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 | 11,223 | 16,866 | 233,973 | 5,238,990 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,830 | 5,843 | 11,480 | 242,888 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,403 | 2,443 | 15,915 | 337,453 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,447 | 1,581 | 19,076 | 436,943 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,005 | 1,469 | 37,532 | 1,002,825 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 193 | 615 | 18,618 | 570,247 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 345 | 4,915 | 131,352 | 2,648,634 |
| 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 | 11,223 | 13.7% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 233,973 | 80.1% | 64.1% | 56.1% |
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2006 | 11,287 | 14.4% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 230,212 | 80.7% | 63.5% | 55.6% |
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2005 | 11,929 | 13.8% | 4.5% | 3.0% | 227,856 | 79.0% | 61.6% | 53.8% |
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2004 | 12,214 | 14.5% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 231,777 | 79.2% | 60.7% | 52.0% |
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2003 | 12,223 | 14.1% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 227,700 | 78.9% | 60.2% | 52.1% |
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2002 | 12,129 | 13.8% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 228,170 | 78.8% | 61.6% | 53.4% |
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2001 | 12,178 | 13.9% | 4.9% | 3.2% | 228,767 | 78.8% | 61.5% | 52.5% |
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2000 | 12,147 | 14.3% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 232,496 | 78.9% | 61.4% | 52.3% |
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1999 | 12,113 | 14.3% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 230,720 | 78.8% | 61.5% | 51.7% |
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1998 | 12,255 | 14.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 226,587 | 77.8% | 60.6% | 50.8% |
| 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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 11,223 | 13.7% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 233,973 | 80.1% | 64.1% | 56.1% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,400 | 23.4% | 5.8% | 1.6% | 29,160 | 80.5% | 43.8% | 15.7% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 665 | 13.2% | 4.8% | 3.3% | 7,626 | 60.8% | 38.1% | 26.3% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 391 | 12.5% | 4.9% | 3.1% | 5,927 | 76.3% | D | D |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,093 | 17.2% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 21,700 | 76.1% | D | D |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,664 | 15.9% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 36,467 | 85.1% | 61.4% | 50.4% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 920 | 10.3% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 15,329 | 68.7% | D | 56.9% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,540 | 11.4% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 19,212 | 60.7% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,242 | 14.3% | 11.0% | 9.7% | 22,962 | 80.6% | D | 73.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 440 | 13.6% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 7,495 | 77.8% | D | 66.8% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 87 | 26.4% | 21.8% | 20.7% | (50k-99999) | D | D | D |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,356 | 7.1% | 3.2% | 2.1% | 10,220 | 48.3% | D | D |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 483 | 11.0% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 4,143 | 59.0% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |