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 | 24,133 | 36,381 | 466,350 | 10,359,065 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 14,159 | 14,196 | 26,913 | 588,982 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,930 | 5,045 | 32,300 | 652,646 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,463 | 2,752 | 32,532 | 738,988 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,783 | 2,955 | 65,173 | 1,868,816 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 328 | 1,426 | 35,526 | 897,237 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 470 | 10,007 | 273,906 | 5,612,396 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 24,133 | 10.7% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 466,350 | 80.3% | 66.4% | 58.7% |
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2006 | 25,779 | 10.9% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 489,183 | 80.0% | 65.4% | 57.6% |
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2005 | 26,393 | 10.8% | 3.1% | 1.8% | 499,121 | 79.8% | 64.6% | 56.8% |
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2004 | 26,342 | 12.2% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 523,056 | 80.1% | 63.6% | 55.2% |
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2003 | 26,308 | 12.3% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 521,126 | 80.1% | 63.4% | 53.9% |
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2002 | 26,471 | 12.5% | 3.6% | 1.9% | 524,252 | 80.2% | 63.6% | 54.8% |
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2001 | 26,729 | 12.9% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 543,649 | 80.5% | 63.6% | 54.4% |
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2000 | 26,716 | 13.1% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 544,525 | 80.4% | 63.4% | 53.9% |
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1999 | 26,835 | 13.0% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 541,841 | 80.2% | 63.0% | 53.3% |
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1998 | 27,147 | 12.9% | 3.6% | 2.0% | 537,991 | 79.7% | 62.3% | 52.8% |
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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 | 24,133 | 10.7% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 466,350 | 80.3% | 66.4% | 58.7% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2,924 | 20.2% | 3.2% | 1.0% | 49,585 | 78.8% | 36.7% | 21.8% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,254 | 10.4% | 4.1% | 2.8% | 14,174 | 64.9% | D | 41.6% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 1,092 | 6.8% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 14,748 | 73.8% | 64.3% | 62.8% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2,213 | 12.0% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 40,539 | 74.6% | 58.3% | 53.8% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 4,839 | 10.2% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 75,043 | 75.9% | 55.9% | 40.2% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 1,400 | 13.1% | 5.1% | 3.1% | 33,738 | 82.3% | 71.7% | 64.5% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 2,395 | 7.5% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 25,590 | 60.1% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,937 | 13.3% | 9.9% | 8.2% | 44,949 | 85.2% | 81.1% | 79.3% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,319 | 8.6% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 20,045 | 76.4% | 66.9% | 57.4% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 380 | 8.9% | 6.1% | 5.8% | 109,670 | 99.0% | D | 98.6% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 3,029 | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 24,831 | 57.4% | 41.9% | 30.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,494 | 10.5% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 13,438 | 64.2% | 38.2% | 22.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |