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 | 6,532 | 8,034 | 117,077 | 5,414,554 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 3,008 | 3,015 | 5,067 | 224,955 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 952 | 966 | 6,165 | 254,762 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 792 | 836 | 10,137 | 438,538 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 878 | 1,102 | 27,528 | 1,235,616 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 426 | 698 | 23,005 | 992,687 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 476 | 1,417 | 45,175 | 2,267,996 |
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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 | 6,532 | 27.3% | 13.8% | 7.3% | 117,077 | 81.7% | 58.2% | 38.6% |
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2007 | 6,762 | 26.1% | 12.8% | 6.8% | 114,973 | 80.3% | 56.5% | 38.3% |
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2006 | 6,729 | 26.0% | 12.8% | 6.9% | 118,402 | 80.6% | 56.3% | 38.6% |
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2005 | 6,737 | 25.7% | 12.7% | 6.9% | 117,305 | 80.5% | 56.6% | 39.2% |
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2004 | 6,791 | 25.8% | 12.6% | 6.9% | 114,962 | 79.8% | 55.0% | 38.0% |
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2003 | 6,795 | 25.9% | 12.7% | 6.9% | 112,057 | 79.2% | 54.1% | 36.4% |
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2002 | 7,005 | 26.1% | 12.3% | 6.8% | 113,487 | 78.9% | 53.1% | 36.6% |
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2001 | 7,027 | 26.6% | 12.9% | 7.6% | 119,576 | 79.2% | 53.6% | 35.4% |
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2000 | 7,124 | 26.7% | 12.5% | 7.5% | 120,010 | 78.9% | 52.0% | 34.9% |
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1999 | 7,292 | 26.0% | 12.3% | 7.3% | 118,785 | 78.4% | 52.2% | 34.5% |
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1998 | 7,490 | 25.2% | 11.8% | 6.9% | 115,519 | 77.0% | 50.1% | 32.8% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 6,532 | 27.3% | 13.8% | 7.3% | 117,077 | 81.7% | 58.2% | 38.6% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 4,020 | 31.5% | 15.6% | 8.1% | 73,245 | 81.4% | 55.0% | 35.9% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,640 | 31.0% | 17.5% | 10.2% | 38,108 | 85.5% | 65.3% | 45.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 913 | 5.0% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 5,724 | 61.7% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |