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 | 4,816 | 5,499 | 105,556 | 3,780,133 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,824 | 2,825 | 4,253 | 144,211 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 642 | 642 | 4,228 | 132,793 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 482 | 494 | 6,442 | 202,776 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 483 | 547 | 16,997 | 574,586 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 159 | 244 | 14,498 | 477,361 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 226 | 747 | 59,138 | 2,248,406 |
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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 | 4,816 | 18.0% | 8.0% | 4.7% | 105,556 | 85.9% | 69.8% | 56.0% |
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2006 | 4,941 | 17.4% | 7.5% | 4.4% | 103,047 | 85.4% | 68.1% | 53.2% |
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2005 | 4,920 | 17.2% | 7.1% | 4.2% | 95,390 | 84.4% | 65.0% | 50.5% |
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2004 | 4,889 | 17.2% | 7.1% | 4.2% | 95,855 | 84.2% | 65.0% | 49.3% |
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2003 | 4,864 | 17.2% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 90,072 | 83.5% | 64.0% | 49.6% |
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2002 | 4,813 | 15.7% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 77,746 | 80.8% | 58.1% | 44.2% |
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2001 | 4,739 | 15.2% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 79,075 | 80.3% | 58.8% | 43.1% |
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2000 | 4,812 | 15.3% | 5.4% | 3.1% | 78,742 | 80.4% | 58.1% | 42.1% |
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1999 | 4,839 | 14.9% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 77,709 | 79.9% | 58.2% | 41.9% |
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1998 | 4,825 | 14.7% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 74,046 | 79.3% | 56.6% | 40.1% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 + | ||
| 48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,816 | 18.0% | 8.0% | 4.7% | 105,556 | 85.9% | 69.8% | 56.0% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 52 | 53.8% | 40.4% | 36.5% | 4,263 | 98.4% | D | 90.9% |
| 483 | Water transportation | 9 | 22.2% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 111 | D | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 3,457 | 13.4% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 51,947 | 80.3% | 59.9% | 44.7% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 435 | 26.7% | 6.0% | 1.8% | 14,059 | 85.7% | 60.5% | 42.1% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 11 | 90.9% | 90.9% | 90.9% | (250-499) | D | D | D |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 36 | 11.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 170 | 48.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 519 | 24.5% | 14.5% | 9.6% | 8,050 | 79.3% | D | D |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 133 | 21.1% | 11.3% | 4.5% | 9,895 | 96.3% | 90.6% | 78.5% |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 220 | 65.5% | 53.2% | 36.8% | 16,776 | 97.4% | 93.3% | 84.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |