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 | 6,364 | 7,168 | 173,918 | 7,198,499 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 3,590 | 3,592 | 5,757 | 220,220 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 883 | 886 | 5,856 | 225,105 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 591 | 599 | 7,704 | 300,614 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 683 | 731 | 24,867 | 912,663 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 300 | 413 | 29,375 | 1,090,550 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 317 | 947 | 100,359 | 4,449,347 |
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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 | 6,364 | 20.4% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 173,918 | 88.9% | 74.6% | 57.7% |
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2006 | 6,470 | 20.4% | 9.5% | 4.9% | 170,735 | 88.7% | 73.7% | 56.4% |
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2005 | 6,480 | 19.8% | 9.3% | 4.8% | 169,118 | 88.5% | 74.0% | 57.1% |
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2004 | 6,439 | 20.0% | 9.3% | 4.9% | 172,046 | 88.5% | 74.0% | 57.3% |
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2003 | 6,428 | 20.6% | 9.5% | 5.0% | 168,088 | 88.3% | 73.1% | 56.6% |
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2002 | 6,312 | 17.9% | 7.2% | 3.3% | 157,232 | 87.1% | 71.7% | 54.6% |
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2001 | 6,163 | 19.0% | 7.6% | 3.6% | 161,741 | 87.9% | 71.7% | 54.0% |
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2000 | 6,161 | 18.5% | 7.5% | 3.6% | 161,620 | 87.7% | 72.3% | 55.7% |
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1999 | 6,109 | 18.1% | 7.4% | 3.5% | 157,900 | 87.3% | 71.9% | 57.5% |
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1998 | 6,162 | 18.1% | 7.0% | 3.3% | 151,508 | 86.6% | 69.8% | 54.7% |
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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 | 6,364 | 20.4% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 173,918 | 88.9% | 74.6% | 57.7% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 101 | 51.5% | 35.6% | 22.8% | 18,414 | 98.8% | D | D |
| 483 | Water transportation | 66 | 28.8% | 19.7% | 9.1% | 2,182 | 91.2% | D | D |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 2,961 | 13.5% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 44,215 | 79.9% | 59.0% | 42.8% |
| 485 | Transit and ground passenger transportation | 1,016 | 23.2% | 7.6% | 1.3% | 30,696 | 89.7% | 68.0% | 35.9% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 11 | 81.8% | 81.8% | 81.8% | 508 | D | 97.6% | 97.6% |
| 487 | Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 98 | 2.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 224 | 46.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 1,401 | 20.5% | 11.1% | 6.4% | 25,194 | 81.1% | 66.0% | 47.6% |
| 492 | Couriers and messengers | 249 | 12.4% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 25,042 | 96.8% | 94.8% | 92.8% |
| 493 | Warehousing and storage | 512 | 61.3% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 27,443 | 95.8% | 82.0% | 59.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |