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 | 176,902 | 269,152 | 4,225,050 | 49,563,996 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 76,349 | 76,649 | 125,812 | 2,376,912 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 35,695 | 35,883 | 237,494 | 2,627,674 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 31,731 | 32,579 | 425,083 | 4,491,779 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 27,608 | 38,090 | 1,011,383 | 11,351,375 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 4,600 | 26,804 | 849,429 | 9,628,059 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 919 | 59,147 | 1,575,849 | 19,088,197 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 355 | 6,124 | 172,366 | 1,981,031 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 167 | 4,130 | 114,998 | 1,286,706 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 138 | 4,234 | 114,557 | 1,300,799 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 69 | 2,948 | 88,560 | 974,128 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 31 | 1,865 | 45,536 | 534,819 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 78 | 6,397 | 165,726 | 2,008,331 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 81 | 33,449 | 874,106 | 11,002,383 |
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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 | 176,902 | 18.7% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 4,225,050 | 81.3% | 57.4% | 37.3% |
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2007 | 174,698 | 18.8% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 4,136,741 | 81.5% | 56.8% | 38.2% |
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2006 | 171,329 | 19.0% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 4,073,818 | 81.4% | 56.7% | 36.7% |
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2005 | 168,498 | 18.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | 3,927,204 | 81.5% | 57.0% | 37.3% |
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2004 | 162,447 | 18.6% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 3,771,981 | 81.6% | 56.7% | 36.2% |
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2003 | 154,185 | 19.0% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 3,640,644 | 82.2% | 57.3% | 36.6% |
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2002 | 143,822 | 19.2% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 3,463,127 | 82.5% | 57.7% | 37.7% |
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2001 | 139,074 | 19.6% | 3.3% | 0.5% | 3,407,334 | 82.9% | 58.0% | 37.4% |
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2000 | 135,981 | 19.9% | 3.4% | 0.5% | 3,385,478 | 82.9% | 57.9% | 37.7% |
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1999 | 136,414 | 19.3% | 3.3% | 0.5% | 3,318,549 | 82.3% | 57.6% | 37.6% |
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1998 | 139,299 | 18.6% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 3,277,834 | 81.8% | 57.3% | 37.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 7222 |