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 | 8,345 | 12,780 | 180,264 | 3,752,782 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,082 | 4,102 | 7,731 | 152,776 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,828 | 1,858 | 12,131 | 234,609 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,189 | 1,291 | 15,262 | 327,855 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 745 | 1,198 | 23,782 | 639,376 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 184 | 740 | 14,444 | 397,062 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 317 | 3,591 | 106,914 | 2,001,104 |
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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 | 8,345 | 14.9% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 180,264 | 80.5% | 67.3% | 59.3% |
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2006 | 9,008 | 14.6% | 5.6% | 3.6% | 181,376 | 79.0% | 64.5% | 56.9% |
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2005 | 9,310 | 14.1% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 178,216 | 78.1% | 63.3% | 55.5% |
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2004 | 9,444 | 14.4% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 178,251 | 78.0% | 62.5% | 54.6% |
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2003 | 9,554 | 14.3% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 176,596 | 77.4% | 61.7% | 53.3% |
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2002 | 9,650 | 14.7% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 176,903 | 77.4% | 60.5% | 52.7% |
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2001 | 9,801 | 14.6% | 5.2% | 3.3% | 181,794 | 77.2% | 60.4% | 52.2% |
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2000 | 9,967 | 14.7% | 5.2% | 3.3% | 183,999 | 77.0% | 60.2% | 52.2% |
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1999 | 10,081 | 14.6% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 179,815 | 76.5% | 59.5% | 51.4% |
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1998 | 10,225 | 14.5% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 177,724 | 75.7% | 58.3% | 50.8% |
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 8,345 | 14.9% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 180,264 | 80.5% | 67.3% | 59.3% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,444 | 19.0% | 4.0% | 1.0% | 21,738 | 70.3% | 33.1% | 11.5% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 537 | 11.0% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 4,741 | 52.0% | D | 23.9% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 441 | 8.8% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 4,531 | 59.7% | D | D |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,130 | 14.4% | 5.1% | 2.2% | 16,035 | 69.0% | 52.4% | 39.6% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 674 | 20.0% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 37,015 | 92.3% | 83.2% | 78.5% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 462 | 20.8% | 9.5% | 6.9% | 9,851 | 77.4% | 61.8% | 52.4% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 811 | 18.0% | 6.4% | 2.5% | 17,512 | 74.2% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 669 | 20.9% | 16.9% | 15.4% | 12,843 | 81.3% | 75.8% | 73.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 487 | 14.6% | 8.0% | 5.1% | 6,638 | 76.8% | 61.4% | 56.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 88 | 40.9% | 30.7% | 25.0% | 35,622 | 99.3% | D | D |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,128 | 7.9% | 4.6% | 2.6% | 8,324 | 51.1% | 39.8% | 29.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 555 | 12.4% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 5,414 | 67.6% | 49.1% | 43.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |