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 | 166,296 | 173,354 | 1,110,114 | 88,274,581 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 124,549 | 124,633 | 216,299 | 10,777,825 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 23,889 | 24,069 | 153,878 | 8,175,359 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 10,389 | 10,912 | 137,005 | 9,255,845 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,379 | 8,705 | 241,267 | 20,071,902 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 881 | 3,320 | 167,241 | 15,866,502 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 209 | 1,715 | 194,424 | 24,127,148 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 59 | 399 | 33,215 | 3,814,303 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 34 | 286 | 25,465 | 2,965,509 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 58 | 573 | 65,582 | 8,036,088 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 22 | 201 | 32,155 | 4,049,190 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 8 | 80 | 13,563 | 1,726,356 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 9 | 136 | 23,811 | 3,464,725 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 19 | 40 | 633 | 70,977 |
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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 | 166,296 | 4.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,110,114 | 54.3% | 32.6% | 17.5% |
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2007 | 168,798 | 4.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,110,269 | 53.6% | 32.0% | 17.1% |
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2006 | 168,752 | 4.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,117,273 | 53.7% | 31.8% | 16.3% |
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2005 | 168,646 | 4.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,102,715 | 53.7% | 31.2% | 15.7% |
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2004 | 166,704 | 4.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,122,723 | 54.0% | 31.0% | 15.8% |
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2003 | 164,159 | 4.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,093,736 | 53.6% | 30.7% | 15.4% |
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2002 | 162,732 | 4.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,063,238 | 53.3% | 30.4% | 15.7% |
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2001 | 161,875 | 4.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,045,794 | 53.0% | 30.1% | 15.6% |
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2000 | 162,011 | 4.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,023,682 | 51.9% | 28.4% | 13.6% |
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1999 | 162,553 | 4.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,014,850 | 51.4% | 27.6% | 12.8% |
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1998 | 163,485 | 4.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 988,948 | 50.2% | 26.1% | 11.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54111 |