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 | 1,104 | 1,403 | 16,492 | 689,484 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 422 | 423 | 719 | 24,671 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 160 | 162 | 1,068 | 35,861 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 131 | 145 | 1,634 | 58,621 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 188 | 253 | 5,641 | 215,397 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 77 | 164 | 3,383 | 153,232 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 126 | 256 | 4,047 | 201,702 |
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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 | 1,104 | 35.4% | 18.4% | 11.4% | 16,492 | 79.3% | 45.1% | 24.5% |
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2007 | 1,113 | 32.2% | 16.2% | 10.1% | 15,504 | 76.4% | 43.8% | 24.1% |
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2006 | 1,074 | 32.0% | 15.5% | 9.5% | 14,712 | 75.3% | 39.9% | 20.4% |
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2005 | 1,059 | 31.4% | 14.8% | 9.1% | 14,318 | 74.3% | 39.3% | 20.2% |
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2004 | 1,054 | 31.6% | 14.3% | 8.7% | 15,224 | 76.1% | 41.8% | 20.9% |
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2003 | 1,075 | 31.0% | 14.3% | 8.2% | 14,650 | 74.5% | 41.1% | 17.3% |
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2002 | 1,129 | 29.6% | 12.8% | 7.8% | 14,959 | 74.1% | 38.5% | 20.8% |
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2001 | 1,127 | 31.3% | 13.1% | 8.4% | 15,708 | 74.5% | 36.5% | 22.4% |
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2000 | 1,175 | 30.6% | 13.6% | 8.8% | 16,191 | 74.3% | 38.5% | 22.6% |
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1999 | 1,208 | 30.1% | 13.4% | 8.0% | 16,765 | 74.4% | 40.8% | 23.0% |
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1998 | 1,208 | 29.4% | 12.5% | 7.3% | 16,089 | 72.9% | 37.2% | 19.9% |
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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 | 1,104 | 35.4% | 18.4% | 11.4% | 16,492 | 79.3% | 45.1% | 24.5% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 601 | 39.6% | 21.6% | 13.1% | 8,538 | 78.7% | 44.7% | 20.9% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 394 | 33.0% | 18.0% | 11.9% | 6,709 | 79.0% | 51.7% | 31.6% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 114 | 22.8% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1,245 | 84.6% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |