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) |
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| All firms | 189,918 | 221,202 | 4,707,921 | 68,941,261 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 65,538 | 65,600 | 108,965 | 3,001,807 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 37,676 | 37,711 | 254,327 | 3,184,475 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 38,317 | 38,476 | 527,837 | 6,824,496 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 44,678 | 46,627 | 1,675,835 | 24,597,641 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 3,054 | 7,284 | 467,235 | 7,236,304 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 655 | 25,504 | 1,673,722 | 24,096,538 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 182 | 1,673 | 86,773 | 1,289,997 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 99 | 1,113 | 55,740 | 838,791 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 112 | 2,018 | 103,308 | 1,451,110 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 57 | 1,271 | 70,971 | 1,037,337 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 32 | 770 | 43,568 | 597,991 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 67 | 2,362 | 133,952 | 2,061,807 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 106 | 16,297 | 1,179,410 | 16,819,505 |
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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 | 189,918 | 25.5% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 4,707,921 | 81.1% | 45.5% | 35.6% |
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2007 | 188,961 | 25.2% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4,579,941 | 80.9% | 44.9% | 35.0% |
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2006 | 184,736 | 25.1% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4,518,780 | 81.2% | 45.1% | 34.5% |
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2005 | 182,480 | 24.7% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 4,340,155 | 80.8% | 44.3% | 33.8% |
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2004 | 179,242 | 25.1% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 4,263,277 | 80.9% | 43.9% | 32.7% |
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2003 | 173,788 | 25.1% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 4,091,133 | 80.5% | 43.2% | 32.0% |
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2002 | 170,651 | 25.3% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4,000,075 | 80.6% | 42.9% | 32.3% |
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2001 | 165,621 | 25.3% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3,963,258 | 81.3% | 44.2% | 33.4% |
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2000 | 165,128 | 25.3% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3,897,123 | 80.8% | 43.3% | 32.6% |
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1999 | 163,897 | 25.1% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3,788,062 | 80.1% | 42.4% | 32.0% |
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1998 | 166,666 | 24.6% | 1.9% | 0.4% | 3,703,453 | 79.6% | 41.4% | 30.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 7221 |