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 | 192,312 | 220,462 | 2,173,263 | 159,248,275 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 106,193 | 106,415 | 198,190 | 16,253,349 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 43,761 | 44,158 | 286,456 | 16,360,542 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 23,690 | 24,865 | 314,971 | 20,863,112 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 15,816 | 22,250 | 575,016 | 44,151,408 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,982 | 8,788 | 296,109 | 22,422,320 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 870 | 13,986 | 502,521 | 39,197,544 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 145 | 1,267 | 39,394 | 2,725,723 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 107 | 934 | 35,467 | 2,721,974 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 124 | 1,421 | 45,249 | 3,326,507 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 69 | 680 | 25,895 | 1,850,442 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 59 | 511 | 10,966 | 1,001,245 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 156 | 2,176 | 68,896 | 5,367,383 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 210 | 6,997 | 276,654 | 22,204,270 |
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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 | 192,312 | 9.7% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 2,173,263 | 63.2% | 36.7% | 23.1% |
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2007 | 191,961 | 9.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 2,169,682 | 62.8% | 36.4% | 23.4% |
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2006 | 190,876 | 9.7% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 2,136,673 | 62.5% | 35.6% | 22.6% |
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2005 | 189,562 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 2,041,704 | 61.0% | 33.8% | 21.3% |
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2004 | 187,558 | 10.0% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 2,049,325 | 60.8% | 32.6% | 20.1% |
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2003 | 184,261 | 9.7% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1,960,503 | 59.9% | 31.9% | 19.5% |
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2002 | 179,583 | 9.6% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1,904,325 | 60.0% | 32.4% | 20.1% |
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2001 | 177,127 | 9.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1,848,200 | 59.6% | 32.2% | 20.8% |
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2000 | 174,006 | 8.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1,763,793 | 58.5% | 31.6% | 20.3% |
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1999 | 171,735 | 8.6% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1,692,571 | 57.5% | 31.5% | 20.7% |
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1998 | 173,066 | 8.0% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1,619,363 | 55.4% | 30.1% | 19.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 6211 |