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 | 11,162 | 19,112 | 343,480 | 7,890,578 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,047 | 6,075 | 11,089 | 273,973 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,242 | 2,306 | 14,866 | 307,043 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,285 | 1,448 | 17,036 | 398,794 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 830 | 1,389 | 29,085 | 809,587 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 303 | 1,085 | 31,439 | 1,026,583 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 455 | 6,809 | 239,965 | 5,074,598 |
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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 | 11,162 | 14.2% | 6.8% | 4.1% | 343,480 | 87.5% | 79.0% | 69.9% |
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2006 | 11,450 | 14.5% | 6.4% | 3.9% | 331,427 | 87.1% | 76.9% | 67.7% |
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2005 | 11,263 | 13.9% | 6.3% | 3.9% | 306,113 | 86.4% | 76.2% | 67.1% |
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2004 | 10,983 | 14.6% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 295,675 | 86.3% | 75.5% | 65.9% |
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2003 | 10,857 | 14.5% | 6.5% | 4.2% | 280,048 | 85.6% | 74.8% | 65.0% |
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2002 | 10,832 | 14.8% | 6.7% | 4.3% | 279,830 | 85.3% | 74.3% | 64.6% |
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2001 | 10,803 | 15.3% | 6.7% | 4.3% | 265,812 | 84.8% | 72.6% | 62.7% |
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2000 | 10,633 | 15.4% | 6.8% | 4.2% | 255,001 | 84.1% | 71.6% | 61.5% |
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1999 | 10,526 | 15.6% | 6.7% | 4.2% | 248,866 | 83.9% | 71.1% | 61.4% |
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1998 | 10,635 | 15.2% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 241,097 | 83.0% | 69.7% | 59.5% |
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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 | 11,162 | 14.2% | 6.8% | 4.1% | 343,480 | 87.5% | 79.0% | 69.9% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,586 | 22.5% | 8.4% | 2.2% | 48,743 | 87.8% | 67.8% | 34.6% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 865 | 13.3% | 7.1% | 4.9% | 11,346 | 72.6% | 57.5% | 44.8% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 494 | 13.4% | 7.3% | 4.3% | 10,190 | 82.4% | D | 62.3% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 975 | 20.8% | 6.2% | 2.8% | 26,014 | 83.4% | D | D |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,100 | 8.9% | 4.2% | 2.7% | 67,492 | 94.0% | 90.8% | 88.3% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 571 | 12.8% | 8.6% | 6.3% | 17,594 | 89.4% | 85.9% | 82.5% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 699 | 15.6% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 18,633 | D | 65.5% | 50.6% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,275 | 20.2% | 15.5% | 12.5% | 28,853 | 85.5% | 80.1% | 76.6% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 733 | 11.7% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 12,615 | 77.0% | 67.7% | 62.3% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 168 | 18.5% | 14.3% | 13.1% | 72,554 | D | D | 99.1% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,777 | 9.6% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 18,965 | 64.9% | 50.1% | 40.1% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,008 | 9.8% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 10,481 | 68.9% | 56.1% | 36.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |