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 | 24,324 | 33,564 | 464,718 | 12,386,139 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 15,686 | 15,720 | 28,868 | 734,130 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,125 | 4,196 | 26,781 | 666,041 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,169 | 2,320 | 28,425 | 787,082 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,527 | 1,980 | 54,862 | 1,987,402 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 351 | 997 | 32,479 | 1,267,035 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 466 | 8,351 | 293,303 | 6,944,449 |
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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 | 24,324 | 9.6% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 464,718 | 81.9% | 70.1% | 63.1% |
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2006 | 26,056 | 9.6% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 461,645 | 80.6% | 67.7% | 60.4% |
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2005 | 26,463 | 9.4% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 454,878 | 80.2% | 66.9% | 59.6% |
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2004 | 26,362 | 9.8% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 470,199 | 80.5% | 67.4% | 59.5% |
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2003 | 26,052 | 9.6% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 449,914 | 79.8% | 66.6% | 58.6% |
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2002 | 26,690 | 9.7% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 446,756 | 78.8% | 65.2% | 57.4% |
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2001 | 26,477 | 9.9% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 434,008 | 78.4% | 63.9% | 56.6% |
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2000 | 26,286 | 10.0% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 438,607 | 78.4% | 63.9% | 56.9% |
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1999 | 26,029 | 9.7% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 422,085 | 77.7% | 63.3% | 56.7% |
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1998 | 26,371 | 9.7% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 417,835 | 77.2% | 62.7% | 55.2% |
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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 | 24,324 | 9.6% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 464,718 | 81.9% | 70.1% | 63.1% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2,123 | 25.1% | 5.2% | 1.4% | 47,488 | 85.6% | 44.8% | 20.9% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,349 | 10.6% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 17,789 | 73.2% | 60.1% | 49.5% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 927 | 7.8% | 4.0% | 2.7% | 13,278 | 77.8% | D | 66.3% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,822 | 13.4% | 3.3% | 1.2% | 36,839 | 77.7% | D | D |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 5,871 | 6.2% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 105,660 | 82.8% | D | 65.1% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 1,674 | 10.9% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 34,188 | 78.4% | 67.3% | 64.4% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 2,073 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 15,379 | 47.4% | D | D |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,873 | 12.4% | 7.9% | 5.9% | 62,207 | 86.0% | 80.3% | 77.4% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,171 | 9.4% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 30,401 | 87.5% | 81.7% | 79.0% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 486 | 9.3% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 59,938 | 97.8% | D | 96.2% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,488 | 6.4% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 20,393 | 58.9% | D | 40.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,551 | 10.4% | 4.0% | 2.8% | 21,158 | 74.5% | 56.9% | 49.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |