Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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| By detailed employment size | By year |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 20,420 | 30,027 | 509,801 | 41,224,894 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 10,234 | 10,282 | 19,033 | 996,143 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,766 | 3,862 | 24,924 | 1,301,742 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,711 | 2,887 | 36,402 | 2,036,930 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,625 | 3,684 | 96,542 | 5,909,524 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 690 | 2,400 | 84,961 | 6,069,215 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 394 | 6,912 | 247,939 | 24,911,340 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 84 | 490 | 20,154 | 1,720,704 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 42 | 327 | 9,701 | 998,507 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 64 | 648 | 14,941 | 1,214,607 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 27 | 284 | 9,748 | 635,937 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 21 | 125 | 6,156 | 639,174 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 51 | 594 | 29,094 | 3,290,966 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 105 | 4,444 | 158,145 | 16,411,445 |
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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 | 20,420 | 18.2% | 5.3% | 1.9% | 509,801 | 84.2% | 65.3% | 48.6% |
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2007 | 19,855 | 17.7% | 5.0% | 1.9% | 449,905 | 82.4% | 61.8% | 45.0% |
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2006 | 19,881 | 17.9% | 4.9% | 1.8% | 466,457 | 83.0% | 62.8% | 46.7% |
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2005 | 20,178 | 17.6% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 466,236 | 82.7% | 62.5% | 47.4% |
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2004 | 20,630 | 17.2% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 460,972 | 82.1% | 61.6% | 47.1% |
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2003 | 21,650 | 16.9% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 468,927 | 81.6% | 61.1% | 47.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 4236 |