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 | 1,684 | 2,094 | 25,883 | 1,115,900 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 740 | 741 | 1,257 | 44,992 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 224 | 227 | 1,464 | 53,943 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 159 | 168 | 1,975 | 77,696 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 231 | 304 | 6,980 | 259,088 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 119 | 198 | 4,967 | 194,836 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 211 | 456 | 9,240 | 485,345 |
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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 | 1,684 | 33.3% | 19.6% | 12.5% | 25,883 | 81.9% | 54.9% | 35.7% |
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2007 | 1,681 | 31.3% | 17.5% | 11.3% | 24,102 | 79.8% | 52.2% | 33.0% |
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2006 | 1,645 | 31.6% | 17.3% | 11.2% | 23,809 | 79.5% | 49.5% | 31.7% |
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2005 | 1,637 | 31.5% | 16.9% | 10.9% | 23,602 | 79.2% | 48.4% | 30.1% |
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2004 | 1,623 | 31.5% | 16.2% | 10.2% | 23,094 | 78.8% | 47.5% | 31.2% |
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2003 | 1,651 | 30.5% | 15.6% | 10.1% | 23,410 | 78.3% | 48.2% | 33.3% |
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2002 | 1,653 | 31.6% | 15.5% | 9.6% | 25,772 | 80.6% | 51.6% | 35.5% |
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2001 | 1,632 | 32.0% | 15.5% | 10.7% | 25,138 | 79.3% | 46.2% | 30.9% |
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2000 | 1,678 | 30.9% | 15.6% | 10.3% | 24,426 | 77.7% | 45.1% | 29.6% |
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1999 | 1,677 | 31.4% | 15.4% | 9.8% | 23,998 | 78.5% | 45.2% | 27.8% |
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1998 | 1,679 | 30.6% | 14.2% | 9.2% | 23,488 | 77.6% | 42.6% | 26.5% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 1,684 | 33.3% | 19.6% | 12.5% | 25,883 | 81.9% | 54.9% | 35.7% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 976 | 35.9% | 22.6% | 14.3% | 13,265 | 77.7% | 53.6% | 33.4% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 555 | 36.6% | 19.8% | 12.8% | 11,649 | 88.1% | 58.5% | 39.2% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 160 | 9.4% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 969 | D | D | 25.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |