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 | 10,394 | 16,024 | 230,483 | 5,204,498 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,268 | 5,276 | 10,273 | 201,240 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,288 | 2,326 | 15,346 | 300,250 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,340 | 1,490 | 17,540 | 389,593 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 948 | 1,435 | 31,789 | 834,654 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 188 | 684 | 13,853 | 349,407 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 362 | 4,813 | 141,682 | 3,129,354 |
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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 | 10,394 | 14.4% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 230,483 | 81.3% | 67.5% | 61.5% |
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2006 | 10,992 | 14.4% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 227,872 | 80.1% | 65.4% | 58.1% |
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2005 | 11,205 | 13.8% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 223,666 | 79.5% | 64.6% | 57.8% |
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2004 | 11,341 | 14.3% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 223,304 | 79.5% | 63.5% | 56.4% |
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2003 | 11,408 | 14.1% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 214,236 | 78.3% | 62.2% | 54.4% |
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2002 | 11,596 | 14.2% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 215,141 | 78.3% | 62.0% | 55.1% |
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2001 | 11,552 | 14.6% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 221,103 | 78.8% | 62.6% | 55.2% |
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2000 | 11,675 | 14.9% | 5.5% | 3.6% | 221,110 | 78.7% | 62.0% | 53.8% |
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1999 | 11,851 | 14.7% | 5.5% | 3.6% | 216,211 | 77.9% | 61.1% | 52.8% |
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1998 | 12,246 | 14.3% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 221,580 | 77.8% | 61.4% | 53.7% |
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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 | 10,394 | 14.4% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 230,483 | 81.3% | 67.5% | 61.5% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,671 | 19.9% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 25,737 | 74.4% | 31.8% | 17.2% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 611 | 14.2% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 5,905 | 59.0% | 36.8% | 27.0% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 418 | 12.4% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 4,787 | 66.8% | D | D |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,139 | 15.6% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 20,353 | 73.5% | 54.6% | 48.9% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,205 | 16.3% | 4.4% | 2.2% | 32,903 | 86.3% | D | D |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 745 | 15.7% | 5.5% | 4.2% | 28,803 | 85.5% | 77.6% | 76.2% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,282 | 11.4% | 4.6% | 2.3% | 18,926 | 64.4% | 50.4% | 40.8% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 801 | 20.1% | 16.0% | 14.6% | 17,094 | 85.2% | 80.5% | 78.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 484 | 13.4% | 7.0% | 5.2% | 5,881 | 70.8% | 57.9% | 53.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 131 | 27.5% | 19.8% | 19.1% | 51,748 | 99.3% | D | 98.6% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,429 | 9.6% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10,812 | 53.6% | 36.5% | 25.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 569 | 12.0% | 5.6% | 3.7% | 7,534 | 72.3% | 57.2% | 40.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |