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 | 43,458 | 53,646 | 1,925,840 | 46,754,787 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 17,921 | 17,940 | 27,463 | 890,764 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 6,625 | 6,695 | 45,051 | 679,723 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,555 | 8,703 | 118,594 | 1,713,818 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 8,378 | 9,132 | 301,031 | 5,007,593 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,433 | 2,705 | 256,961 | 5,554,171 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 546 | 8,471 | 1,176,740 | 32,908,718 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 147 | 557 | 69,216 | 1,661,387 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 87 | 445 | 60,402 | 1,574,003 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 81 | 758 | 71,924 | 1,799,695 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 47 | 455 | 63,914 | 1,635,429 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 34 | 258 | 50,609 | 1,338,919 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 67 | 1,121 | 148,374 | 3,879,384 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 83 | 4,877 | 712,301 | 21,019,901 |
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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 | 43,458 | 23.8% | 4.6% | 1.3% | 1,925,840 | 90.1% | 74.4% | 61.1% |
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2007 | 44,333 | 23.4% | 4.4% | 1.2% | 1,856,110 | 89.8% | 73.4% | 59.8% |
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2006 | 43,303 | 23.4% | 4.5% | 1.2% | 1,830,579 | 89.9% | 73.6% | 59.3% |
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2005 | 43,060 | 22.4% | 4.5% | 1.2% | 1,804,680 | 89.8% | 74.1% | 60.0% |
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2004 | 42,490 | 22.9% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 1,793,819 | 89.9% | 73.7% | 59.3% |
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2003 | 41,377 | 23.0% | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1,753,708 | 90.1% | 73.9% | 59.6% |
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2002 | 41,551 | 22.0% | 4.2% | 1.1% | 1,642,067 | 89.4% | 72.4% | 58.6% |
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2001 | 40,232 | 23.0% | 4.5% | 1.2% | 1,698,323 | 90.2% | 73.7% | 59.6% |
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2000 | 39,605 | 23.3% | 4.7% | 1.2% | 1,714,070 | 90.6% | 74.4% | 60.0% |
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1999 | 39,360 | 22.9% | 4.9% | 1.2% | 1,685,482 | 90.5% | 74.4% | 59.6% |
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1998 | 39,425 | 23.0% | 5.1% | 1.3% | 1,655,906 | 90.6% | 74.2% | 58.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 7211 |