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 | 12,522 | 16,282 | 376,447 | 16,628,112 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,793 | 6,803 | 11,192 | 442,492 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,016 | 2,030 | 13,232 | 451,387 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,350 | 1,377 | 17,791 | 645,095 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,243 | 1,411 | 42,772 | 1,693,541 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 484 | 929 | 41,181 | 1,770,283 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 636 | 3,732 | 250,279 | 11,625,314 |
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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 | 12,522 | 18.9% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 376,447 | 88.8% | 77.4% | 66.5% |
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2006 | 12,265 | 18.2% | 8.4% | 4.8% | 352,519 | 88.6% | 76.3% | 66.7% |
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2005 | 11,966 | 18.0% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 336,526 | 88.5% | 76.5% | 67.3% |
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2004 | 11,720 | 18.0% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 330,517 | 88.4% | 76.6% | 67.5% |
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2003 | 11,664 | 17.9% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 331,027 | 88.4% | 76.5% | 67.6% |
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2002 | 11,541 | 16.1% | 6.5% | 3.4% | 293,152 | 87.0% | 73.6% | 64.5% |
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2001 | 11,475 | 16.1% | 6.4% | 3.2% | 311,940 | 87.6% | 74.7% | 64.0% |
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2000 | 11,620 | 15.9% | 6.4% | 3.4% | 312,089 | 87.6% | 75.0% | 64.8% |
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1999 | 11,388 | 16.0% | 6.4% | 3.3% | 291,272 | 86.8% | 73.4% | 63.2% |
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1998 | 11,334 | 15.7% | 6.4% | 3.2% | 282,458 | 86.6% | 73.3% | 62.1% |
| 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 | 12,522 | 18.9% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 376,447 | 88.8% | 77.4% | 66.5% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 276 | 34.8% | 22.5% | 14.9% | (50k-99999) | D | D | D |
| 483 | Water transportation | 107 | 41.1% | 20.6% | 11.2% | 4,803 | 93.3% | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 6,838 | 13.9% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 120,672 | 80.8% | 63.6% | 48.5% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 496 | 19.6% | 6.7% | 2.4% | 15,643 | 88.6% | 73.5% | 57.8% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 96 | 52.1% | 46.9% | 41.7% | 12,278 | 98.3% | D | 94.0% |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 84 | 15.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 981 | 69.7% | D | D |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 3,360 | 22.0% | 10.1% | 5.0% | 73,975 | 83.5% | 65.6% | 49.5% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 649 | 8.5% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 40,224 | 94.7% | 91.7% | 89.0% |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 757 | 60.9% | 47.4% | 33.9% | 53,592 | 97.2% | 92.2% | 82.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |