U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
All industries
Tennessee

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Tennessee - All industries - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 102,398 136,585 2,492,746 90,853,613
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 55,082 55,218 101,018 3,313,912
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 19,049 19,262 125,932 3,687,511
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 11,866 12,511 158,175 5,016,074
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 10,476 13,526 386,663 13,494,933
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 2,866 7,616 346,415 12,734,536
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,059 28,452 1,374,543 52,606,647

 
 
Tennessee - All industries - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 102,398 16.0% 5.8% 3.0% 2,492,746 84.6% 69.0% 55.1%
link to 2007 detail 2007 104,746 15.8% 5.5% 2.9% 2,475,512 84.3% 68.2% 55.0%
link to 2006 detail 2006 103,559 15.7% 5.5% 2.9% 2,473,352 84.5% 68.5% 54.9%
link to 2005 detail 2005 102,758 15.4% 5.4% 2.8% 2,378,754 84.2% 68.1% 54.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 101,983 15.5% 5.4% 2.8% 2,347,335 84.1% 67.7% 53.9%
link to 2003 detail 2003 100,620 15.4% 5.4% 2.8% 2,299,275 84.0% 67.6% 54.2%
link to 2002 detail 2002 100,720 15.3% 5.4% 2.8% 2,291,504 84.1% 68.1% 54.9%
link to 2001 detail 2001 100,867 15.5% 5.5% 3.0% 2,378,510 84.6% 68.7% 55.8%
link to 2000 detail 2000 102,427 15.4% 5.5% 2.9% 2,390,322 84.5% 68.6% 55.1%
link to 1999 detail 1999 102,979 15.1% 5.3% 2.9% 2,338,780 84.2% 68.1% 54.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 104,027 14.8% 5.2% 2.7% 2,299,348 83.8% 67.8% 54.4%
  1997 104,412 14.6% 5.1% 2.7% 2,247,944 83.4% 67.0% 53.6%
  1996 103,309 14.2% 4.8% 2.6% 2,193,159 83.2% 66.6% 53.4%
  1995 101,361 14.3% 4.9% 2.6% 2,153,244 83.2% 66.6% 53.0%
  1994 98,909 14.0% 4.9% 2.6% 2,041,972 82.7% 66.3% 52.8%
  1993 96,862 14.0% 4.8% 2.5% 1,970,057 82.4% 65.7% 52.0%
  1992 94,098 14.1% 4.9% 2.5% 1,913,303 82.4% 65.8% 52.3%
  1991 92,532 13.8% 4.8% 2.5% 1,867,571 82.1% 65.3% 51.9%

 
 
Tennessee - All industries - by Sector
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 102,398 16.0% 5.8% 3.0% 2,492,746 84.6% 69.0% 55.1%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 258 5.4% 2.7% 0.8% 1,385 38.2% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 147 35.4% 20.4% 12.2% 4,052 85.3% D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 60 70.0% 40.0% 25.0% 3,473 97.8% 67.2% 32.7%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 11,356 11.7% 2.3% 0.8% 126,890 65.1% 33.2% 11.2%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 5,982 35.3% 17.1% 9.5% 363,793 93.9% 82.0% 67.2%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 5,855 29.4% 15.0% 8.8% 127,140 84.3% 63.9% 48.0%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 14,596 13.1% 4.9% 3.1% 326,762 82.8% 69.8% 63.1%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 3,317 24.5% 14.7% 9.8% 138,774 92.2% 84.1% 74.5%
link to industry detail 51 Information 1,432 25.1% 14.2% 9.7% 50,046 90.7% 81.1% 71.6%
link to industry detail 52 Finance and insurance 4,851 16.3% 9.0% 5.7% 115,356 88.2% 76.8% 63.0%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 4,227 10.0% 5.5% 3.1% 36,549 67.3% 51.2% 36.6%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 10,334 11.0% 4.6% 2.5% 109,006 69.2% 50.1% 36.5%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies and enterprises 736 91.4% 74.9% 46.2% 73,589 99.8% 98.1% 89.9%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs 5,495 20.2% 9.6% 6.0% 209,318 91.1% 80.5% 67.2%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 1,103 27.7% 13.3% 5.1% 52,957 92.6% 79.9% 50.7%
link to industry detail 62 Health care and social assistance 10,956 15.8% 5.5% 2.1% 358,884 86.4% 74.2% 56.2%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2,221 14.5% 4.5% 2.0% 34,751 76.3% 52.0% 31.0%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation and food services 7,950 27.0% 5.6% 2.9% 246,650 85.5% 60.3% 48.1%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 13,198 8.7% 1.9% 0.9% 113,092 55.6% 26.8% 14.3%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 155 0.6%0.0 0.0 279 9.0% 0.0 0.0

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