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 | 5,037 | 5,905 | 97,730 | 5,639,789 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,387 | 2,388 | 4,008 | 217,730 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 726 | 734 | 4,835 | 253,827 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 552 | 561 | 7,184 | 409,169 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 697 | 799 | 23,116 | 1,237,545 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 267 | 421 | 17,035 | 893,687 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 408 | 1,002 | 41,552 | 2,627,831 |
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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 | 5,037 | 27.2% | 13.4% | 8.1% | 97,730 | 83.6% | 59.9% | 42.5% |
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2007 | 5,074 | 26.4% | 13.0% | 7.7% | 95,348 | 82.9% | 59.2% | 40.5% |
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2006 | 5,181 | 26.2% | 13.1% | 7.7% | 98,316 | 83.0% | 59.7% | 39.5% |
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2005 | 5,206 | 26.0% | 13.1% | 7.8% | 97,350 | 82.7% | 59.9% | 40.4% |
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2004 | 5,239 | 25.8% | 13.1% | 7.8% | 95,065 | 81.9% | 59.0% | 40.6% |
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2003 | 5,361 | 25.7% | 13.0% | 8.0% | 99,395 | 82.4% | 60.8% | 44.0% |
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2002 | 5,324 | 25.6% | 12.7% | 7.9% | 93,363 | 81.2% | 58.2% | 40.6% |
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2001 | 5,285 | 26.4% | 13.4% | 8.7% | 95,481 | 81.2% | 57.4% | 39.4% |
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2000 | 5,446 | 25.5% | 13.0% | 8.5% | 95,135 | 80.3% | 56.7% | 38.3% |
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1999 | 5,563 | 25.4% | 12.9% | 8.3% | 94,494 | 79.9% | 56.2% | 38.0% |
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1998 | 5,654 | 25.0% | 12.6% | 8.0% | 91,990 | 79.2% | 54.7% | 36.8% |
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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 | 5,037 | 27.2% | 13.4% | 8.1% | 97,730 | 83.6% | 59.9% | 42.5% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 2,929 | 31.0% | 15.4% | 9.1% | 54,954 | 82.0% | 56.0% | 37.1% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,449 | 30.9% | 15.9% | 10.2% | 39,048 | 89.1% | 68.8% | 51.9% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 690 | 6.5% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 3,728 | 49.9% | 24.7% | 24.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |