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 | 28,107 | 45,583 | 676,811 | 15,248,893 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 15,072 | 15,116 | 29,347 | 659,933 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,917 | 6,037 | 39,295 | 837,414 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,264 | 3,638 | 43,160 | 1,035,279 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,691 | 3,979 | 99,395 | 2,833,497 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 593 | 2,174 | 64,974 | 1,687,468 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 570 | 14,639 | 400,640 | 8,195,302 |
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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 | 28,107 | 13.7% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 676,811 | 83.5% | 68.8% | 59.2% |
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2006 | 29,596 | 13.6% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 679,188 | 82.8% | 66.7% | 57.5% |
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2005 | 30,392 | 13.4% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 668,973 | 82.2% | 65.6% | 55.7% |
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2004 | 30,707 | 13.8% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 678,236 | 82.1% | 65.1% | 55.4% |
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2003 | 30,825 | 13.5% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 659,804 | 81.7% | 64.8% | 54.9% |
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2002 | 31,118 | 13.7% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 669,379 | 81.7% | 64.9% | 55.1% |
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2001 | 31,334 | 13.9% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 670,446 | 81.5% | 64.3% | 53.9% |
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2000 | 31,426 | 14.0% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 668,251 | 81.3% | 64.1% | 53.3% |
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1999 | 31,737 | 13.8% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 653,260 | 80.8% | 63.3% | 52.9% |
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1998 | 32,375 | 13.6% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 645,495 | 80.1% | 62.5% | 52.0% |
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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 | 28,107 | 13.7% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 676,811 | 83.5% | 68.8% | 59.2% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 4,017 | 25.5% | 3.9% | 1.0% | 79,720 | 81.0% | 35.8% | 15.1% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,689 | 11.5% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 19,735 | 63.9% | 45.3% | 36.0% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 1,022 | 9.8% | 4.1% | 2.7% | 15,971 | 75.7% | D | D |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2,696 | 14.7% | 3.6% | 1.2% | 53,735 | 77.1% | 59.2% | 50.0% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 4,566 | 14.7% | 4.3% | 1.2% | 146,989 | 88.4% | 75.2% | 59.9% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 1,804 | 14.8% | 5.0% | 3.5% | 48,516 | D | D | D |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 2,142 | 9.6% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 38,176 | 73.9% | 63.1% | 50.3% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,425 | 13.9% | 9.5% | 7.1% | 66,090 | 87.5% | 82.9% | 79.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,483 | 10.7% | 4.6% | 2.8% | 25,053 | 78.5% | 67.8% | 62.6% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 420 | 11.9% | 6.9% | 5.5% | 114,520 | 99.0% | 98.3% | 97.8% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 3,739 | 8.3% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 34,698 | 58.5% | 41.1% | 30.9% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 2,302 | 13.2% | 4.6% | 2.8% | 33,608 | 75.3% | 56.9% | 45.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |