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 | 3,925 | 4,373 | 256,729 | 10,762,701 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,338 | 1,339 | 2,499 | 86,546 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 619 | 619 | 4,090 | 120,687 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 543 | 543 | 7,426 | 239,968 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 664 | 690 | 25,893 | 929,634 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 314 | 368 | 37,968 | 1,454,901 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 447 | 814 | 178,853 | 7,930,965 |
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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 | 3,925 | 36.3% | 19.4% | 11.4% | 256,729 | 94.5% | 84.5% | 69.7% |
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2006 | 3,868 | 37.9% | 20.3% | 12.1% | 263,605 | 94.9% | 84.6% | 69.8% |
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2005 | 3,842 | 37.2% | 20.0% | 12.0% | 271,326 | 95.0% | 85.2% | 70.6% |
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2004 | 3,824 | 36.9% | 20.1% | 11.8% | 274,793 | 95.0% | 85.9% | 71.2% |
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2003 | 3,870 | 37.4% | 20.3% | 12.0% | 283,244 | 95.3% | 86.0% | 72.1% |
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2002 | 3,907 | 36.9% | 20.4% | 11.7% | 289,953 | 95.5% | 86.7% | 72.7% |
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2001 | 3,947 | 39.1% | 21.4% | 12.5% | 325,619 | 95.8% | 87.1% | 73.5% |
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2000 | 3,939 | 40.0% | 21.8% | 12.7% | 334,651 | 96.1% | 87.4% | 73.2% |
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1999 | 4,002 | 39.3% | 21.6% | 12.8% | 336,776 | 96.0% | 87.3% | 73.2% |
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1998 | 3,981 | 39.3% | 21.7% | 12.5% | 343,297 | 96.1% | 87.8% | 73.3% |
| 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 + | ||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 3,925 | 36.3% | 19.4% | 11.4% | 256,729 | 94.5% | 84.5% | 69.7% |
| 311 | Food manufacturing | 184 | 35.3% | 20.1% | 15.2% | 17,540 | 96.7% | 90.1% | 83.2% |
| 312 | Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 22 | 40.9% | 40.9% | 27.3% | (500-999) | D | D | D |
| 313 | Textile mills | 151 | 66.9% | 41.7% | 19.9% | 19,754 | 98.7% | 90.0% | 64.3% |
| 314 | Textile product mills | 145 | 23.4% | 11.0% | 3.4% | 4,608 | 89.7% | 70.4% | 24.8% |
| 315 | Apparel manufacturing | 54 | 33.3% | 14.8% | 3.7% | 1,743 | 88.4% | D | D |
| 316 | Leather and allied product manufacturing | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 321 | Wood product manufacturing | 245 | 38.8% | 18.8% | 9.8% | 9,401 | 88.5% | 71.5% | 45.2% |
| 322 | Paper manufacturing | 75 | 72.0% | 48.0% | 32.0% | 12,726 | 98.5% | 93.1% | 82.7% |
| 323 | Printing and related support activities | 366 | 17.2% | 6.6% | 4.6% | 5,692 | 71.1% | D | 36.1% |
| 324 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 17 | 41.2% | 17.6% | 11.8% | 252 | D | D | D |
| 325 | Chemical manufacturing | 231 | 61.9% | 44.6% | 29.4% | 29,079 | 98.3% | 92.2% | 81.5% |
| 326 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 205 | 62.4% | 42.0% | 27.3% | 22,917 | 97.6% | 91.3% | 76.8% |
| 327 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 183 | 45.9% | 21.9% | 15.8% | 8,826 | 91.6% | 73.5% | 61.1% |
| 331 | Primary metal manufacturing | 76 | 50.0% | 34.2% | 21.1% | 6,084 | 96.6% | 88.7% | 73.3% |
| 332 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 799 | 34.4% | 14.4% | 8.0% | 28,196 | 89.1% | 67.9% | 51.5% |
| 333 | Machinery manufacturing | 297 | 41.1% | 23.2% | 15.8% | 30,436 | 96.8% | 89.5% | 80.9% |
| 334 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 85 | 40.0% | 22.4% | 17.6% | 6,320 | 97.6% | 88.0% | 79.5% |
| 335 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 87 | 50.6% | 32.2% | 26.4% | 9,493 | 97.5% | D | D |
| 336 | Transportation equipment manufacturing | 219 | 52.1% | 37.0% | 22.4% | 31,466 | 98.1% | 93.5% | 75.3% |
| 337 | Furniture and related product manufacturing | 241 | 14.1% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 3,978 | 72.5% | D | D |
| 339 | Miscellaneous manufacturing | 323 | 16.7% | 8.0% | 5.0% | 7,241 | 81.9% | 65.7% | 49.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 31 |