Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 5,996 | 8,955 | 147,690 | 3,470,551 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,893 | 2,901 | 4,947 | 130,542 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,187 | 1,211 | 7,997 | 158,986 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 865 | 944 | 11,484 | 254,465 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 584 | 871 | 20,790 | 512,512 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 157 | 493 | 15,651 | 454,720 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 310 | 2,535 | 86,821 | 1,959,326 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 5,996 | 17.5% | 7.8% | 5.2% | 147,690 | 83.5% | 69.4% | 58.8% |
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2006 | 5,826 | 17.5% | 7.9% | 5.4% | 139,157 | 83.5% | 68.8% | 58.0% |
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2005 | 5,745 | 17.1% | 7.6% | 5.2% | 130,073 | 82.3% | 67.4% | 56.6% |
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2004 | 5,696 | 17.4% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 127,731 | 82.5% | 67.3% | 56.5% |
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2003 | 5,623 | 17.5% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 123,110 | 82.3% | 66.9% | 55.0% |
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2002 | 5,585 | 17.7% | 8.0% | 5.6% | 123,519 | 82.5% | 66.9% | 55.8% |
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2001 | 5,536 | 18.6% | 8.3% | 5.8% | 126,475 | 82.7% | 66.8% | 54.7% |
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2000 | 5,364 | 19.1% | 8.5% | 5.8% | 123,824 | 82.6% | 66.2% | 54.2% |
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1999 | 5,252 | 19.8% | 8.4% | 5.8% | 119,433 | 82.5% | 65.1% | 53.1% |
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1998 | 5,272 | 19.1% | 8.0% | 5.3% | 117,341 | 81.7% | 63.7% | 52.1% |
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NAICS code |
Industry title (with link to definition) |
Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 5,996 | 17.5% | 7.8% | 5.2% | 147,690 | 83.5% | 69.4% | 58.8% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 951 | 21.5% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 19,217 | 78.0% | 51.8% | 24.1% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 486 | 11.3% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 6,291 | 65.7% | D | 38.1% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 327 | 15.0% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 4,791 | 73.5% | D | D |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 513 | 24.0% | 9.6% | 5.7% | 12,959 | 82.9% | 63.0% | 50.9% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 413 | 26.6% | 9.4% | 4.6% | 23,897 | 94.0% | 82.0% | 70.5% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 365 | 14.8% | 6.8% | 6.0% | 5,012 | 68.1% | 49.4% | 46.3% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 436 | 21.3% | 7.8% | 3.9% | 9,952 | 72.4% | 51.9% | 36.7% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 531 | 29.2% | 22.0% | 19.2% | 11,788 | 85.4% | 75.6% | 72.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 497 | 16.9% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 8,472 | 75.3% | D | 51.8% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 70 | 40.0% | 32.9% | 27.1% | 28,380 | D | D | 97.5% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 723 | 9.0% | 4.4% | 3.0% | 6,217 | 52.6% | 36.6% | 30.9% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 738 | 10.6% | 5.4% | 3.1% | 10,714 | 82.3% | 70.7% | 51.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |