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 | 12,305 | 19,088 | 294,131 | 6,999,326 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,536 | 6,550 | 12,119 | 307,184 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,585 | 2,636 | 17,037 | 392,323 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,481 | 1,602 | 19,362 | 473,937 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 962 | 1,426 | 33,413 | 1,024,366 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 292 | 852 | 28,128 | 994,289 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 449 | 6,022 | 184,072 | 3,807,227 |
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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 | 12,305 | 13.8% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 294,131 | 83.5% | 72.1% | 62.6% |
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2006 | 12,871 | 14.1% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 307,080 | 83.5% | 70.9% | 61.1% |
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2005 | 13,003 | 14.0% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 299,658 | 83.2% | 70.2% | 60.4% |
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2004 | 12,922 | 14.6% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 299,177 | 83.0% | 69.6% | 60.3% |
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2003 | 12,798 | 14.5% | 5.9% | 3.6% | 286,954 | 82.7% | 69.2% | 59.7% |
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2002 | 12,905 | 14.8% | 6.1% | 3.7% | 288,780 | 82.6% | 69.2% | 60.3% |
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2001 | 12,907 | 15.2% | 6.2% | 3.8% | 284,759 | 82.3% | 68.1% | 58.4% |
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2000 | 12,742 | 15.3% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 284,601 | 82.1% | 67.9% | 58.3% |
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1999 | 12,830 | 15.0% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 279,135 | 81.6% | 67.6% | 58.7% |
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1998 | 13,068 | 15.2% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 273,036 | 80.7% | 65.9% | 56.8% |
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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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 12,305 | 13.8% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 294,131 | 83.5% | 72.1% | 62.6% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,139 | 29.1% | 9.7% | 2.5% | 38,403 | 89.5% | 64.1% | 30.6% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 760 | 16.3% | 7.6% | 4.7% | 10,363 | 69.7% | 51.1% | 43.8% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 450 | 13.1% | 6.0% | 4.4% | 9,626 | 82.7% | 74.1% | 69.8% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 821 | 24.5% | 7.1% | 3.5% | 24,418 | 86.3% | 66.5% | 56.7% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 2,670 | 8.8% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 60,418 | 82.5% | 72.0% | 66.8% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 831 | 11.8% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 17,599 | 80.0% | 72.5% | 67.0% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,273 | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13,257 | 50.7% | 38.2% | 30.4% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,211 | 20.8% | 16.1% | 12.9% | 34,262 | 88.2% | 83.9% | 78.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 682 | 12.2% | 7.5% | 5.0% | 11,507 | 77.0% | 69.8% | 64.1% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 169 | 20.7% | 16.0% | 14.2% | 48,236 | D | 98.7% | 98.4% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,474 | 9.3% | 4.1% | 2.3% | 15,709 | 63.1% | 49.6% | 37.8% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 899 | 14.6% | 6.9% | 3.7% | 10,333 | 72.1% | 52.0% | 32.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |