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 | 12,965 | 15,559 | 247,957 | 14,048,835 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,087 | 6,099 | 10,970 | 554,598 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,177 | 2,196 | 14,304 | 723,431 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,595 | 1,669 | 20,839 | 1,072,352 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,724 | 2,091 | 57,259 | 2,939,509 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 677 | 1,149 | 48,022 | 2,412,371 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 705 | 2,355 | 96,563 | 6,346,574 |
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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 | 12,965 | 24.0% | 10.7% | 5.4% | 247,957 | 81.4% | 58.3% | 38.9% |
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2007 | 13,268 | 23.0% | 10.0% | 5.2% | 236,913 | 80.1% | 55.7% | 37.1% |
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2006 | 13,335 | 22.6% | 10.1% | 5.2% | 241,755 | 80.1% | 56.6% | 37.3% |
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2005 | 13,458 | 22.3% | 9.8% | 5.3% | 238,710 | 80.0% | 56.3% | 38.2% |
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2004 | 13,502 | 22.8% | 9.8% | 5.2% | 245,044 | 80.5% | 56.9% | 38.6% |
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2003 | 13,658 | 22.5% | 9.6% | 5.2% | 242,422 | 79.7% | 56.3% | 38.7% |
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2002 | 14,169 | 22.5% | 9.3% | 5.2% | 239,897 | 78.4% | 53.0% | 37.3% |
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2001 | 14,245 | 23.2% | 9.6% | 5.7% | 244,395 | 78.1% | 52.1% | 35.9% |
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2000 | 14,640 | 22.6% | 9.2% | 5.4% | 243,026 | 77.5% | 50.6% | 34.9% |
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1999 | 14,781 | 22.2% | 8.9% | 5.2% | 237,240 | 76.7% | 49.8% | 33.3% |
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1998 | 15,014 | 22.1% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 234,941 | 76.2% | 48.7% | 32.9% |
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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 | 12,965 | 24.0% | 10.7% | 5.4% | 247,957 | 81.4% | 58.3% | 38.9% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 7,577 | 27.5% | 12.3% | 6.3% | 142,479 | 80.1% | 54.0% | 33.3% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 3,505 | 27.7% | 13.1% | 7.0% | 90,783 | 86.3% | 66.8% | 47.5% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,943 | 5.8% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 14,695 | 63.8% | 47.9% | 40.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |