U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
All industries
Massachusetts

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Massachusetts - All industries - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 141,843 174,290 3,074,569 161,821,239
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 81,971 82,129 140,724 6,289,046
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 24,873 25,144 163,249 6,446,297
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,149 15,792 202,568 8,660,862
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 13,291 16,268 496,186 23,941,756
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,562 8,974 469,363 23,024,491
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,997 25,983 1,602,479 93,458,787

 
 
Massachusetts - All industries - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 141,843 14.0% 4.6% 2.1% 3,074,569 83.5% 67.4% 52.1%
link to 2007 detail 2007 144,767 13.9% 4.5% 2.1% 3,073,941 83.2% 66.8% 52.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 144,873 13.7% 4.4% 2.0% 3,044,080 82.9% 66.3% 51.7%
link to 2005 detail 2005 145,391 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,996,347 82.9% 66.1% 51.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 146,331 13.7% 4.3% 1.9% 2,979,690 82.6% 65.3% 50.3%
link to 2003 detail 2003 149,266 13.4% 4.2% 1.9% 2,974,779 82.6% 65.2% 49.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 146,080 13.9% 4.3% 2.0% 3,023,126 83.0% 65.7% 51.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 149,029 13.8% 4.3% 2.0% 3,129,980 83.4% 66.0% 50.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 148,235 13.8% 4.3% 2.0% 3,087,044 83.1% 65.6% 50.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 145,810 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,971,052 82.8% 65.4% 50.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 140,843 14.0% 4.4% 2.0% 2,924,913 82.9% 65.5% 50.2%
  1997 140,026 13.9% 4.4% 2.0% 2,859,594 82.8% 65.2% 49.5%
  1996 137,916 13.5% 4.3% 1.9% 2,778,508 82.6% 65.2% 49.3%
  1995 135,268 13.7% 4.4% 1.9% 2,735,294 82.5% 65.1% 49.0%
  1994 133,300 13.5% 4.3% 1.9% 2,660,140 82.5% 65.1% 48.7%
  1993 131,812 13.5% 4.3% 1.9% 2,632,691 82.3% 65.0% 49.1%
  1992 129,875 13.6% 4.2% 1.9% 2,590,586 82.2% 64.8% 49.5%
  1991 130,437 13.5% 4.2% 1.8% 2,615,353 82.0% 64.5% 49.1%

 
 
Massachusetts - All industries - by Sector
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 141,843 14.0% 4.6% 2.1% 3,074,569 83.5% 67.4% 52.1%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 383 2.3% 0.8% 0.3% 1,121 25.4% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 83 25.3% 9.6% 6.0% 1,253 73.1% D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 88 45.5% 37.5% 27.3% 12,744 98.6% 95.3% 87.1%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 18,592 6.7% 1.1% 0.4% 130,933 55.7% 26.4% 11.0%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 7,212 31.2% 10.7% 5.2% 263,538 88.8% 66.5% 46.0%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 7,620 25.5% 11.9% 6.8% 142,838 82.0% 57.3% 39.9%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 16,893 12.1% 4.5% 2.6% 360,885 82.2% 69.6% 62.2%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 3,160 22.2% 11.8% 6.8% 79,730 87.1% 71.1% 55.3%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,279 30.3% 15.6% 10.0% 104,825 93.0% 80.6% 67.8%
link to industry detail 52 Finance and insurance 5,623 19.2% 9.8% 5.4% 221,263 91.7% 83.5% 72.1%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 5,210 9.3% 4.4% 2.4% 46,020 67.9% 49.7% 29.3%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 20,643 10.6% 4.5% 2.3% 258,607 76.1% 59.0% 42.0%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies and enterprises 829 85.6% 70.3% 43.5% 87,452 99.5% 97.5% 88.7%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs 8,783 15.0% 6.5% 3.4% 203,889 87.9% 73.6% 53.1%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 2,384 28.2% 11.1% 3.9% 185,030 95.6% 86.5% 72.2%
link to industry detail 62 Health care and social assistance 12,727 17.6% 6.2% 1.9% 536,378 89.6% 79.2% 60.6%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2,898 17.3% 4.3% 1.5% 52,268 81.0% 53.3% 28.6%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation and food services 12,684 19.5% 3.1% 1.3% 264,045 79.2% 51.0% 38.4%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 15,310 7.2% 1.8% 0.8% 121,059 49.6% 26.5% 13.6%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 410 1.0%0.0 0.0 691 15.2% 0.0 0.0

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