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 | 2,665 | 3,009 | 40,264 | 2,037,583 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,232 | 1,232 | 1,848 | 104,016 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 338 | 340 | 2,149 | 91,868 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 253 | 261 | 3,176 | 154,022 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 336 | 381 | 8,260 | 407,732 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 188 | 230 | 5,997 | 269,142 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 318 | 565 | 18,834 | 1,010,803 |
| More data |
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 | 2,665 | 31.6% | 19.0% | 11.9% | 40,264 | 82.2% | 61.7% | 46.8% |
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2007 | 2,701 | 30.2% | 17.7% | 10.7% | 40,268 | 81.6% | 61.3% | 42.3% |
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2006 | 2,631 | 29.1% | 17.7% | 11.2% | 38,980 | 81.2% | 61.1% | 42.6% |
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2005 | 2,558 | 28.8% | 17.6% | 10.8% | 36,417 | 80.2% | 59.7% | 40.4% |
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2004 | 2,488 | 29.7% | 17.9% | 11.1% | 35,215 | 80.2% | 58.5% | 39.8% |
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2003 | 2,479 | 29.6% | 17.4% | 11.0% | 33,372 | 78.7% | 56.0% | 38.1% |
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2002 | 2,343 | 31.3% | 18.2% | 11.3% | 32,924 | 80.0% | 56.0% | 39.8% |
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2001 | 2,284 | 31.2% | 19.1% | 11.6% | 32,169 | 78.2% | 54.4% | 36.4% |
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2000 | 2,344 | 30.4% | 18.0% | 11.3% | 31,116 | 78.2% | 53.2% | 35.0% |
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1999 | 2,298 | 30.1% | 17.3% | 10.8% | 30,257 | 78.0% | 52.1% | 36.3% |
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1998 | 2,174 | 30.5% | 16.7% | 10.4% | 29,929 | 79.8% | 54.1% | 39.8% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 2,665 | 31.6% | 19.0% | 11.9% | 40,264 | 82.2% | 61.7% | 46.8% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,564 | 37.8% | 23.1% | 14.4% | 24,834 | 83.1% | 62.8% | 46.4% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 790 | 31.1% | 18.9% | 12.7% | 13,858 | 82.9% | 61.2% | 47.6% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 324 | 5.2% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1,572 | 61.3% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |