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 | 6,025 | 7,443 | 170,893 | 6,782,419 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 3,270 | 3,273 | 5,047 | 174,845 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 891 | 895 | 5,866 | 179,405 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 637 | 657 | 8,399 | 275,837 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 613 | 721 | 21,524 | 755,696 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 228 | 343 | 17,806 | 626,770 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 386 | 1,554 | 112,251 | 4,769,866 |
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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 | 6,025 | 20.4% | 10.2% | 6.4% | 170,893 | 88.7% | 76.1% | 65.7% |
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2006 | 6,248 | 20.1% | 9.5% | 6.2% | 174,327 | 88.7% | 75.8% | 65.1% |
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2005 | 6,350 | 19.9% | 9.2% | 6.0% | 166,815 | 88.4% | 74.7% | 63.9% |
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2004 | 6,318 | 19.2% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 166,597 | 88.3% | 75.3% | 65.0% |
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2003 | 6,237 | 19.1% | 9.0% | 5.8% | 162,304 | 88.0% | 74.8% | 64.2% |
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2002 | 6,142 | 16.9% | 6.9% | 4.0% | 136,877 | 86.0% | 70.8% | 59.9% |
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2001 | 6,048 | 17.0% | 6.9% | 4.0% | 140,627 | 86.1% | 71.1% | 59.6% |
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2000 | 6,027 | 17.5% | 7.3% | 4.1% | 141,812 | 86.4% | 71.3% | 59.2% |
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1999 | 6,108 | 17.3% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 134,263 | 85.7% | 69.8% | 57.0% |
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1998 | 6,075 | 17.2% | 6.9% | 3.7% | 128,463 | 85.3% | 68.7% | 56.5% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 + | ||
| 48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 6,025 | 20.4% | 10.2% | 6.4% | 170,893 | 88.7% | 76.1% | 65.7% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 78 | 47.4% | 37.2% | 30.8% | 13,071 | 98.9% | D | 92.5% |
| 483 | Water transportation | 23 | 39.1% | 30.4% | 17.4% | (500-999) | D | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 3,926 | 15.6% | 6.1% | 3.5% | 63,344 | 79.9% | 59.4% | 45.6% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 336 | 23.5% | 5.4% | 1.5% | 10,510 | 88.6% | 65.3% | 50.0% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 15 | 86.7% | 86.7% | 80.0% | (1000-2499) | D | D | D |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 31 | 19.4% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 218 | 67.9% | D | D |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 1,064 | 22.9% | 13.8% | 9.8% | 17,841 | 79.6% | 62.7% | 53.2% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 225 | 11.6% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 28,735 | 97.3% | 95.0% | 92.7% |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 414 | 67.6% | 51.9% | 36.7% | 35,127 | 98.2% | 92.6% | 81.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |