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 | 4,085 | 5,033 | 67,040 | 3,255,726 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,919 | 1,927 | 3,303 | 147,763 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 617 | 621 | 4,014 | 173,950 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 460 | 483 | 5,827 | 253,646 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 499 | 614 | 14,470 | 641,030 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 245 | 402 | 11,326 | 502,665 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 345 | 986 | 28,100 | 1,536,672 |
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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 | 4,085 | 26.7% | 14.4% | 8.4% | 67,040 | 80.4% | 58.8% | 41.9% |
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2007 | 4,122 | 25.7% | 13.3% | 8.0% | 63,940 | 78.7% | 56.3% | 39.3% |
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2006 | 4,009 | 26.2% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 67,865 | 80.3% | 59.0% | 42.8% |
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2005 | 4,021 | 25.4% | 13.3% | 8.1% | 63,718 | 78.9% | 56.3% | 39.3% |
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2004 | 4,066 | 25.3% | 12.8% | 7.8% | 63,752 | 78.4% | 55.4% | 39.0% |
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2003 | 4,107 | 25.1% | 13.1% | 7.9% | 62,877 | 78.3% | 56.3% | 38.8% |
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2002 | 4,209 | 25.9% | 13.1% | 7.7% | 63,713 | 77.9% | 54.2% | 36.3% |
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2001 | 4,221 | 25.7% | 13.5% | 8.1% | 62,000 | 76.0% | 52.9% | 34.3% |
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2000 | 4,323 | 25.6% | 13.1% | 7.8% | 65,255 | 77.2% | 54.1% | 35.3% |
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1999 | 4,350 | 24.8% | 12.4% | 7.6% | 61,329 | 75.2% | 50.4% | 33.5% |
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1998 | 4,391 | 24.3% | 12.0% | 7.4% | 60,762 | 74.5% | 49.4% | 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 | 4,085 | 26.7% | 14.4% | 8.4% | 67,040 | 80.4% | 58.8% | 41.9% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 2,454 | 30.2% | 16.3% | 9.4% | 40,068 | 78.8% | 53.7% | 37.3% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,121 | 29.8% | 16.9% | 10.5% | 24,264 | 85.4% | 69.2% | 51.2% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 533 | 6.9% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 2,708 | 59.5% | 41.0% | 26.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |