Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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| By detailed employment size | By year |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | ||||
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
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| All firms | 179,682 | 179,992 | 1,699,238 | 31,650,335 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 99,818 | 99,818 | 211,103 | 3,500,299 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 42,145 | 42,146 | 273,160 | 4,250,087 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 20,183 | 20,186 | 268,657 | 4,574,475 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 16,074 | 16,151 | 606,590 | 11,191,902 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,341 | 1,422 | 216,120 | 4,854,306 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 121 | 269 | 123,608 | 3,279,266 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 43 | 43 | 22,979 | 630,577 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 18 | 20 | 11,740 | 246,802 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 24 | 160 | 22,030 | 489,241 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees | 8 | 13 | 7,382 | 185,964 |
| Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees | 3 | 3 | (2500-4999) | D |
| Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 16 | 17 | 31,757 | 840,438 |
| Firms with 5,000 employees or more | 9 | 13 | 25,036 | 804,799 |
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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 | 179,682 | 9.8% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,699,238 | 55.7% | 20.0% | 7.3% |
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2007 | 179,785 | 9.8% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,691,182 | 55.5% | 19.1% | 7.1% |
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2006 | 174,124 | 9.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,647,219 | 55.5% | 18.9% | 6.8% |
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2005 | 172,130 | 10.0% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,631,943 | 55.8% | 19.1% | 6.9% |
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2004 | 170,547 | 10.1% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,649,492 | 55.8% | 19.1% | 6.6% |
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2003 | 173,984 | 10.0% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,654,780 | 55.7% | 19.0% | 6.7% |
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2002 | 172,311 | 10.0% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,638,915 | 55.9% | 18.9% | 6.8% |
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2001 | 165,859 | 10.3% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,595,009 | 56.3% | 18.8% | 6.4% |
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2000 | 166,598 | 10.0% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1,569,353 | 55.9% | 18.5% | 6.5% |
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1999 | 164,446 | 9.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,517,882 | 55.1% | 18.1% | 6.5% |
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1998 | 161,205 | 9.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,469,479 | 54.5% | 17.8% | 6.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 8131 |