Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
|
| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 17,578 | 21,711 | 468,916 | 19,663,353 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 9,691 | 9,697 | 15,356 | 563,569 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,865 | 2,888 | 18,653 | 620,298 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,993 | 2,045 | 26,272 | 938,794 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,850 | 2,187 | 62,877 | 2,410,782 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 539 | 1,070 | 48,406 | 2,077,573 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 640 | 3,824 | 297,352 | 13,052,337 |
| More data |
Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
![]() |
2008 | 17,578 | 17.2% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 468,916 | 87.1% | 73.7% | 63.4% |
![]() |
2006 | 16,939 | 17.6% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 453,208 | 87.3% | 73.0% | 62.5% |
![]() |
2005 | 16,351 | 18.1% | 6.8% | 3.7% | 448,607 | 87.7% | 73.3% | 63.1% |
![]() |
2004 | 15,815 | 19.1% | 7.0% | 3.8% | 448,081 | 87.9% | 73.1% | 62.6% |
![]() |
2003 | 15,635 | 19.4% | 7.1% | 3.7% | 447,703 | 87.8% | 72.8% | 61.4% |
![]() |
2002 | 15,188 | 17.5% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 402,896 | 86.5% | 69.7% | 59.5% |
![]() |
2001 | 14,760 | 18.2% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 421,195 | 87.3% | 70.4% | 59.0% |
![]() |
2000 | 14,564 | 18.5% | 5.0% | 2.2% | 418,990 | 87.4% | 70.2% | 59.0% |
![]() |
1999 | 14,018 | 19.3% | 5.1% | 2.3% | 397,230 | 87.0% | 68.7% | 57.8% |
![]() |
1998 | 13,959 | 18.9% | 5.2% | 2.1% | 386,096 | 86.7% | 68.9% | 56.8% |
|
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 | 17,578 | 17.2% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 468,916 | 87.1% | 73.7% | 63.4% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 391 | 31.7% | 20.5% | 10.2% | 47,188 | 97.5% | 94.8% | 88.2% |
| 483 | Water transportation | 98 | 30.6% | 21.4% | 13.3% | 5,730 | 96.1% | 89.7% | 79.6% |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 8,595 | 11.7% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 115,308 | 75.5% | 53.0% | 39.4% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 1,460 | 17.4% | 4.5% | 1.8% | 43,142 | 88.2% | 70.8% | 59.9% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 28 | 57.1% | 53.6% | 53.6% | (1000-2499) | D | D | D |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 261 | 13.4% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 2,837 | 68.7% | D | D |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 4,757 | 18.7% | 6.8% | 3.3% | 99,818 | 80.9% | 64.2% | 51.4% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 1,030 | 16.3% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 75,274 | 95.6% | D | 86.2% |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 1,136 | 59.9% | 42.5% | 29.4% | 78,529 | 97.0% | 90.5% | 78.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |