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 | 8,709 | 9,832 | 502,878 | 20,050,787 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 3,025 | 3,027 | 5,754 | 191,271 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,487 | 1,487 | 10,014 | 293,914 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,163 | 1,166 | 15,685 | 506,070 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,714 | 1,776 | 68,511 | 2,374,360 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 626 | 789 | 80,853 | 2,913,819 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 694 | 1,587 | 322,061 | 13,771,353 |
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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 | 8,709 | 34.8% | 15.2% | 8.0% | 502,878 | 93.7% | 80.1% | 64.0% |
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2006 | 8,910 | 34.7% | 15.4% | 8.2% | 535,689 | 93.9% | 81.0% | 65.0% |
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2005 | 8,926 | 34.9% | 15.1% | 7.9% | 554,442 | 94.1% | 81.3% | 65.3% |
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2004 | 9,080 | 35.2% | 15.1% | 7.9% | 571,164 | 94.2% | 81.5% | 65.8% |
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2003 | 9,222 | 34.7% | 15.1% | 8.0% | 591,566 | 94.3% | 82.1% | 66.8% |
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2002 | 9,230 | 34.8% | 15.2% | 8.0% | 613,450 | 94.5% | 82.8% | 67.9% |
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2001 | 9,481 | 36.0% | 15.7% | 8.3% | 690,686 | 95.0% | 83.6% | 69.1% |
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2000 | 9,577 | 36.5% | 16.3% | 8.7% | 731,399 | 95.3% | 84.5% | 69.6% |
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1999 | 9,667 | 37.1% | 16.6% | 8.8% | 754,669 | 95.5% | 84.8% | 69.6% |
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1998 | 9,843 | 37.2% | 16.2% | 8.5% | 771,282 | 95.4% | 84.3% | 69.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 8,709 | 34.8% | 15.2% | 8.0% | 502,878 | 93.7% | 80.1% | 64.0% |
| 311 | Food manufacturing | 456 | 37.3% | 17.1% | 11.8% | 53,952 | 96.9% | 89.8% | 84.3% |
| 312 | Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 88 | 43.2% | 27.3% | 15.9% | 11,341 | 98.1% | 93.0% | 84.6% |
| 313 | Textile mills | 329 | 56.5% | 29.8% | 11.9% | 35,307 | 97.7% | 85.8% | 59.0% |
| 314 | Textile product mills | 310 | 24.2% | 11.0% | 4.5% | 8,981 | 87.9% | 69.0% | 36.1% |
| 315 | Apparel manufacturing | 235 | 38.7% | 16.6% | 4.3% | 13,345 | 94.2% | 76.9% | 37.4% |
| 316 | Leather and allied product manufacturing | 41 | 22.0% | 7.3% | 4.9% | 1,088 | 88.7% | D | D |
| 321 | Wood product manufacturing | 636 | 42.5% | 15.6% | 7.9% | 26,063 | 90.2% | 64.5% | 43.3% |
| 322 | Paper manufacturing | 139 | 72.7% | 45.3% | 28.8% | 18,493 | 98.5% | 91.0% | 71.4% |
| 323 | Printing and related support activities | 954 | 19.0% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 15,450 | 74.7% | 43.0% | 29.2% |
| 324 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 33 | 48.5% | 42.4% | 27.3% | 869 | 93.9% | 87.3% | 73.3% |
| 325 | Chemical manufacturing | 397 | 51.1% | 29.5% | 20.9% | 37,811 | 97.0% | 88.7% | 81.4% |
| 326 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 401 | 65.3% | 38.9% | 24.7% | 39,001 | 97.6% | 85.9% | 71.2% |
| 327 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 388 | 37.1% | 16.8% | 9.8% | 16,125 | 90.3% | 72.5% | 57.8% |
| 331 | Primary metal manufacturing | 88 | 48.9% | 31.8% | 23.9% | 7,190 | 96.6% | 87.4% | 76.6% |
| 332 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 1,370 | 31.8% | 12.2% | 6.0% | 43,290 | 88.0% | 64.1% | 43.2% |
| 333 | Machinery manufacturing | 605 | 40.8% | 16.7% | 10.6% | 34,031 | 93.3% | 77.2% | 65.6% |
| 334 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 250 | 45.6% | 24.8% | 14.0% | 24,359 | 97.0% | 88.8% | 75.9% |
| 335 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 144 | 50.0% | 30.6% | 25.0% | 17,451 | 97.4% | 91.0% | 84.3% |
| 336 | Transportation equipment manufacturing | 352 | 39.5% | 23.6% | 13.6% | 35,230 | 96.5% | 90.4% | 75.1% |
| 337 | Furniture and related product manufacturing | 942 | 30.3% | 12.0% | 5.2% | 48,074 | 92.4% | 77.6% | 57.3% |
| 339 | Miscellaneous manufacturing | 744 | 19.4% | 7.3% | 3.6% | 15,427 | 83.5% | 62.0% | 40.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 31 |