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 | 45,395 | 77,669 | 1,170,986 | 27,484,174 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 26,739 | 26,824 | 51,526 | 1,192,052 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 9,068 | 9,349 | 59,587 | 1,305,567 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,844 | 5,522 | 63,677 | 1,591,261 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,339 | 5,574 | 119,841 | 3,641,988 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 754 | 3,363 | 88,799 | 3,046,571 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 651 | 27,037 | 787,556 | 16,706,735 |
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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 | 45,395 | 10.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1,170,986 | 85.1% | 74.8% | 67.3% |
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2006 | 46,072 | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,128,050 | 84.7% | 73.9% | 66.1% |
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2005 | 46,590 | 10.0% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,080,932 | 84.0% | 73.1% | 65.0% |
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2004 | 46,407 | 10.5% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,060,647 | 83.5% | 71.8% | 63.3% |
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2003 | 46,695 | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,036,012 | 83.1% | 71.2% | 62.3% |
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2002 | 47,270 | 10.2% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,049,021 | 83.1% | 71.8% | 63.0% |
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2001 | 46,936 | 10.4% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,049,439 | 83.1% | 71.3% | 62.8% |
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2000 | 46,471 | 10.4% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,021,190 | 82.6% | 70.6% | 61.6% |
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1999 | 46,112 | 10.3% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1,006,271 | 82.5% | 70.6% | 62.0% |
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1998 | 46,550 | 10.3% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 977,718 | 81.8% | 69.7% | 60.8% |
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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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 45,395 | 10.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1,170,986 | 85.1% | 74.8% | 67.3% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 6,730 | 19.6% | 5.1% | 0.9% | 157,577 | 84.3% | 57.5% | 29.0% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 2,751 | 10.8% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 39,673 | 72.1% | 56.6% | 47.5% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 1,906 | 8.5% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 37,402 | D | 71.3% | 66.9% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 3,659 | 15.1% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 95,788 | 81.3% | 66.5% | 59.6% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 6,397 | 8.4% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 197,383 | 89.6% | 82.0% | 77.2% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 3,116 | 9.1% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 63,405 | 78.0% | 67.4% | 65.4% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 5,729 | 6.9% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 73,534 | 67.4% | 55.5% | 45.0% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 4,323 | 11.8% | 7.1% | 4.7% | 131,051 | 88.4% | 84.0% | 80.1% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,935 | 9.6% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 43,066 | 82.7% | 73.3% | 70.5% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 509 | 8.8% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 248,803 | 99.2% | D | 98.9% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 5,582 | 6.5% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 50,026 | 59.2% | 45.2% | 36.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 2,993 | 9.2% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 33,278 | 69.1% | 50.8% | 42.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |