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 | 170,389 | 177,446 | 1,701,955 | 40,665,125 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 117,252 | 117,417 | 171,728 | 5,185,120 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 26,139 | 26,162 | 171,096 | 3,994,681 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 14,820 | 14,913 | 198,734 | 4,809,745 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 10,315 | 11,069 | 389,652 | 9,396,394 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,495 | 2,520 | 258,565 | 5,281,350 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 368 | 5,365 | 512,180 | 11,997,835 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 120 | 464 | 55,390 | 1,071,054 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 53 | 266 | 29,690 | 646,232 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 51 | 439 | 42,534 | 906,888 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 26 | 264 | 29,878 | 641,246 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 18 | 208 | 29,782 | 644,438 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 34 | 411 | 56,585 | 1,222,403 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 66 | 3,313 | 268,321 | 6,865,574 |
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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 | 170,389 | 7.1% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,701,955 | 68.2% | 45.3% | 30.1% |
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2007 | 173,048 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,722,595 | 68.3% | 45.3% | 30.1% |
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2006 | 169,840 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,707,203 | 68.6% | 45.7% | 30.1% |
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2005 | 166,965 | 6.9% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 1,623,605 | 68.6% | 46.2% | 30.8% |
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2004 | 159,560 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,603,735 | 68.9% | 46.3% | 31.1% |
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2003 | 151,399 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,532,778 | 69.1% | 46.6% | 31.2% |
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2002 | 145,987 | 7.0% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,470,446 | 69.4% | 47.6% | 32.7% |
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2001 | 148,213 | 7.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,549,286 | 69.0% | 46.8% | 31.8% |
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2000 | 141,659 | 7.4% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,503,042 | 68.7% | 46.6% | 31.2% |
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1999 | 140,497 | 7.1% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,464,752 | 68.8% | 47.3% | 31.9% |
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1998 | 141,880 | 6.8% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1,398,083 | 68.0% | 46.4% | 30.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 5617 |