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 | 396,412 | 522,336 | 9,231,955 | 394,696,044 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 226,937 | 227,392 | 393,884 | 16,672,843 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 71,004 | 71,837 | 466,629 | 15,565,770 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 44,558 | 46,816 | 594,816 | 20,595,958 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 39,337 | 50,833 | 1,499,596 | 54,740,216 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 9,174 | 25,393 | 1,290,296 | 52,821,447 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 5,402 | 100,065 | 4,986,734 | 234,299,810 |
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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 | 396,412 | 13.6% | 3.7% | 1.4% | 9,231,955 | 84.2% | 68.0% | 54.0% |
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2007 | 397,684 | 13.3% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 9,041,030 | 84.0% | 67.7% | 54.1% |
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2006 | 391,527 | 13.2% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 8,711,476 | 83.7% | 67.1% | 53.2% |
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2005 | 385,915 | 12.7% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,305,102 | 83.2% | 66.6% | 53.0% |
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2004 | 381,627 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,118,483 | 82.9% | 65.7% | 52.0% |
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2003 | 375,922 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,051,148 | 83.0% | 66.0% | 52.3% |
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2002 | 373,059 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 7,993,559 | 83.0% | 66.4% | 53.0% |
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2001 | 369,330 | 13.1% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 8,161,321 | 83.5% | 66.8% | 53.8% |
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2000 | 369,039 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 8,026,438 | 83.3% | 66.5% | 53.6% |
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1999 | 366,069 | 12.7% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 7,763,815 | 82.9% | 66.0% | 53.4% |
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1998 | 366,250 | 12.7% | 3.3% | 1.3% | 7,570,820 | 82.5% | 65.4% | 52.4% |
| 1997 | 363,791 | 12.5% | 3.3% | 1.3% | 7,250,925 | 81.9% | 64.6% | 51.5% | |
| 1996 | 359,380 | 12.2% | 3.1% | 1.3% | 6,952,556 | 81.4% | 63.8% | 50.8% | |
| 1995 | 351,397 | 12.1% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 6,785,804 | 81.3% | 63.9% | 50.7% | |
| 1994 | 344,041 | 11.9% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 6,453,028 | 80.8% | 63.3% | 49.9% | |
| 1993 | 336,667 | 11.9% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 6,285,021 | 80.6% | 63.2% | 49.8% | |
| 1992 | 327,391 | 11.8% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 6,101,954 | 80.5% | 63.3% | 50.2% | |
| 1991 | 319,941 | 11.6% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 5,984,919 | 80.6% | 63.6% | 50.4% | |
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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 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 396,412 | 13.6% | 3.7% | 1.4% | 9,231,955 | 84.2% | 68.0% | 54.0% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1,053 | 7.9% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 7,982 | 54.0% | 31.3% | 10.1% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 6,401 | 17.1% | 5.4% | 2.4% | 181,505 | 88.5% | 73.0% | 58.3% |
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22 | Utilities | 934 | 20.3% | 11.3% | 6.4% | 47,235 | 93.6% | 85.7% | 73.4% |
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23 | Construction | 41,154 | 13.2% | 2.6% | 0.7% | 633,006 | 75.9% | 48.8% | 27.9% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 18,686 | 30.0% | 11.2% | 5.2% | 849,300 | 91.4% | 74.6% | 57.4% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 25,050 | 20.5% | 8.6% | 4.1% | 490,966 | 81.6% | 62.3% | 44.7% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 45,395 | 10.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1,170,986 | 85.1% | 74.8% | 67.3% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 12,522 | 18.9% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 376,447 | 88.8% | 77.4% | 66.5% |
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51 | Information | 4,475 | 24.0% | 12.1% | 7.0% | 253,358 | 94.2% | 86.7% | 78.3% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 19,364 | 11.3% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 471,406 | 88.4% | 78.7% | 67.4% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 19,003 | 7.5% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 177,908 | 70.5% | 54.8% | 40.5% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 53,853 | 8.5% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 601,517 | 73.0% | 55.7% | 42.6% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 2,479 | 84.7% | 65.7% | 39.9% | 253,570 | 99.5% | 97.1% | 88.7% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 21,602 | 17.9% | 7.2% | 3.2% | 945,065 | 92.3% | 82.7% | 68.5% |
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61 | Educational services | 4,948 | 22.4% | 5.7% | 2.0% | 142,177 | 87.5% | 63.5% | 44.7% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 45,972 | 13.5% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1,188,296 | 83.5% | 68.1% | 51.4% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 5,620 | 16.0% | 3.9% | 1.5% | 113,450 | 81.7% | 58.3% | 39.7% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 29,867 | 24.7% | 3.7% | 1.3% | 909,350 | 85.7% | 59.6% | 45.7% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 43,088 | 9.5% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 417,368 | 59.1% | 30.2% | 17.7% |
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99 | Unclassified | 921 | 0.3% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,063 | D | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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