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 | 14,311 | 22,577 | 319,127 | 7,127,456 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 7,487 | 7,518 | 14,122 | 304,240 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,962 | 3,025 | 19,308 | 391,886 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,755 | 1,927 | 22,672 | 527,981 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,337 | 2,194 | 47,242 | 1,359,358 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 298 | 1,255 | 25,662 | 658,666 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 472 | 6,658 | 190,121 | 3,885,325 |
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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 | 14,311 | 14.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 319,127 | 82.4% | 67.6% | 59.6% |
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2006 | 15,208 | 14.6% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 326,498 | 81.7% | 65.6% | 57.6% |
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2005 | 15,549 | 14.4% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 321,615 | 81.2% | 64.7% | 56.3% |
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2004 | 15,740 | 15.0% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 321,135 | 80.8% | 63.3% | 54.7% |
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2003 | 15,823 | 15.0% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 316,214 | 80.7% | 63.0% | 54.0% |
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2002 | 15,889 | 14.8% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 312,562 | 80.3% | 63.1% | 54.6% |
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2001 | 16,050 | 14.8% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 317,459 | 80.2% | 62.9% | 53.9% |
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2000 | 16,188 | 14.9% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 317,839 | 80.2% | 62.7% | 53.5% |
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1999 | 16,322 | 14.8% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 308,065 | 79.8% | 62.2% | 52.7% |
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1998 | 16,435 | 14.7% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 304,013 | 79.3% | 61.5% | 52.1% |
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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 | 14,311 | 14.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 319,127 | 82.4% | 67.6% | 59.6% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2,331 | 21.1% | 3.9% | 1.5% | 39,514 | 78.6% | 35.6% | 19.7% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 922 | 13.1% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 9,586 | 61.0% | 37.5% | 28.1% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 644 | 11.6% | 4.8% | 3.4% | 9,047 | 72.2% | 58.5% | 53.8% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,535 | 16.9% | 4.8% | 2.2% | 32,092 | 76.9% | 59.5% | 51.0% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,500 | 18.5% | 5.4% | 2.7% | 46,572 | 88.8% | 73.2% | 63.4% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 847 | 17.6% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 18,786 | 78.6% | D | 60.4% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,494 | 14.7% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 28,002 | 74.6% | 56.4% | 37.0% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,168 | 18.9% | 15.5% | 12.9% | 26,976 | 85.9% | 82.2% | 79.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 748 | 10.8% | 5.9% | 3.9% | 11,679 | 75.1% | 67.1% | 61.0% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 166 | 22.9% | 18.7% | 16.3% | 68,802 | 99.2% | D | 98.0% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,027 | 7.9% | 3.6% | 2.0% | 15,099 | 53.9% | D | 31.0% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,041 | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2.8% | 12,972 | 73.9% | 61.2% | 49.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |