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 | 65,015 | 82,353 | 1,317,121 | 45,228,724 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 37,067 | 37,118 | 62,581 | 1,823,448 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 11,399 | 11,547 | 74,809 | 1,938,288 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 7,060 | 7,539 | 93,657 | 2,656,831 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,066 | 8,853 | 227,086 | 7,051,371 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,642 | 5,534 | 215,965 | 7,272,440 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,781 | 11,762 | 643,023 | 24,486,346 |
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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 | 65,015 | 14.6% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 1,317,121 | 82.5% | 65.2% | 48.8% |
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2007 | 65,859 | 14.3% | 5.1% | 2.6% | 1,303,436 | 82.0% | 64.4% | 48.7% |
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2006 | 65,829 | 14.3% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 1,295,258 | 81.7% | 63.8% | 48.4% |
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2005 | 66,241 | 14.0% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 1,261,108 | 81.3% | 63.4% | 47.6% |
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2004 | 65,784 | 14.1% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1,241,864 | 81.2% | 62.6% | 46.8% |
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2003 | 65,366 | 14.0% | 4.7% | 2.4% | 1,232,865 | 81.2% | 62.9% | 47.3% |
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2002 | 65,136 | 14.0% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1,229,609 | 81.2% | 63.1% | 47.8% |
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2001 | 64,884 | 14.1% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 1,255,162 | 81.5% | 63.4% | 47.6% |
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2000 | 65,558 | 14.3% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 1,265,064 | 81.3% | 62.7% | 47.2% |
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1999 | 65,909 | 14.0% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1,239,354 | 81.0% | 62.3% | 47.4% |
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1998 | 66,078 | 13.8% | 4.6% | 2.5% | 1,213,285 | 80.5% | 61.7% | 46.7% |
| 1997 | 65,965 | 13.6% | 4.6% | 2.4% | 1,179,660 | 79.9% | 61.2% | 45.2% | |
| 1996 | 65,699 | 13.5% | 4.4% | 2.3% | 1,163,112 | 79.7% | 60.3% | 45.0% | |
| 1995 | 64,958 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.2% | 1,138,395 | 79.4% | 60.0% | 44.2% | |
| 1994 | 64,375 | 13.2% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1,089,774 | 78.6% | 58.8% | 43.6% | |
| 1993 | 63,824 | 13.3% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 1,071,993 | 78.3% | 58.3% | 42.9% | |
| 1992 | 62,706 | 13.1% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 1,038,570 | 77.7% | 57.5% | 43.0% | |
| 1991 | 62,007 | 12.9% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 1,019,661 | 77.6% | 57.3% | 42.8% | |
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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 | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 65,015 | 14.6% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 1,317,121 | 82.5% | 65.2% | 48.8% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 239 | 10.5% | 4.6% | 1.3% | 1,692 | 70.4% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 64 | 40.6% | 17.2% | 9.4% | 1,684 | 88.7% | D | D |
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22 | Utilities | 83 | 57.8% | 20.5% | 14.5% | (5000-9999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 8,666 | 7.3% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 62,669 | 55.2% | 24.3% | 8.2% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 3,336 | 37.7% | 18.7% | 9.7% | 228,190 | 94.9% | 83.2% | 66.7% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 3,618 | 30.7% | 14.9% | 7.8% | 65,980 | 81.2% | 54.2% | 28.3% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 8,345 | 14.9% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 180,264 | 80.5% | 67.3% | 59.3% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 3,279 | 13.8% | 6.8% | 4.6% | 54,023 | 82.4% | 67.9% | 56.4% |
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51 | Information | 917 | 27.0% | 15.2% | 10.3% | 34,610 | 89.8% | 79.3% | 68.0% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 3,669 | 15.0% | 7.5% | 4.6% | 94,461 | 89.1% | 78.6% | 63.7% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,305 | 9.1% | 5.2% | 2.7% | 14,681 | 63.6% | 44.0% | 32.7% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 5,847 | 9.1% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 46,566 | 60.3% | 36.8% | 26.2% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 384 | 87.8% | 68.2% | 32.8% | 21,091 | 99.4% | 96.0% | 77.0% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,122 | 15.7% | 8.3% | 5.0% | 75,987 | 87.7% | 76.5% | 58.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 647 | 26.9% | 10.8% | 5.1% | 35,686 | 93.9% | 82.3% | 65.3% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 5,603 | 21.5% | 7.6% | 2.5% | 200,776 | 89.0% | 72.4% | 45.8% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,440 | 13.5% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 22,824 | 78.6% | 54.7% | 35.5% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 5,588 | 24.2% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 115,069 | 78.2% | 45.5% | 29.6% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 8,649 | 6.0% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 53,097 | 40.5% | 17.8% | 7.8% |
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99 | Unclassified | 408 | 0.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 297 | 6.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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