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 | 2,250 | 2,675 | 47,620 | 1,722,697 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,364 | 1,364 | 2,176 | 64,980 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 296 | 296 | 1,931 | 56,811 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 199 | 208 | 2,734 | 84,141 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 157 | 169 | 4,836 | 170,597 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 72 | 101 | 3,849 | 143,442 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 162 | 537 | 32,094 | 1,202,726 |
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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 | 2,250 | 17.4% | 10.4% | 7.2% | 47,620 | 85.6% | 75.5% | 67.4% |
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2006 | 2,237 | 17.3% | 9.8% | 7.4% | 44,373 | 85.5% | 73.8% | 64.9% |
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2005 | 2,237 | 17.0% | 9.7% | 7.3% | 42,533 | 85.1% | 72.8% | 64.4% |
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2004 | 2,254 | 17.2% | 9.5% | 7.5% | 43,169 | 85.4% | 72.1% | 63.6% |
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2003 | 2,193 | 16.8% | 9.3% | 7.4% | 40,898 | 85.1% | 71.3% | 63.6% |
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2002 | 2,125 | 15.0% | 7.6% | 5.5% | 35,465 | 83.3% | 69.2% | 59.3% |
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2001 | 2,141 | 15.1% | 7.5% | 5.5% | 35,323 | 83.0% | 67.8% | 58.2% |
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2000 | 2,156 | 15.4% | 7.9% | 5.8% | 35,714 | 82.9% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
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1999 | 2,102 | 15.3% | 7.9% | 5.8% | 35,285 | 82.5% | 67.9% | 57.6% |
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1998 | 2,115 | 15.2% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 33,748 | 82.2% | 66.9% | 54.7% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 + | ||
| 48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,250 | 17.4% | 10.4% | 7.2% | 47,620 | 85.6% | 75.5% | 67.4% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 28 | 42.9% | 35.7% | 25.0% | 363 | 91.2% | D | 83.7% |
| 483 | Water transportation | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | (1-19) | D | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 1,613 | 11.8% | 6.3% | 3.8% | 19,154 | 74.4% | 59.2% | 44.2% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 106 | 20.8% | 8.5% | 3.8% | 7,584 | 93.9% | D | D |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 24 | 87.5% | 83.3% | 79.2% | 1,123 | D | D | 99.3% |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 5 | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0 | (20-99) | D | D | D |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 306 | 26.1% | 18.6% | 14.4% | 5,125 | 78.7% | D | 59.9% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 92 | 22.8% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 7,006 | 97.4% | D | D |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 97 | 66.0% | 48.5% | 38.1% | 7,236 | 97.6% | 92.7% | 88.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |