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 | 12,070 | 15,026 | 232,035 | 12,060,163 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,533 | 5,548 | 9,715 | 465,030 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,016 | 2,046 | 13,355 | 596,521 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,483 | 1,574 | 19,366 | 903,799 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,690 | 2,190 | 56,208 | 2,707,710 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 657 | 1,287 | 45,654 | 2,215,427 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 691 | 2,381 | 87,737 | 5,171,676 |
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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 | 12,070 | 25.2% | 11.2% | 5.7% | 232,035 | 81.7% | 57.5% | 37.8% |
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2007 | 12,366 | 24.5% | 10.6% | 5.4% | 233,434 | 81.2% | 57.1% | 39.5% |
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2006 | 12,516 | 24.2% | 10.6% | 5.4% | 238,386 | 81.1% | 57.1% | 39.2% |
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2005 | 12,651 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.4% | 237,889 | 81.0% | 56.8% | 39.8% |
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2004 | 12,721 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.3% | 235,090 | 80.5% | 56.2% | 38.2% |
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2003 | 12,907 | 23.9% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 237,375 | 80.4% | 56.0% | 39.2% |
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2002 | 13,390 | 23.7% | 10.0% | 5.3% | 244,950 | 80.0% | 55.6% | 38.7% |
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2001 | 13,609 | 24.3% | 10.2% | 5.7% | 262,986 | 80.5% | 56.0% | 39.3% |
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2000 | 13,818 | 24.4% | 10.2% | 5.6% | 261,121 | 80.2% | 55.1% | 38.1% |
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1999 | 14,120 | 23.9% | 9.8% | 5.5% | 255,669 | 79.5% | 53.8% | 37.4% |
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1998 | 14,413 | 23.7% | 9.9% | 5.4% | 255,022 | 78.9% | 53.2% | 35.7% |
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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 | 12,070 | 25.2% | 11.2% | 5.7% | 232,035 | 81.7% | 57.5% | 37.8% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 7,415 | 28.3% | 12.3% | 6.1% | 144,295 | 80.7% | 54.3% | 33.9% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 2,851 | 31.9% | 16.0% | 9.0% | 75,838 | 87.3% | 65.9% | 46.5% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,878 | 5.3% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 11,902 | 58.7% | 42.1% | 29.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |