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 | 4,881 | 5,839 | 116,697 | 4,358,211 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,948 | 2,951 | 4,626 | 137,386 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 624 | 628 | 3,970 | 107,781 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 408 | 424 | 5,326 | 159,356 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 402 | 452 | 13,248 | 423,132 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 185 | 262 | 12,174 | 464,445 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 314 | 1,122 | 77,353 | 3,066,111 |
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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 | 4,881 | 18.5% | 10.2% | 6.4% | 116,697 | 88.1% | 76.7% | 66.3% |
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2006 | 5,099 | 17.4% | 9.5% | 5.7% | 118,153 | 87.6% | 75.6% | 63.7% |
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2005 | 5,039 | 17.7% | 9.4% | 5.6% | 115,901 | 88.0% | 75.9% | 64.7% |
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2004 | 4,909 | 17.8% | 9.4% | 5.6% | 110,898 | 87.3% | 74.2% | 62.2% |
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2003 | 4,804 | 18.4% | 9.6% | 5.8% | 112,727 | 87.8% | 74.8% | 63.5% |
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2002 | 4,686 | 16.1% | 7.6% | 4.1% | 93,644 | 85.0% | 70.5% | 57.8% |
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2001 | 4,683 | 16.2% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 100,210 | 85.8% | 70.7% | 59.7% |
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2000 | 4,783 | 16.3% | 7.4% | 4.2% | 100,493 | 86.0% | 71.0% | 59.0% |
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1999 | 4,831 | 15.9% | 7.5% | 4.2% | 97,010 | 85.3% | 69.9% | 58.0% |
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1998 | 4,706 | 15.7% | 7.3% | 4.0% | 92,946 | 85.4% | 70.3% | 56.8% |
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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 + | ||
| 48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,881 | 18.5% | 10.2% | 6.4% | 116,697 | 88.1% | 76.7% | 66.3% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 81 | 43.2% | 37.0% | 24.7% | 11,541 | 98.7% | D | D |
| 483 | Water transportation | 26 | 23.1% | 19.2% | 15.4% | 196 | 76.0% | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 3,047 | 14.8% | 6.6% | 3.7% | 46,898 | 81.1% | 62.5% | 46.7% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 278 | 11.9% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 5,019 | 79.9% | D | 52.5% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 6 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 226 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 78 | 5.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 252 | D | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 907 | 22.3% | 14.3% | 9.7% | 16,043 | 84.1% | 72.0% | 64.9% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 194 | 12.4% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 14,832 | 96.1% | D | D |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 317 | 60.3% | 47.0% | 33.8% | 21,690 | 97.3% | 92.9% | 85.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |