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 | 92,335 | 111,550 | 1,482,968 | 56,824,167 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 54,487 | 54,536 | 91,235 | 2,849,935 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 16,187 | 16,343 | 106,760 | 2,958,947 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 9,811 | 10,252 | 130,382 | 3,835,188 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 7,867 | 10,390 | 287,567 | 9,885,292 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,887 | 5,848 | 222,467 | 7,970,250 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,096 | 14,181 | 644,557 | 29,324,555 |
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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 | 92,335 | 12.8% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 1,482,968 | 77.9% | 58.5% | 43.5% |
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2007 | 94,264 | 12.6% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 1,477,553 | 77.4% | 57.8% | 43.1% |
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2006 | 92,695 | 12.7% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 1,461,664 | 77.9% | 58.2% | 42.8% |
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2005 | 91,383 | 12.3% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 1,409,576 | 77.7% | 58.2% | 42.8% |
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2004 | 88,513 | 12.4% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 1,355,542 | 77.4% | 58.0% | 43.1% |
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2003 | 86,333 | 12.5% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 1,338,825 | 77.6% | 58.4% | 43.8% |
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2002 | 85,134 | 12.6% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 1,329,235 | 77.7% | 58.6% | 44.6% |
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2001 | 85,029 | 12.9% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1,364,924 | 78.2% | 58.8% | 44.4% |
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2000 | 85,116 | 12.8% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1,355,442 | 78.0% | 58.6% | 44.1% |
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1999 | 84,556 | 12.9% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1,332,403 | 77.8% | 58.3% | 43.4% |
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1998 | 84,387 | 12.9% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 1,310,750 | 77.4% | 57.5% | 42.2% |
| 1997 | 83,784 | 12.9% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 1,292,579 | 77.3% | 57.1% | 41.3% | |
| 1996 | 82,417 | 12.6% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 1,237,089 | 76.6% | 55.9% | 40.7% | |
| 1995 | 80,330 | 12.7% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 1,185,247 | 76.2% | 55.0% | 39.6% | |
| 1994 | 78,435 | 12.5% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 1,128,133 | 75.5% | 54.4% | 39.1% | |
| 1993 | 75,493 | 12.4% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 1,073,896 | 75.0% | 53.8% | 38.5% | |
| 1992 | 72,598 | 12.7% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 1,046,524 | 75.0% | 53.8% | 38.6% | |
| 1991 | 70,533 | 12.6% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 1,033,457 | 75.1% | 53.9% | 38.4% | |
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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 | 92,335 | 12.8% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 1,482,968 | 77.9% | 58.5% | 43.5% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1,336 | 12.1% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 12,723 | 68.0% | 28.3% | 4.4% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 121 | 24.8% | 9.1% | 6.6% | 1,905 | 75.3% | 48.5% | 45.3% |
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22 | Utilities | 114 | 30.7% | 15.8% | 11.4% | 7,576 | D | 85.6% | 84.8% |
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23 | Construction | 13,980 | 6.9% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 97,399 | 53.8% | 23.2% | 11.4% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 5,297 | 26.9% | 10.7% | 5.3% | 182,031 | 88.7% | 69.8% | 49.0% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 4,778 | 26.8% | 14.7% | 8.4% | 77,208 | 81.2% | 58.5% | 38.1% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 9,909 | 15.0% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 205,779 | 80.7% | 65.4% | 55.5% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,738 | 19.7% | 10.7% | 6.9% | 57,184 | 85.9% | 72.1% | 59.6% |
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51 | Information | 1,304 | 21.7% | 12.7% | 8.7% | 38,541 | 89.2% | 77.8% | 63.8% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 3,682 | 14.1% | 8.9% | 5.7% | 65,467 | 85.6% | 75.9% | 63.9% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,976 | 7.0% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 30,543 | 60.7% | 41.8% | 25.6% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 11,068 | 8.8% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 89,198 | 64.4% | 44.8% | 33.7% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 489 | 89.8% | 66.5% | 36.6% | 38,939 | 99.6% | 96.6% | 85.9% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 4,853 | 15.1% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 92,064 | 83.0% | 65.3% | 48.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,239 | 20.2% | 6.5% | 2.6% | 40,127 | 88.6% | 72.4% | 52.0% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 9,123 | 12.4% | 3.9% | 1.5% | 200,989 | 82.0% | 66.2% | 48.4% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,539 | 16.6% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 25,254 | 78.6% | 48.6% | 27.9% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 8,277 | 19.6% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 155,990 | 72.4% | 42.9% | 28.3% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 8,674 | 7.6% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 63,828 | 48.3% | 22.0% | 11.1% |
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99 | Unclassified | 170 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (100-249) | D | D | D |
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