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 | 4,778 | 5,730 | 77,208 | 4,105,895 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,335 | 2,336 | 3,884 | 169,179 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 665 | 674 | 4,316 | 190,999 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 497 | 524 | 6,350 | 316,063 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 578 | 699 | 17,454 | 850,398 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 300 | 501 | 15,822 | 765,639 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 403 | 996 | 29,382 | 1,813,617 |
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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 | 4,778 | 26.8% | 14.7% | 8.4% | 77,208 | 81.2% | 58.5% | 38.1% |
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2007 | 4,856 | 26.5% | 14.0% | 8.2% | 78,185 | 81.0% | 57.3% | 37.9% |
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2006 | 4,790 | 26.7% | 14.2% | 8.5% | 77,393 | 80.7% | 56.6% | 36.5% |
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2005 | 4,780 | 26.4% | 14.3% | 8.6% | 75,899 | 80.4% | 57.0% | 36.8% |
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2004 | 4,825 | 26.4% | 14.1% | 8.5% | 73,231 | 79.6% | 55.5% | 36.1% |
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2003 | 4,840 | 26.2% | 13.7% | 8.4% | 75,628 | 80.0% | 56.8% | 38.7% |
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2002 | 4,965 | 25.3% | 13.4% | 8.3% | 76,299 | 78.9% | 57.3% | 38.9% |
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2001 | 5,001 | 26.4% | 14.2% | 8.8% | 81,080 | 79.8% | 58.2% | 38.7% |
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2000 | 5,095 | 26.3% | 14.1% | 8.9% | 79,114 | 79.2% | 56.3% | 36.2% |
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1999 | 5,139 | 26.1% | 13.9% | 8.7% | 79,849 | 79.3% | 56.7% | 35.7% |
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1998 | 5,232 | 26.1% | 13.6% | 8.4% | 77,519 | 78.0% | 54.3% | 32.8% |
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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 | 4,778 | 26.8% | 14.7% | 8.4% | 77,208 | 81.2% | 58.5% | 38.1% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 2,626 | 32.0% | 18.4% | 10.4% | 44,339 | 80.6% | 57.0% | 36.2% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,318 | 31.9% | 17.1% | 10.4% | 29,073 | 85.6% | 64.1% | 42.9% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 862 | 5.5% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 3,796 | 53.1% | 33.8% | 22.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |