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 | 18,686 | 20,820 | 849,300 | 43,318,808 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 7,011 | 7,016 | 13,474 | 587,564 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,248 | 3,252 | 21,712 | 712,266 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,823 | 2,838 | 38,263 | 1,426,948 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,514 | 3,671 | 142,070 | 5,843,910 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,116 | 1,417 | 146,331 | 6,180,783 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 974 | 2,626 | 487,450 | 28,567,337 |
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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 | 18,686 | 30.0% | 11.2% | 5.2% | 849,300 | 91.4% | 74.6% | 57.4% |
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2006 | 18,573 | 29.6% | 11.2% | 5.0% | 846,465 | 91.5% | 75.2% | 57.5% |
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2005 | 18,525 | 28.7% | 10.9% | 5.0% | 816,221 | 91.1% | 75.1% | 57.6% |
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2004 | 18,710 | 28.7% | 10.8% | 5.1% | 829,133 | 91.2% | 75.0% | 58.3% |
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2003 | 18,784 | 28.6% | 10.7% | 5.2% | 861,690 | 91.4% | 76.1% | 60.5% |
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2002 | 18,978 | 28.4% | 10.8% | 5.1% | 850,616 | 91.2% | 75.8% | 59.6% |
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2001 | 19,236 | 29.9% | 11.2% | 5.5% | 948,284 | 92.1% | 76.9% | 61.2% |
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2000 | 19,209 | 29.8% | 11.2% | 5.5% | 966,396 | 92.3% | 77.4% | 62.3% |
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1999 | 19,547 | 29.3% | 11.0% | 5.5% | 955,235 | 92.1% | 77.2% | 62.2% |
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1998 | 20,068 | 29.5% | 11.0% | 5.3% | 986,894 | 92.1% | 77.1% | 62.0% |
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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 + | ||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 18,686 | 30.0% | 11.2% | 5.2% | 849,300 | 91.4% | 74.6% | 57.4% |
| 311 | Food manufacturing | 1,415 | 31.4% | 12.6% | 6.1% | 88,105 | 94.2% | 82.0% | 65.9% |
| 312 | Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 160 | 23.1% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 9,273 | 94.3% | D | 84.9% |
| 313 | Textile mills | 87 | 24.1% | 13.8% | 6.9% | 3,151 | 90.8% | 78.1% | 65.3% |
| 314 | Textile product mills | 452 | 16.8% | 4.6% | 0.9% | 6,531 | 73.1% | 43.7% | 11.6% |
| 315 | Apparel manufacturing | 260 | 19.6% | 4.6% | 1.2% | 4,651 | 79.4% | D | D |
| 316 | Leather and allied product manufacturing | 134 | 17.9% | 7.5% | 3.0% | 3,825 | 87.9% | 76.1% | 54.0% |
| 321 | Wood product manufacturing | 681 | 34.9% | 14.7% | 7.2% | 30,141 | 90.4% | 72.3% | 51.0% |
| 322 | Paper manufacturing | 192 | 55.2% | 27.6% | 17.7% | 16,057 | 96.3% | 81.6% | 64.4% |
| 323 | Printing and related support activities | 1,994 | 15.4% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 30,702 | 71.9% | 43.4% | 25.8% |
| 324 | Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 157 | 49.7% | 35.7% | 24.2% | 20,680 | 98.4% | 94.3% | 86.5% |
| 325 | Chemical manufacturing | 938 | 44.2% | 26.3% | 15.0% | 70,155 | 96.0% | 86.1% | 72.5% |
| 326 | Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 764 | 51.6% | 24.7% | 13.9% | 43,139 | 94.2% | 75.6% | 54.8% |
| 327 | Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 766 | 36.7% | 15.5% | 9.3% | 37,226 | 91.3% | 73.8% | 56.5% |
| 331 | Primary metal manufacturing | 312 | 44.2% | 24.4% | 16.3% | 22,624 | 95.8% | 84.1% | 68.6% |
| 332 | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 4,264 | 32.3% | 9.4% | 3.7% | 129,301 | 86.4% | 55.8% | 33.2% |
| 333 | Machinery manufacturing | 1,542 | 38.8% | 17.3% | 8.5% | 85,670 | 93.3% | 78.3% | 58.7% |
| 334 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 898 | 37.1% | 17.1% | 10.1% | 81,754 | 96.1% | 86.7% | 76.3% |
| 335 | Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 336 | 41.4% | 22.6% | 13.7% | 19,271 | 94.0% | 80.1% | 60.6% |
| 336 | Transportation equipment manufacturing | 737 | 38.0% | 19.4% | 10.7% | 82,499 | 96.6% | 89.2% | 76.7% |
| 337 | Furniture and related product manufacturing | 1,107 | 24.4% | 6.8% | 2.3% | 28,331 | 84.4% | 57.6% | 33.8% |
| 339 | Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1,827 | 18.1% | 6.3% | 3.1% | 36,214 | 79.5% | 56.6% | 36.4% |
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