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 | 14,317 | 15,941 | 742,787 | 35,083,569 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,403 | 4,403 | 8,735 | 396,718 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,627 | 2,629 | 17,696 | 578,641 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,209 | 2,229 | 30,048 | 1,097,595 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,173 | 3,374 | 129,081 | 5,280,368 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,051 | 1,430 | 149,549 | 6,513,863 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 854 | 1,876 | 407,678 | 21,216,384 |
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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 | 14,317 | 35.5% | 13.3% | 6.0% | 742,787 | 92.4% | 75.0% | 54.9% |
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2006 | 14,673 | 35.4% | 13.1% | 5.9% | 787,946 | 92.5% | 75.3% | 56.1% |
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2005 | 14,875 | 35.1% | 13.1% | 5.7% | 792,783 | 92.5% | 75.7% | 55.5% |
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2004 | 15,127 | 34.7% | 12.9% | 5.7% | 814,662 | 92.6% | 76.3% | 57.2% |
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2003 | 15,292 | 34.7% | 13.0% | 5.6% | 838,725 | 92.7% | 76.8% | 57.8% |
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2002 | 15,397 | 34.3% | 12.7% | 5.6% | 829,456 | 92.6% | 76.3% | 57.9% |
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2001 | 15,749 | 35.9% | 13.3% | 5.7% | 936,161 | 93.3% | 77.7% | 59.0% |
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2000 | 15,811 | 36.7% | 13.6% | 5.8% | 988,612 | 93.7% | 78.4% | 59.8% |
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1999 | 16,039 | 36.2% | 13.6% | 5.8% | 982,853 | 93.5% | 78.3% | 59.6% |
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1998 | 16,186 | 36.5% | 13.4% | 5.9% | 994,790 | 93.5% | 78.0% | 59.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 14,317 | 35.5% | 13.3% | 6.0% | 742,787 | 92.4% | 75.0% | 54.9% |
| 311 | Food manufacturing | 822 | 33.8% | 16.4% | 9.5% | 50,993 | 93.4% | 83.3% | 67.1% |
| 312 | Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 74 | 29.7% | 17.6% | 16.2% | 3,957 | 94.4% | D | 87.2% |
| 313 | Textile mills | 60 | 28.3% | 15.0% | 5.0% | 2,330 | 90.4% | D | D |
| 314 | Textile product mills | 225 | 18.7% | 5.3% | 1.8% | 3,499 | 75.1% | D | D |
| 315 | Apparel manufacturing | 71 | 15.5% | 8.5% | 5.6% | 1,361 | 85.5% | D | 55.2% |
| 316 | Leather and allied product manufacturing | 30 | 26.7% | 13.3% | 6.7% | 1,314 | D | D | D |
| 321 | Wood product manufacturing | 600 | 31.0% | 7.3% | 3.7% | 13,870 | 80.7% | 45.1% | 26.4% |
| 322 | Paper manufacturing | 268 | 61.6% | 29.9% | 16.4% | 21,858 | 95.8% | 80.3% | 60.2% |
| 323 | Printing and related support activities | 1,343 | 22.2% | 7.1% | 3.0% | 30,145 | 82.0% | 55.4% | 34.6% |
| 324 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 90 | 52.2% | 28.9% | 18.9% | 4,756 | 95.7% | D | 63.6% |
| 325 | Chemical manufacturing | 589 | 58.6% | 31.7% | 18.7% | 40,465 | 95.9% | 81.2% | 59.5% |
| 326 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 906 | 59.2% | 29.0% | 14.6% | 72,964 | 96.3% | 79.4% | 55.4% |
| 327 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 591 | 39.1% | 18.3% | 9.8% | 25,746 | 90.7% | 71.6% | 51.7% |
| 331 | Primary metal manufacturing | 383 | 66.3% | 33.9% | 18.0% | 47,447 | 97.9% | 85.8% | 66.9% |
| 332 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 3,751 | 33.5% | 10.1% | 3.7% | 117,942 | 86.3% | 56.9% | 32.3% |
| 333 | Machinery manufacturing | 1,787 | 37.9% | 14.2% | 6.4% | 77,873 | 90.9% | 69.8% | 45.8% |
| 334 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 433 | 42.3% | 19.6% | 10.6% | 24,091 | 92.9% | 76.1% | 56.7% |
| 335 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 311 | 47.3% | 23.8% | 12.9% | 30,415 | 96.7% | 87.6% | 71.9% |
| 336 | Transportation equipment manufacturing | 627 | 61.9% | 38.0% | 19.9% | 124,177 | 98.8% | 93.2% | 78.5% |
| 337 | Furniture and related product manufacturing | 705 | 17.9% | 4.4% | 1.8% | 23,025 | 86.9% | 70.0% | 58.7% |
| 339 | Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1,059 | 24.9% | 7.6% | 3.1% | 24,559 | 83.2% | 54.2% | 29.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 31 |