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 | 13,724 | 20,542 | 319,348 | 6,984,065 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,712 | 6,741 | 12,604 | 270,256 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,979 | 3,056 | 19,691 | 401,404 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,859 | 2,078 | 24,583 | 543,852 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,446 | 2,178 | 53,018 | 1,360,375 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 314 | 1,313 | 33,712 | 821,617 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 414 | 5,176 | 175,740 | 3,586,561 |
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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 | 13,724 | 15.8% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 319,348 | 82.2% | 65.6% | 55.0% |
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2006 | 14,576 | 15.7% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 321,788 | 81.4% | 63.3% | 52.1% |
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2005 | 14,851 | 15.5% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 317,423 | 80.7% | 62.5% | 50.7% |
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2004 | 14,935 | 15.9% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 321,178 | 80.5% | 61.9% | 50.0% |
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2003 | 14,990 | 15.9% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 312,483 | 80.2% | 61.0% | 48.2% |
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2002 | 14,984 | 16.0% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 309,173 | 79.9% | 60.4% | 47.7% |
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2001 | 15,000 | 16.5% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 315,694 | 80.3% | 60.4% | 48.1% |
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2000 | 14,888 | 17.0% | 5.2% | 2.9% | 322,117 | 80.9% | 60.7% | 48.5% |
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1999 | 15,049 | 16.8% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 316,102 | 80.4% | 60.4% | 48.0% |
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1998 | 15,222 | 16.4% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 309,204 | 79.7% | 59.8% | 46.6% |
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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 | 13,724 | 15.8% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 319,348 | 82.2% | 65.6% | 55.0% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2,053 | 24.3% | 3.8% | 0.9% | 37,841 | 78.1% | 35.2% | 14.4% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 939 | 11.7% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 9,347 | 57.3% | 38.6% | 30.0% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 597 | 11.7% | 4.9% | 3.2% | 8,599 | 70.9% | 57.5% | 53.5% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,496 | 18.4% | 5.1% | 1.6% | 30,045 | 76.9% | 55.8% | 44.1% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,623 | 22.9% | 7.1% | 2.3% | 57,251 | 89.7% | 69.2% | 50.7% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 573 | 25.8% | 11.5% | 8.7% | 18,675 | 87.5% | 73.9% | 69.1% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,571 | 13.2% | 3.8% | 1.2% | 23,695 | 61.6% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,069 | 17.9% | 13.9% | 12.3% | 21,260 | 82.4% | D | 75.1% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 877 | 10.6% | 4.4% | 3.0% | 12,165 | 71.5% | 58.0% | 53.1% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 162 | 30.2% | 21.0% | 14.8% | 64,742 | D | 98.4% | 96.1% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,865 | 8.4% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 15,547 | 56.9% | 38.7% | 31.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,066 | 14.3% | 5.9% | 3.5% | 20,181 | 83.1% | 71.3% | 58.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |