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 | 39,852 | 99,522 | 1,287,189 | 19,224,865 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 25,893 | 25,971 | (25k-49999) | 898,520 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 8,085 | 8,314 | 53,879 | 893,241 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,507 | 4,056 | 46,199 | 851,162 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,820 | 3,713 | 58,873 | 1,178,885 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 309 | 3,339 | 42,315 | 936,340 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 238 | 54,129 | 1,037,445 | 14,466,717 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 43 | 1,125 | 14,464 | 240,903 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 26 | 1,357 | 10,349 | 195,891 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 24 | 1,579 | 15,497 | 263,532 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 16 | 802 | 11,113 | 237,583 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 11 | 1,118 | 15,379 | 253,550 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 32 | 4,843 | 48,756 | 823,680 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 86 | 43,305 | 921,887 | 12,451,578 |
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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 | 39,852 | 5.9% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1,287,189 | 88.5% | 83.9% | 80.6% |
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2007 | 41,320 | 5.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1,278,939 | 87.9% | 83.1% | 79.9% |
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2006 | 41,019 | 5.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1,259,686 | 88.2% | 83.3% | 79.8% |
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2005 | 40,826 | 5.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1,200,822 | 87.9% | 82.8% | 79.4% |
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2004 | 40,131 | 6.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1,195,504 | 87.8% | 82.6% | 79.1% |
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2003 | 39,946 | 6.0% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1,116,324 | 87.0% | 81.7% | 77.9% |
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2002 | 41,519 | 6.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1,045,610 | 85.7% | 79.8% | 75.8% |
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2001 | 41,195 | 6.4% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1,033,252 | 85.4% | 79.1% | 75.1% |
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2000 | 40,987 | 6.3% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1,015,399 | 85.1% | 78.9% | 74.8% |
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1999 | 41,711 | 6.2% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 943,824 | 83.8% | 77.3% | 72.7% |
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1998 | 43,299 | 6.2% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 928,945 | 82.9% | 76.1% | 71.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 4481 |