34,512 | 14.0% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 416,351 | 71.5% | 45.5% | 29.5% |
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1998 | 35,121 | 13.9% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 410,910 | 70.8% | 44.5% | 28.0% |
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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 | 31,547 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 394,390 | 74.1% | 48.2% | 29.3% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 15,389 | 15.5% | 5.3% | 2.5% | 193,543 | 72.3% | 45.1% | 26.5% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 12,920 | 15.7% | 5.2% | 2.3% | 187,211 | 78.1% | 53.2% | 33.0% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 3,315 | 3.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 13,636 | 42.5% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |