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 | 14,219 | 15,378 | 644,978 | 32,273,899 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,901 | 4,903 | 9,481 | 393,411 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,398 | 2,400 | 15,983 | 562,856 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,174 | 2,190 | 29,515 | 1,200,232 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,965 | 3,094 | 120,831 | 5,349,109 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,007 | 1,238 | 140,510 | 6,403,860 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 774 | 1,553 | 328,658 | 18,364,431 |
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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 | 14,219 | 33.4% | 12.5% | 5.4% | 644,978 | 91.5% | 72.7% | 51.0% |
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2006 | 14,585 | 33.5% | 12.4% | 5.3% | 666,711 | 91.5% | 72.5% | 50.4% |
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2005 | 14,799 | 33.3% | 12.2% | 5.1% | 676,298 | 91.5% | 72.4% | 50.3% |
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2004 | 15,049 | 33.2% | 12.1% | 5.0% | 685,368 | 91.4% | 72.4% | 50.3% |
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2003 | 15,026 | 33.8% | 12.3% | 5.2% | 705,922 | 91.7% | 73.1% | 51.8% |
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2002 | 15,258 | 33.5% | 12.5% | 5.4% | 726,681 | 91.7% | 73.7% | 52.9% |
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2001 | 15,818 | 35.1% | 13.0% | 5.6% | 820,179 | 92.6% | 75.0% | 54.3% |
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2000 | 15,957 | 35.3% | 13.4% | 5.6% | 852,646 | 92.7% | 75.8% | 54.7% |
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1999 | 16,301 | 35.0% | 13.0% | 5.6% | 861,541 | 92.7% | 75.4% | 55.0% |
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1998 | 16,623 | 34.8% | 12.8% | 5.5% | 883,476 | 92.7% | 75.4% | 55.5% |
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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 + | ||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 14,219 | 33.4% | 12.5% | 5.4% | 644,978 | 91.5% | 72.7% | 51.0% |
| 311 | Food manufacturing | 1,029 | 37.4% | 18.5% | 9.0% | 76,879 | 94.5% | 84.2% | 64.5% |
| 312 | Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 90 | 24.4% | 16.7% | 14.4% | 3,292 | 90.9% | D | 77.6% |
| 313 | Textile mills | 65 | 16.9% | 9.2% | 3.1% | 1,027 | 77.1% | D | D |
| 314 | Textile product mills | 241 | 19.1% | 4.1% | 1.2% | 3,670 | 74.0% | 37.1% | 5.9% |
| 315 | Apparel manufacturing | 132 | 22.0% | 6.1% | 3.0% | 3,524 | 84.5% | D | 45.1% |
| 316 | Leather and allied product manufacturing | 33 | 36.4% | 12.1% | 6.1% | 1,494 | 90.7% | D | D |
| 321 | Wood product manufacturing | 442 | 29.6% | 9.0% | 3.4% | 9,477 | 78.8% | 47.3% | 25.4% |
| 322 | Paper manufacturing | 242 | 60.7% | 26.9% | 14.0% | 17,828 | 96.1% | 73.5% | 50.7% |
| 323 | Printing and related support activities | 1,718 | 21.3% | 6.9% | 2.2% | 42,507 | 84.1% | 58.6% | 29.9% |
| 324 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 77 | 48.1% | 32.5% | 18.2% | 4,654 | 95.3% | D | D |
| 325 | Chemical manufacturing | 650 | 52.9% | 31.7% | 19.2% | 54,590 | 96.8% | 88.2% | 74.1% |
| 326 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 628 | 56.4% | 29.5% | 15.9% | 48,413 | 96.0% | 80.8% | 59.5% |
| 327 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 531 | 33.5% | 12.4% | 6.2% | 14,709 | 86.1% | 58.5% | 37.4% |
| 331 | Primary metal manufacturing | 281 | 54.4% | 30.2% | 13.2% | 25,166 | 97.0% | 84.5% | 57.7% |
| 332 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 3,258 | 34.5% | 10.3% | 3.7% | 100,880 | 86.3% | 54.3% | 26.1% |
| 333 | Machinery manufacturing | 1,758 | 37.4% | 14.3% | 6.3% | 89,812 | 92.6% | 75.1% | 52.9% |
| 334 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 593 | 40.8% | 18.0% | 9.9% | 35,207 | 93.8% | 78.1% | 62.1% |
| 335 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 349 | 43.6% | 21.2% | 10.9% | 23,226 | 94.4% | 80.1% | 59.2% |
| 336 | Transportation equipment manufacturing | 400 | 48.0% | 26.3% | 15.5% | 44,237 | 97.2% | 87.8% | 74.7% |
| 337 | Furniture and related product manufacturing | 754 | 21.9% | 5.8% | 1.7% | 15,958 | 81.6% | 51.0% | 24.7% |
| 339 | Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1,217 | 21.9% | 7.3% | 3.9% | 28,428 | 84.7% | 61.3% | 37.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 31 |