U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
NAICS 44 - Retail trade
Washington

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Washington - Retail trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 15,269 22,481 332,049 8,700,742
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 8,020 8,031 15,232 348,367
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 3,219 3,265 21,218 465,565
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,850 2,045 24,312 613,473
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,454 2,298 52,951 1,638,007
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 320 1,205 29,875 1,005,075
Firms with 500 employees or more 406 5,637 188,461 4,630,255

 
 
Washington - Retail trade - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 15,269 14.3% 4.8% 2.7% 332,049 81.7% 65.8% 56.8%
link to 2006 detail 2006 15,851 13.7% 4.5% 2.6% 328,899 81.1% 64.8% 56.4%
link to 2005 detail 2005 16,033 13.2% 4.3% 2.5% 321,048 80.6% 64.2% 56.2%
link to 2004 detail 2004 15,898 13.8% 4.3% 2.6% 318,753 80.8% 63.6% 56.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 15,921 13.4% 4.3% 2.6% 309,614 80.1% 63.4% 55.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 15,923 13.5% 4.3% 2.6% 299,652 79.6% 62.7% 54.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 16,004 14.1% 4.5% 2.7% 317,052 80.2% 62.7% 54.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 15,996 14.3% 4.5% 2.7% 313,402 79.7% 61.8% 52.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 15,999 14.1% 4.3% 2.6% 302,828 79.1% 60.7% 52.5%
link to 1998 detail 1998 16,169 13.6% 4.1% 2.4% 288,388 77.6% 58.9% 50.6%

 
 
Washington - Retail trade - by Subsector
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
44-45 Retail trade 15,269 14.3% 4.8% 2.7% 332,049 81.7% 65.8% 56.8%
441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1,932 25.9% 6.3% 1.4% 44,398 83.1% 45.7% 18.6%
442 Furniture and home furnishings stores 1,007 14.2% 4.5% 2.8% 12,326 65.1% 41.9% 31.1%
443 Electronics and appliance stores 551 14.2% 5.4% 3.4% 9,683 78.3% 62.8% 57.1%
444 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 1,452 21.1% 5.9% 2.0% 32,164 79.8% D D
445 Food and beverage stores 2,157 13.5% 3.2% 1.7% 62,195 87.2% 74.0% 67.1%
446 Health and personal care stores 754 17.1% 7.0% 5.0% 16,364 80.5% 66.1% 61.1%
447 Gasoline stations 1,529 9.6% 2.1% 1.2% 14,736 43.5% 21.8% 11.7%
448 Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,181 18.6% 13.6% 11.4% 29,628 86.3% 80.4% 78.6%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 1,125 10.7% 4.4% 2.7% 17,368 74.5% 59.8% 52.4%
452 General merchandise stores 159 25.2% 13.2% 10.1% 63,061 99.2% D 97.0%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 2,325 7.4% 2.7% 1.6% 19,609 57.9% D D
454 Nonstore retailers 1,199 10.1% 3.8% 2.3% 10,517 66.1% 40.4% 25.0%

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