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 | 13,543 | 20,206 | 304,368 | 6,787,168 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 6,650 | 6,662 | 12,153 | 288,607 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,026 | 3,065 | 20,132 | 387,941 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,826 | 2,009 | 24,055 | 526,322 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,320 | 2,077 | 47,022 | 1,161,986 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 312 | 1,215 | 30,234 | 825,915 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 409 | 5,178 | 170,772 | 3,596,397 |
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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 | 13,543 | 15.1% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 304,368 | 81.5% | 66.0% | 56.1% |
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2006 | 14,280 | 15.0% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 312,998 | 81.0% | 64.6% | 54.3% |
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2005 | 14,598 | 14.7% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 308,231 | 80.3% | 63.6% | 52.8% |
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2004 | 14,614 | 15.2% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 312,319 | 80.3% | 63.1% | 52.2% |
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2003 | 14,682 | 15.3% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 309,317 | 80.2% | 62.4% | 51.2% |
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2002 | 14,674 | 15.6% | 4.9% | 2.9% | 310,026 | 80.1% | 62.2% | 51.4% |
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2001 | 14,812 | 15.6% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 315,883 | 80.1% | 62.3% | 51.6% |
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2000 | 14,627 | 15.7% | 5.1% | 3.0% | 304,220 | 79.4% | 60.7% | 49.8% |
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1999 | 14,607 | 15.5% | 4.9% | 2.9% | 297,066 | 79.2% | 60.3% | 49.6% |
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1998 | 14,685 | 15.3% | 4.9% | 2.9% | 295,681 | 78.9% | 60.4% | 49.8% |
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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 | 13,543 | 15.1% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 304,368 | 81.5% | 66.0% | 56.1% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,787 | 21.6% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 32,381 | 78.2% | 42.9% | 17.4% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 791 | 12.9% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 10,672 | 70.8% | 54.5% | 47.7% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 531 | 12.1% | 6.4% | 3.2% | 9,584 | 77.5% | D | D |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,571 | 15.1% | 4.3% | 2.2% | 27,857 | 73.4% | 54.7% | 45.6% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 2,016 | 17.3% | 4.1% | 1.5% | 52,464 | 83.1% | 62.6% | 49.9% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 625 | 19.7% | 9.1% | 6.7% | 16,832 | 83.6% | D | D |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,240 | 18.5% | 4.9% | 1.5% | 24,610 | 70.4% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,064 | 20.8% | 14.8% | 12.7% | 26,650 | 86.0% | D | 76.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 875 | 12.0% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 14,436 | 75.4% | 62.4% | 52.9% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 212 | 18.9% | 14.6% | 11.8% | 59,676 | 98.8% | D | 96.9% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,719 | 8.0% | 2.9% | 1.9% | 14,318 | 57.8% | D | 32.5% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,254 | 13.7% | 5.9% | 3.4% | 14,888 | 76.0% | 55.2% | 42.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |