Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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| By detailed employment size | By year |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 16,655 | 22,497 | 259,310 | 12,666,039 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 11,615 | 11,638 | 20,542 | 627,488 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,575 | 2,611 | 16,315 | 521,275 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,192 | 1,316 | 15,455 | 539,084 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 909 | 1,541 | 34,495 | 1,369,901 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 225 | 1,093 | 36,354 | 1,493,689 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 139 | 4,298 | 136,149 | 8,114,602 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 27 | 299 | 6,538 | 218,928 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 15 | 209 | 6,948 | 269,059 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 20 | 261 | 9,555 | 479,702 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 13 | 111 | 5,602 | 196,368 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 7 | 246 | (1000-2499) | 87,675 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 16 | 512 | 18,471 | 1,090,910 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 41 | 2,660 | 86,964 | 5,771,960 |
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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 | 16,655 | 7.6% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 259,310 | 79.8% | 66.5% | 52.5% |
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2007 | 17,026 | 7.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 243,943 | 78.2% | 63.9% | 49.6% |
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2006 | 17,439 | 7.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 253,539 | 78.1% | 64.1% | 50.1% |
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2005 | 17,997 | 7.0% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 253,588 | 77.2% | 63.5% | 49.2% |
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2004 | 18,389 | 7.0% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 270,087 | 77.6% | 64.6% | 50.6% |
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2003 | 19,096 | 7.0% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 283,664 | 77.4% | 64.7% | 51.6% |
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2002 | 19,957 | 6.9% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 258,084 | 73.5% | 59.0% | 45.0% |
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2001 | 23,562 | 7.2% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 313,116 | 72.7% | 57.4% | 43.7% |
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2000 | 24,795 | 6.7% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 307,666 | 70.4% | 55.2% | 41.3% |
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1999 | 26,365 | 6.3% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 300,645 | 67.3% | 51.7% | 37.5% |
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1998 | 27,765 | 6.1% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 297,530 | 65.8% | 49.7% | 35.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 5615 |