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 | 9,909 | 14,486 | 205,779 | 4,951,015 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,072 | 5,084 | 9,858 | 203,358 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,160 | 2,209 | 14,299 | 283,302 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,195 | 1,336 | 15,576 | 343,914 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 907 | 1,498 | 31,499 | 858,639 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 225 | 965 | 20,372 | 574,965 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 350 | 3,394 | 114,175 | 2,686,837 |
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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 | 9,909 | 15.0% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 205,779 | 80.7% | 65.4% | 55.5% |
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2006 | 10,223 | 14.7% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 208,077 | 80.7% | 64.6% | 54.1% |
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2005 | 10,296 | 14.1% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 199,261 | 79.7% | 63.5% | 52.8% |
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2004 | 10,273 | 14.2% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 194,645 | 79.5% | 63.4% | 52.7% |
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2003 | 10,215 | 14.1% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 190,237 | 78.8% | 62.9% | 51.9% |
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2002 | 10,250 | 14.3% | 5.6% | 3.6% | 187,532 | 78.5% | 62.2% | 52.8% |
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2001 | 10,203 | 15.2% | 5.9% | 3.8% | 194,479 | 79.2% | 61.8% | 51.8% |
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2000 | 10,250 | 15.5% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 193,318 | 79.1% | 61.4% | 51.0% |
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1999 | 10,228 | 15.7% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 186,360 | 78.5% | 59.6% | 49.1% |
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1998 | 10,352 | 15.5% | 5.6% | 3.5% | 182,719 | 77.8% | 58.5% | 47.4% |
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 9,909 | 15.0% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 205,779 | 80.7% | 65.4% | 55.5% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,224 | 25.5% | 6.5% | 2.2% | 26,770 | 82.9% | 47.8% | 23.0% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 700 | 13.6% | 5.4% | 3.7% | 7,750 | 62.1% | 37.7% | 27.4% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 409 | 12.2% | 6.4% | 3.9% | 6,126 | 71.7% | 58.6% | 47.7% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 986 | 19.5% | 6.6% | 2.8% | 18,283 | 75.9% | D | D |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 1,434 | 13.5% | 3.5% | 2.0% | 38,846 | 83.3% | 69.4% | 62.6% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 464 | 19.4% | 9.7% | 7.3% | 8,061 | 76.9% | 60.7% | 53.5% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 614 | 20.5% | 5.9% | 2.0% | 10,800 | 68.8% | 43.1% | 21.9% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 887 | 19.6% | 15.6% | 13.5% | 17,877 | 83.8% | D | 77.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 827 | 10.6% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 10,826 | 69.4% | 55.3% | 46.3% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 88 | 30.7% | 25.0% | 18.2% | 40,588 | D | 99.0% | 97.8% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,509 | 8.0% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12,204 | 56.8% | 43.2% | 31.6% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 862 | 10.7% | 4.4% | 2.8% | 7,648 | 65.7% | 43.2% | 30.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |