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 | 22,531 | 35,371 | 475,961 | 10,640,925 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 13,902 | 13,942 | 26,053 | 562,390 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,252 | 4,330 | 27,780 | 594,938 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,064 | 2,246 | 26,773 | 657,428 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,414 | 2,142 | 49,452 | 1,466,417 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 371 | 1,276 | 32,877 | 1,002,455 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 528 | 11,435 | 313,026 | 6,357,297 |
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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 | 22,531 | 10.3% | 4.0% | 2.3% | 475,961 | 83.1% | 72.7% | 65.8% |
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2006 | 22,871 | 10.6% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 478,499 | 83.0% | 71.1% | 64.3% |
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2005 | 22,827 | 10.4% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 474,458 | 83.0% | 71.8% | 64.5% |
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2004 | 22,362 | 11.3% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 474,034 | 83.0% | 70.8% | 63.6% |
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2003 | 22,086 | 11.2% | 4.1% | 2.5% | 449,362 | 82.1% | 69.8% | 62.6% |
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2002 | 22,122 | 11.5% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 459,597 | 82.7% | 70.4% | 63.6% |
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2001 | 21,808 | 11.7% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 464,576 | 82.7% | 70.7% | 63.1% |
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2000 | 21,589 | 12.1% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 464,368 | 83.0% | 70.5% | 62.7% |
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1999 | 21,478 | 11.9% | 4.5% | 2.7% | 440,893 | 82.0% | 69.3% | 61.6% |
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1998 | 21,606 | 12.0% | 4.4% | 2.7% | 431,835 | 81.4% | 68.3% | 60.4% |
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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 | 22,531 | 10.3% | 4.0% | 2.3% | 475,961 | 83.1% | 72.7% | 65.8% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 3,002 | 19.8% | 4.8% | 1.4% | 60,926 | 82.2% | 51.1% | 27.3% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,565 | 10.4% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 17,085 | 64.0% | 46.1% | 42.2% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 940 | 10.0% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 14,264 | 78.1% | 69.3% | 65.5% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,832 | 15.1% | 4.6% | 2.0% | 44,050 | 80.9% | 66.9% | 58.8% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 2,802 | 7.6% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 81,700 | 88.7% | 82.4% | 77.7% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 1,455 | 9.8% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 29,014 | 75.5% | 66.8% | 63.8% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,719 | 4.2% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 30,064 | 62.6% | 51.7% | 41.0% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,081 | 16.4% | 11.4% | 8.5% | 52,074 | 87.4% | 82.4% | 79.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,027 | 9.3% | 5.0% | 3.9% | 14,539 | 74.1% | 65.6% | 64.1% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 197 | 14.2% | 12.2% | 11.7% | 98,661 | D | D | 99.3% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,566 | 6.3% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 20,831 | 57.5% | 46.5% | 34.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,439 | 9.3% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 12,753 | 62.4% | 40.8% | 29.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |