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 | 115,466 | 150,101 | 2,619,140 | 94,838,015 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 63,401 | 63,498 | 111,167 | 3,415,794 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 21,016 | 21,235 | 138,237 | 3,821,200 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 13,312 | 14,003 | 178,256 | 5,276,082 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 11,698 | 15,463 | 436,640 | 14,083,974 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 3,086 | 8,745 | 402,617 | 14,298,265 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,953 | 27,157 | 1,352,223 | 53,942,700 |
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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 | 115,466 | 15.4% | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2,619,140 | 83.7% | 67.0% | 51.6% |
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2007 | 118,218 | 15.2% | 5.1% | 2.5% | 2,648,219 | 83.5% | 66.7% | 51.8% |
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2006 | 118,159 | 15.2% | 5.0% | 2.4% | 2,673,010 | 83.5% | 66.6% | 51.4% |
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2005 | 117,942 | 15.0% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,610,899 | 83.3% | 66.1% | 51.0% |
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2004 | 117,672 | 15.3% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,586,799 | 83.1% | 65.4% | 50.1% |
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2003 | 116,481 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,540,839 | 82.9% | 65.5% | 50.2% |
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2002 | 116,030 | 15.3% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,517,180 | 82.9% | 65.2% | 50.2% |
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2001 | 115,326 | 15.4% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2,601,738 | 83.3% | 65.9% | 51.1% |
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2000 | 116,256 | 15.6% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2,650,774 | 83.5% | 66.0% | 51.2% |
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1999 | 116,630 | 15.2% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2,580,408 | 83.2% | 65.7% | 50.9% |
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1998 | 117,141 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,540,866 | 82.8% | 65.3% | 50.5% |
| 1997 | 117,270 | 15.1% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,487,609 | 82.5% | 64.5% | 49.5% | |
| 1996 | 116,431 | 14.7% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 2,433,107 | 82.2% | 64.3% | 48.9% | |
| 1995 | 114,751 | 14.9% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 2,402,917 | 82.3% | 64.2% | 48.3% | |
| 1994 | 112,846 | 14.5% | 4.7% | 2.2% | 2,315,038 | 81.9% | 63.9% | 48.6% | |
| 1993 | 110,675 | 14.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2,258,311 | 81.7% | 63.6% | 47.7% | |
| 1992 | 108,071 | 14.6% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 2,183,437 | 81.4% | 63.2% | 47.6% | |
| 1991 | 106,054 | 14.4% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2,129,157 | 81.2% | 62.9% | 47.3% | |
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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 | 115,466 | 15.4% | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2,619,140 | 83.7% | 67.0% | 51.6% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 247 | 6.9% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 2,122 | 73.1% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 201 | 32.3% | 18.4% | 11.4% | 6,099 | 89.4% | 76.8% | 58.1% |
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22 | Utilities | 184 | 35.9% | 13.6% | 10.3% | 15,940 | 96.2% | D | 80.4% |
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23 | Construction | 15,175 | 8.7% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 139,637 | 61.3% | 32.7% | 15.7% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 7,889 | 39.4% | 17.2% | 8.3% | 523,683 | 94.4% | 80.7% | 62.4% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 6,532 | 27.3% | 13.8% | 7.3% | 117,077 | 81.7% | 58.2% | 38.6% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 13,676 | 14.8% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 330,870 | 83.0% | 69.5% | 60.9% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,575 | 19.7% | 10.2% | 6.8% | 116,888 | 87.6% | 74.7% | 63.6% |
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51 | Information | 1,121 | 30.9% | 17.1% | 12.0% | 45,587 | 92.2% | 81.2% | 70.1% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 5,152 | 14.1% | 8.0% | 4.7% | 105,914 | 87.1% | 76.7% | 61.0% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,624 | 8.8% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 34,654 | 65.2% | 46.8% | 31.0% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 12,116 | 9.5% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 103,335 | 63.8% | 41.5% | 27.9% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 658 | 90.6% | 72.3% | 43.0% | 50,022 | 99.6% | 97.4% | 85.5% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 6,359 | 16.1% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 171,403 | 88.5% | 76.1% | 61.2% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,432 | 22.7% | 7.0% | 3.6% | 57,226 | 90.8% | 75.0% | 63.0% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 10,690 | 17.0% | 6.3% | 2.3% | 375,781 | 87.7% | 75.6% | 54.1% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 2,076 | 17.3% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 34,859 | 78.4% | 48.4% | 29.0% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 9,182 | 24.9% | 5.0% | 2.4% | 260,410 | 83.7% | 57.3% | 43.6% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 15,401 | 8.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 127,430 | 51.5% | 24.9% | 14.7% |
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99 | Unclassified | 116 | 0.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 203 | 17.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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