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 | 13,676 | 22,936 | 330,870 | 7,122,275 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,930 | 6,945 | 13,478 | 277,572 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,990 | 3,063 | 19,821 | 401,441 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,738 | 1,959 | 22,972 | 505,505 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,256 | 2,113 | 44,550 | 1,214,228 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 309 | 1,404 | 28,644 | 759,145 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 453 | 7,452 | 201,405 | 3,964,384 |
| More data |
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 | 13,676 | 14.8% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 330,870 | 83.0% | 69.5% | 60.9% |
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2006 | 14,438 | 15.1% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 350,633 | 83.2% | 68.5% | 60.0% |
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2005 | 14,685 | 15.2% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 346,073 | 82.8% | 67.3% | 59.1% |
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2004 | 14,847 | 15.7% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 352,149 | 82.8% | 67.1% | 58.5% |
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2003 | 15,088 | 15.4% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 338,739 | 81.8% | 65.8% | 57.2% |
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2002 | 15,324 | 15.9% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 344,670 | 81.9% | 65.3% | 57.5% |
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2001 | 15,355 | 16.0% | 5.3% | 3.2% | 351,024 | 81.9% | 65.7% | 57.2% |
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2000 | 15,468 | 16.2% | 5.5% | 3.3% | 353,832 | 81.9% | 65.3% | 56.9% |
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1999 | 15,675 | 15.9% | 5.3% | 3.2% | 347,998 | 81.2% | 64.4% | 55.8% |
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1998 | 16,080 | 15.8% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 344,448 | 80.7% | 63.3% | 54.9% |
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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 | 13,676 | 14.8% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 330,870 | 83.0% | 69.5% | 60.9% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2,302 | 22.3% | 4.9% | 1.4% | 42,142 | 77.7% | 37.9% | 16.7% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 938 | 10.4% | 5.1% | 4.1% | 9,001 | 54.3% | 37.5% | 30.9% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 617 | 10.9% | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9,098 | 71.6% | D | 58.9% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,540 | 17.3% | 4.9% | 1.8% | 31,604 | 77.8% | 58.8% | 49.7% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,518 | 16.6% | 5.0% | 2.3% | 50,676 | 86.7% | 73.9% | 63.2% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 646 | 18.6% | 9.4% | 6.7% | 21,281 | 87.9% | 79.9% | 74.7% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,194 | 12.6% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 22,105 | 73.0% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,028 | 20.5% | 16.1% | 14.1% | 27,609 | 87.1% | 83.0% | 81.7% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 852 | 10.7% | 5.5% | 3.8% | 12,218 | 76.3% | D | 61.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 139 | 35.3% | 16.5% | 15.8% | 74,935 | 99.6% | D | 98.1% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,026 | 9.3% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 19,032 | 59.3% | 43.0% | 30.9% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 983 | 11.2% | 5.5% | 2.6% | 11,169 | 70.5% | 57.2% | 34.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |