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 | 49,956 | 61,826 | 1,156,080 | 43,761,567 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 28,234 | 28,302 | 43,752 | 2,126,769 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,878 | 7,963 | 51,878 | 1,737,504 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 5,153 | 5,331 | 67,955 | 2,300,184 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 4,893 | 5,867 | 173,060 | 6,238,906 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,614 | 3,244 | 153,479 | 5,687,066 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,184 | 11,119 | 665,956 | 25,671,138 |
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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 | 49,956 | 17.4% | 7.6% | 4.4% | 1,156,080 | 85.9% | 70.9% | 57.6% |
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2007 | 51,342 | 17.1% | 7.6% | 4.2% | 1,195,806 | 86.0% | 71.3% | 57.2% |
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2006 | 50,657 | 16.9% | 7.4% | 4.1% | 1,165,375 | 85.8% | 70.7% | 55.8% |
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2005 | 48,834 | 16.6% | 7.2% | 4.0% | 1,089,422 | 85.7% | 70.4% | 55.4% |
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2004 | 46,482 | 16.7% | 7.3% | 4.2% | 1,022,011 | 85.3% | 70.1% | 55.7% |
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2003 | 44,281 | 17.0% | 7.4% | 4.3% | 970,919 | 85.3% | 70.1% | 56.2% |
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2002 | 42,502 | 17.0% | 7.5% | 4.3% | 936,225 | 85.4% | 70.5% | 57.1% |
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2001 | 40,744 | 17.1% | 7.5% | 4.4% | 916,981 | 85.3% | 70.0% | 56.5% |
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2000 | 40,251 | 17.0% | 7.5% | 4.4% | 902,775 | 85.3% | 70.2% | 56.3% |
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1999 | 39,129 | 16.9% | 7.4% | 4.3% | 854,358 | 84.9% | 69.5% | 55.8% |
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1998 | 37,717 | 16.7% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 800,861 | 84.3% | 68.3% | 55.4% |
| 1997 | 35,915 | 17.2% | 7.2% | 4.2% | 768,708 | 84.4% | 68.1% | 54.7% | |
| 1996 | 33,963 | 16.4% | 7.0% | 4.2% | 718,708 | 84.0% | 68.1% | 55.0% | |
| 1995 | 32,085 | 16.7% | 7.0% | 4.2% | 672,260 | 83.8% | 67.2% | 54.2% | |
| 1994 | 30,705 | 15.9% | 6.8% | 4.0% | 627,466 | 83.3% | 67.5% | 54.6% | |
| 1993 | 28,989 | 15.8% | 6.7% | 3.9% | 580,928 | 82.9% | 66.8% | 53.8% | |
| 1992 | 27,824 | 16.0% | 6.6% | 4.0% | 550,675 | 82.6% | 66.2% | 53.7% | |
| 1991 | 26,639 | 16.2% | 6.6% | 4.0% | 541,212 | 82.4% | 65.6% | 52.8% | |
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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 | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 49,956 | 17.4% | 7.6% | 4.4% | 1,156,080 | 85.9% | 70.9% | 57.6% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 103 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 211 | 29.9% | 17.1% | 9.0% | 11,447 | 94.0% | 87.9% | 69.6% |
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22 | Utilities | 52 | 46.2% | 26.9% | 17.3% | (5000-9999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 5,900 | 19.5% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 112,494 | 79.8% | 49.9% | 26.0% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 1,862 | 29.1% | 13.6% | 7.4% | 49,972 | 86.4% | 65.1% | 45.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 2,665 | 31.6% | 19.0% | 11.9% | 40,264 | 82.2% | 61.7% | 46.8% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 5,156 | 20.9% | 12.4% | 8.5% | 141,638 | 86.8% | 76.8% | 67.8% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 1,271 | 30.3% | 20.9% | 14.2% | 47,072 | 93.1% | 85.4% | 72.6% |
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51 | Information | 776 | 24.1% | 15.7% | 11.6% | 18,257 | 89.5% | 78.4% | 68.8% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 2,814 | 18.4% | 12.6% | 8.4% | 38,739 | 84.2% | 74.8% | 64.1% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,366 | 9.7% | 5.1% | 3.1% | 31,057 | 73.6% | 58.3% | 46.7% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 7,506 | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 58,325 | 65.9% | 43.7% | 29.0% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 535 | 62.1% | 49.3% | 32.1% | 15,359 | 97.7% | 94.3% | 81.9% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,858 | 20.2% | 9.3% | 5.7% | 103,851 | 88.4% | 72.9% | 58.1% |
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61 | Educational services | 577 | 21.3% | 7.8% | 4.9% | 9,669 | 81.3% | 52.2% | 36.3% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 5,232 | 12.6% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 95,370 | 79.0% | 61.5% | 47.3% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,078 | 22.8% | 9.2% | 3.9% | 30,660 | 90.7% | 68.5% | 37.7% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 4,021 | 26.4% | 8.2% | 4.6% | 312,072 | 94.4% | 85.6% | 77.8% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 3,738 | 10.2% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 34,092 | 61.5% | 37.7% | 21.5% |
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99 | Unclassified | 105 | 1.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 181 | 26.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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