U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
NAICS 42492 - Book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers
United States


By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 1,986 2,730 62,936 2,598,618
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 1,128 1,130 1,846 72,380
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 304 305 1,995 76,129
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 195 210 2,536 98,935
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 209 281 7,828 288,081
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 79 166 7,662 216,660
Firms with 500 employees or more 71 638 41,069 1,846,433
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 11 54 2,696 75,549
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 8 79 2,341 71,636
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 8 15 920 54,521
Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees 5 20 (1000-2499) D
Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees 2 2 (100-249) D
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 14 67 6,329 239,662
Firms with 5,000 employees or more 23 401 26,836 1,317,093

 

 

U.S. - Book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 1,986 18.1% 7.6% 3.6% 62,936 89.9% 77.4% 65.3%
link to 2007 detail 2007 2,097 18.7% 7.8% 3.7% 67,808 90.6% 78.3% 66.9%
link to 2006 detail 2006 2,088 18.9% 8.0% 3.4% 68,700 90.1% 77.7% 64.5%
link to 2005 detail 2005 2,186 18.9% 8.3% 3.7% 73,021 90.2% 78.7% 66.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 2,281 19.5% 8.3% 3.6% 76,343 90.2% 78.5% 66.3%
link to 2003 detail 2003 2,439 18.7% 8.2% 3.5% 68,329 88.2% 75.0% 59.7%


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