U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
NAICS 42 - Wholesale trade
Tennessee

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Tennessee - Wholesale trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 5,855 7,291 127,140 6,288,502
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 2,478 2,480 4,642 219,594
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 928 942 6,104 281,776
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 730 760 9,184 414,472
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 840 1,007 25,978 1,281,981
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 361 572 20,173 1,037,566
Firms with 500 employees or more 518 1,530 61,059 3,053,113

 
 
Tennessee - Wholesale trade - 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 5,855 29.4% 15.0% 8.8% 127,140 84.3% 63.9% 48.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 6,064 28.3% 14.3% 8.4% 123,146 83.0% 62.0% 45.6%
link to 2006 detail 2006 6,004 28.0% 14.4% 8.6% 120,649 82.9% 61.9% 46.4%
link to 2005 detail 2005 5,991 27.4% 14.0% 8.4% 116,259 82.1% 60.9% 44.8%
link to 2004 detail 2004 6,073 27.5% 13.8% 8.3% 117,856 82.4% 61.3% 45.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 6,121 27.3% 14.1% 8.7% 118,391 82.0% 62.0% 46.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 6,317 26.8% 13.5% 8.4% 122,645 81.6% 61.4% 45.8%
link to 2001 detail 2001 6,458 27.4% 14.3% 9.2% 130,439 82.2% 62.8% 46.9%
link to 2000 detail 2000 6,654 27.2% 13.9% 9.0% 126,597 81.3% 59.9% 43.8%
link to 1999 detail 1999 6,805 26.5% 13.5% 8.8% 129,426 81.1% 60.2% 45.6%
link to 1998 detail 1998 6,975 26.2% 13.1% 8.3% 125,210 80.2% 58.4% 42.1%

 
 
Tennessee - Wholesale trade - by Subsector
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
42 Wholesale trade 5,855 29.4% 15.0% 8.8% 127,140 84.3% 63.9% 48.0%
423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 3,632 31.9% 16.1% 9.2% 70,422 81.7% 56.5% 37.5%
424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 1,589 33.0% 19.2% 12.2% 51,498 90.1% 76.2% 63.2%
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 669 10.2% 3.3% 2.5% 5,220 62.9% D 40.6%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses Questions?