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 | 57,108 | 75,853 | 892,335 | 23,089,839 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 38,425 | 38,472 | 68,974 | 1,761,010 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 9,455 | 9,578 | 61,370 | 1,667,492 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,631 | 4,958 | 61,263 | 1,746,636 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,432 | 4,572 | 122,051 | 4,026,793 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 591 | 2,231 | 62,694 | 2,094,434 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 574 | 16,042 | 515,983 | 11,793,474 |
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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 | 57,108 | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 892,335 | 78.5% | 64.8% | 57.8% |
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2006 | 58,656 | 8.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 901,418 | 78.2% | 63.9% | 56.9% |
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2005 | 60,111 | 7.9% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 877,803 | 77.6% | 62.7% | 55.6% |
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2004 | 59,767 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 887,747 | 77.5% | 62.3% | 55.5% |
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2003 | 59,031 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 862,872 | 76.9% | 61.4% | 54.4% |
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2002 | 59,336 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 848,464 | 76.3% | 60.7% | 54.3% |
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2001 | 58,029 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 841,493 | 76.3% | 60.7% | 54.2% |
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2000 | 57,698 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 843,837 | 76.5% | 61.4% | 54.5% |
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1999 | 57,070 | 8.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 813,025 | 76.0% | 60.5% | 54.0% |
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1998 | 57,484 | 8.1% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 800,626 | 75.5% | 60.0% | 53.6% |
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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 | 57,108 | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 892,335 | 78.5% | 64.8% | 57.8% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 4,161 | 22.9% | 3.5% | 0.9% | 78,748 | 81.1% | 37.2% | 17.3% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 3,012 | 8.0% | 2.9% | 1.6% | 31,228 | 66.2% | 51.2% | 44.3% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 2,251 | 5.3% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 29,379 | 76.6% | 69.0% | 63.5% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 4,031 | 11.6% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 67,791 | 74.5% | D | D |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 14,038 | 6.2% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 193,790 | 78.3% | 64.9% | 59.3% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 4,459 | 7.0% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 77,231 | 75.3% | D | D |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,076 | 5.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 31,497 | 62.7% | 52.2% | 42.1% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 7,836 | 8.4% | 3.7% | 2.3% | 135,376 | 82.4% | 73.7% | 67.3% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 2,825 | 6.7% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 36,659 | 77.3% | 68.0% | 62.9% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 1,164 | 8.1% | 3.2% | 2.1% | 124,043 | 97.2% | 95.8% | 94.4% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 6,696 | 4.9% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 46,694 | 56.0% | 42.7% | 34.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 3,743 | 9.8% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 39,899 | 67.3% | 45.9% | 34.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |