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 | 3,719 | 4,602 | 61,825 | 3,001,940 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,603 | 1,608 | 2,842 | 121,283 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 582 | 590 | 3,811 | 164,915 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 473 | 511 | 6,114 | 269,974 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 509 | 649 | 14,575 | 648,501 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 223 | 363 | 12,214 | 531,685 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 329 | 881 | 22,269 | 1,265,582 |
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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 | 3,719 | 28.5% | 14.8% | 8.8% | 61,825 | 79.3% | 55.8% | 36.0% |
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2007 | 3,769 | 27.9% | 14.0% | 8.3% | 59,379 | 78.2% | 53.6% | 31.3% |
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2006 | 3,777 | 27.3% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 61,012 | 78.5% | 54.4% | 34.5% |
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2005 | 3,832 | 26.4% | 13.0% | 8.2% | 55,771 | 76.2% | 49.3% | 31.0% |
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2004 | 3,869 | 26.2% | 12.8% | 8.1% | 53,677 | 75.7% | 48.5% | 32.9% |
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2003 | 3,897 | 25.7% | 12.5% | 7.9% | 55,179 | 76.1% | 49.1% | 34.5% |
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2002 | 4,072 | 25.6% | 11.9% | 7.6% | 56,296 | 75.2% | 46.0% | 31.2% |
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2001 | 4,087 | 25.5% | 12.4% | 8.5% | 62,018 | 76.6% | 50.3% | 36.0% |
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2000 | 4,214 | 24.4% | 12.0% | 8.3% | 62,040 | 75.2% | 50.0% | 36.8% |
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1999 | 4,254 | 25.0% | 12.1% | 8.0% | 60,444 | 74.5% | 48.1% | 35.1% |
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1998 | 4,363 | 24.8% | 11.8% | 7.8% | 61,096 | 74.1% | 47.9% | 34.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 3,719 | 28.5% | 14.8% | 8.8% | 61,825 | 79.3% | 55.8% | 36.0% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 2,276 | 31.3% | 16.5% | 9.8% | 39,337 | 78.8% | 53.9% | 33.6% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,041 | 30.8% | 17.6% | 11.0% | 19,755 | 82.8% | 63.6% | 44.3% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 421 | 10.9% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2,733 | 62.5% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |