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 | 7,208 | 8,462 | 138,175 | 8,720,501 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 3,584 | 3,593 | 5,978 | 309,463 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,021 | 1,036 | 6,724 | 364,907 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 813 | 846 | 10,560 | 566,345 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 924 | 1,098 | 30,506 | 1,689,609 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 365 | 607 | 22,800 | 1,204,085 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 501 | 1,282 | 61,607 | 4,586,092 |
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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 | 7,208 | 24.8% | 12.0% | 7.0% | 138,175 | 83.2% | 61.1% | 44.6% |
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2007 | 7,376 | 24.3% | 11.5% | 6.8% | 137,229 | 82.3% | 59.6% | 44.7% |
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2006 | 7,454 | 24.4% | 11.3% | 6.8% | 136,824 | 82.2% | 58.6% | 44.1% |
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2005 | 7,599 | 23.8% | 11.0% | 6.6% | 141,320 | 82.5% | 60.1% | 45.6% |
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2004 | 7,693 | 23.7% | 11.1% | 6.7% | 136,382 | 81.6% | 58.5% | 42.9% |
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2003 | 7,711 | 23.5% | 10.9% | 6.6% | 131,455 | 80.8% | 56.7% | 41.0% |
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2002 | 7,970 | 23.3% | 10.4% | 6.3% | 131,012 | 79.6% | 54.4% | 38.1% |
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2001 | 8,003 | 24.2% | 11.1% | 6.8% | 140,178 | 80.7% | 56.1% | 38.2% |
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2000 | 8,204 | 23.5% | 10.9% | 6.7% | 137,145 | 79.7% | 54.3% | 37.3% |
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1999 | 8,299 | 23.4% | 10.7% | 6.7% | 137,891 | 79.7% | 54.6% | 38.1% |
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1998 | 8,362 | 23.0% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 133,597 | 78.4% | 53.6% | 36.4% |
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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 | 7,208 | 24.8% | 12.0% | 7.0% | 138,175 | 83.2% | 61.1% | 44.6% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 3,934 | 29.5% | 14.4% | 8.4% | 84,494 | 84.4% | 61.1% | 45.0% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,951 | 30.3% | 15.8% | 9.3% | 46,117 | 86.4% | 66.0% | 46.4% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,359 | 5.2% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 7,564 | 49.1% | 30.9% | 28.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |