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 | 4,410 | 5,579 | 77,336 | 3,797,000 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,802 | 1,809 | 3,319 | 147,376 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 746 | 754 | 4,818 | 214,801 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 623 | 666 | 8,069 | 362,234 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 655 | 834 | 20,565 | 920,828 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 233 | 423 | 12,115 | 565,294 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 351 | 1,093 | 28,450 | 1,586,467 |
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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 | 4,410 | 28.1% | 13.2% | 8.0% | 77,336 | 79.0% | 52.5% | 36.8% |
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2007 | 4,419 | 27.5% | 12.9% | 7.9% | 74,255 | 77.8% | 51.2% | 33.6% |
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2006 | 4,404 | 26.9% | 13.0% | 7.8% | 72,015 | 77.6% | 50.7% | 33.5% |
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2005 | 4,510 | 26.2% | 12.2% | 7.4% | 72,586 | 76.1% | 49.0% | 30.5% |
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2004 | 4,624 | 26.2% | 12.0% | 7.3% | 73,609 | 75.6% | 48.8% | 30.7% |
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2003 | 4,690 | 26.3% | 11.9% | 7.3% | 73,130 | 75.5% | 47.0% | 30.7% |
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2002 | 4,835 | 26.9% | 11.5% | 7.2% | 74,929 | 75.5% | 45.8% | 29.8% |
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2001 | 4,894 | 26.6% | 12.1% | 7.7% | 78,288 | 75.7% | 47.5% | 30.5% |
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2000 | 5,072 | 26.4% | 11.9% | 7.6% | 78,798 | 75.9% | 46.5% | 30.4% |
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1999 | 5,174 | 26.2% | 11.7% | 7.9% | 79,297 | 75.5% | 46.0% | 31.3% |
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1998 | 5,297 | 25.8% | 11.6% | 7.6% | 79,877 | 74.6% | 45.4% | 29.4% |
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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 | 4,410 | 28.1% | 13.2% | 8.0% | 77,336 | 79.0% | 52.5% | 36.8% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 2,708 | 29.7% | 14.1% | 8.5% | 45,490 | 76.6% | 48.7% | 34.7% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,345 | 31.7% | 15.4% | 9.6% | 29,662 | 85.2% | 59.9% | 40.6% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 377 | 6.6% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 2,184 | 47.5% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |