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 | 38,735 | 48,664 | 1,489,183 | 33,269,566 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 14,666 | 14,681 | 22,832 | 748,340 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,919 | 5,982 | 40,344 | 601,482 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,179 | 8,316 | 113,550 | 1,623,200 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 8,163 | 8,886 | 293,856 | 4,853,982 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,371 | 2,588 | 241,481 | 5,183,937 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 437 | 8,211 | 777,120 | 20,258,625 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 125 | 532 | 57,749 | 1,377,738 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 69 | 424 | 44,484 | 1,148,705 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 69 | 741 | 57,166 | 1,400,890 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 30 | 436 | 36,689 | 846,361 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 20 | 239 | 23,727 | 504,772 |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 54 | 1,095 | 98,929 | 2,399,837 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 70 | 4,744 | 458,376 | 12,580,322 |
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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 | 38,735 | 25.7% | 4.7% | 1.1% | 1,489,183 | 88.1% | 68.4% | 52.2% |
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2007 | 39,620 | 25.1% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 1,453,722 | 87.9% | 67.6% | 51.3% |
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2006 | 38,707 | 25.1% | 4.7% | 1.1% | 1,435,580 | 88.1% | 67.9% | 50.7% |
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2005 | 38,337 | 24.2% | 4.6% | 1.1% | 1,414,457 | 88.0% | 68.5% | 51.6% |
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2004 | 37,818 | 24.7% | 4.7% | 1.1% | 1,406,751 | 88.1% | 68.0% | 50.8% |
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2003 | 36,836 | 24.9% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 1,365,533 | 88.3% | 68.0% | 50.6% |
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2002 | 36,667 | 23.9% | 4.4% | 1.0% | 1,312,857 | 87.9% | 67.4% | 51.0% |
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2001 | 36,185 | 24.5% | 4.7% | 1.1% | 1,377,158 | 88.9% | 69.3% | 52.8% |
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2000 | 35,610 | 24.9% | 4.9% | 1.1% | 1,378,844 | 89.3% | 69.7% | 52.9% |
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1999 | 35,408 | 24.4% | 5.1% | 1.2% | 1,364,320 | 89.2% | 69.9% | 52.5% |
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1998 | 35,385 | 24.6% | 5.3% | 1.2% | 1,343,314 | 89.4% | 69.7% | 51.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 72111 |