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 | 22,670 | 38,650 | 585,496 | 13,062,206 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 11,932 | 11,989 | 23,657 | 484,063 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,899 | 5,016 | 32,731 | 641,183 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,753 | 3,071 | 36,144 | 821,462 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,127 | 3,382 | 78,001 | 2,155,875 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 435 | 1,967 | 44,715 | 1,294,440 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 524 | 13,225 | 370,248 | 7,665,183 |
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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 | 22,670 | 13.6% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 585,496 | 84.2% | 70.9% | 63.2% |
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2006 | 24,281 | 13.9% | 4.0% | 2.2% | 608,800 | 84.1% | 69.7% | 62.4% |
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2005 | 24,991 | 13.7% | 4.0% | 2.2% | 620,869 | 83.9% | 69.3% | 61.9% |
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2004 | 25,381 | 14.2% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 619,078 | 83.4% | 68.2% | 59.9% |
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2003 | 25,640 | 14.1% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 614,794 | 83.3% | 68.1% | 59.8% |
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2002 | 25,965 | 14.3% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 623,168 | 83.2% | 68.1% | 60.3% |
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2001 | 26,059 | 14.7% | 4.4% | 2.3% | 637,766 | 83.3% | 67.8% | 59.6% |
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2000 | 26,094 | 15.1% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 644,467 | 83.4% | 67.5% | 59.0% |
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1999 | 26,450 | 15.0% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 628,586 | 83.0% | 66.6% | 58.4% |
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1998 | 26,995 | 14.8% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 632,318 | 82.6% | 66.3% | 58.1% |
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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 | 22,670 | 13.6% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 585,496 | 84.2% | 70.9% | 63.2% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 3,334 | 26.0% | 4.8% | 1.3% | 71,493 | 83.2% | 41.4% | 20.2% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,340 | 11.5% | 4.9% | 3.4% | 17,535 | 65.8% | 49.4% | 39.3% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 916 | 11.1% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 16,370 | 78.2% | 67.0% | 60.7% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2,326 | 15.4% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 49,156 | 77.2% | 60.5% | 53.8% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 3,961 | 12.2% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 98,904 | 84.5% | 70.0% | 61.9% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 1,236 | 16.2% | 5.7% | 4.0% | 42,424 | 86.2% | 76.5% | 73.6% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,906 | 10.3% | 4.0% | 1.7% | 35,766 | 73.0% | 63.0% | 50.4% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,716 | 14.7% | 10.7% | 8.9% | 49,858 | 86.7% | 82.5% | 80.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,282 | 10.1% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 20,694 | 76.9% | 66.0% | 62.9% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 232 | 15.5% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 119,928 | 99.3% | D | 99.0% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 3,002 | 8.5% | 3.6% | 1.7% | 30,465 | 63.7% | 48.8% | 34.3% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,601 | 13.4% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 32,903 | 83.0% | 71.0% | 59.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |