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 | 40,920 | 48,199 | 498,736 | 40,639,703 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 32,281 | 32,288 | 42,934 | 2,755,655 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,945 | 3,958 | 25,799 | 1,530,232 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,213 | 2,261 | 29,446 | 2,038,010 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,780 | 2,088 | 67,508 | 5,367,462 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 421 | 921 | 53,579 | 4,337,470 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 280 | 6,683 | 279,470 | 24,610,874 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 36 | 96 | 6,620 | 654,592 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 25 | 100 | 5,978 | 591,727 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 31 | 104 | 7,905 | 721,300 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 19 | 152 | 4,224 | 489,797 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 16 | 89 | 4,351 | 367,929 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 37 | 222 | 24,165 | 2,037,175 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 116 | 5,920 | 226,227 | 19,748,354 |
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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 | 40,920 | 6.1% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 498,736 | 80.3% | 66.8% | 56.0% |
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2007 | 42,242 | 7.2% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 540,120 | 80.3% | 64.8% | 50.5% |
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2006 | 41,461 | 7.3% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 486,523 | 78.9% | 61.6% | 46.3% |
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2005 | 39,083 | 6.9% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 456,909 | 79.3% | 63.5% | 48.9% |
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2004 | 37,041 | 6.8% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 457,618 | 80.0% | 65.2% | 52.5% |
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2003 | 34,007 | 7.4% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 427,004 | 79.5% | 64.6% | 50.5% |
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2002 | 33,501 | 8.3% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 466,119 | 81.5% | 65.5% | 50.0% |
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2001 | 32,286 | 9.7% | 2.8% | 1.0% | 538,673 | 83.7% | 67.6% | 51.2% |
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2000 | 31,560 | 9.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 521,454 | 83.5% | 67.2% | 52.0% |
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1999 | 32,309 | 8.8% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 441,249 | 80.5% | 62.7% | 47.5% |
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1998 | 31,682 | 7.9% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 354,951 | 77.7% | 58.5% | 41.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 541512 |