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 | 60,271 | 71,433 | 1,114,716 | 39,438,430 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 36,451 | 36,483 | 54,933 | 1,948,545 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 9,314 | 9,382 | 61,654 | 1,710,804 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 6,142 | 6,379 | 81,621 | 2,351,602 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 5,211 | 6,503 | 195,033 | 6,353,639 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,294 | 2,892 | 147,290 | 5,248,480 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,859 | 9,794 | 574,185 | 21,825,360 |
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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 | 60,271 | 13.9% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 1,114,716 | 82.2% | 64.7% | 51.5% |
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2007 | 60,989 | 13.7% | 5.1% | 3.0% | 1,102,821 | 81.9% | 64.1% | 51.1% |
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2006 | 58,463 | 13.6% | 5.1% | 3.0% | 1,039,095 | 81.7% | 63.7% | 50.1% |
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2005 | 55,856 | 13.5% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 974,686 | 81.4% | 63.4% | 50.0% |
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2004 | 53,225 | 13.7% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 935,126 | 81.4% | 63.4% | 50.0% |
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2003 | 50,933 | 13.8% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 900,605 | 81.3% | 63.6% | 50.1% |
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2002 | 49,259 | 14.1% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 900,428 | 81.9% | 64.8% | 52.2% |
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2001 | 47,679 | 14.6% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 914,829 | 82.3% | 65.0% | 52.3% |
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2000 | 46,190 | 15.0% | 5.8% | 3.6% | 917,089 | 82.8% | 65.7% | 52.9% |
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1999 | 44,956 | 15.4% | 5.8% | 3.6% | 889,355 | 82.5% | 64.9% | 51.9% |
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1998 | 44,037 | 15.5% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 866,146 | 82.4% | 64.1% | 51.3% |
| 1997 | 42,885 | 15.7% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 824,120 | 81.6% | 62.6% | 49.3% | |
| 1996 | 41,104 | 15.4% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 781,890 | 81.3% | 62.1% | 49.1% | |
| 1995 | 39,083 | 15.6% | 5.6% | 3.5% | 744,108 | 81.0% | 61.5% | 48.5% | |
| 1994 | 37,152 | 15.6% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 699,379 | 80.6% | 61.0% | 48.0% | |
| 1993 | 35,297 | 15.6% | 5.6% | 3.5% | 660,301 | 80.6% | 61.2% | 47.7% | |
| 1992 | 33,438 | 15.7% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 623,255 | 80.3% | 61.2% | 47.7% | |
| 1991 | 31,990 | 15.4% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 592,055 | 80.2% | 61.0% | 47.8% | |
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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 | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 60,271 | 13.9% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 1,114,716 | 82.2% | 64.7% | 51.5% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 70 | 5.7% | 4.3% | 1.4% | 452 | 54.2% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 415 | 28.4% | 16.4% | 12.8% | 10,514 | 87.7% | 71.4% | 62.4% |
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22 | Utilities | 75 | 24.0% | 16.0% | 12.0% | 4,542 | D | D | 74.7% |
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23 | Construction | 10,790 | 8.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 87,267 | 57.2% | 25.5% | 11.0% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 3,237 | 29.3% | 12.2% | 7.2% | 123,684 | 89.5% | 71.5% | 56.5% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 3,177 | 28.6% | 16.4% | 10.5% | 56,425 | 82.9% | 62.8% | 45.3% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 5,996 | 17.5% | 7.8% | 5.2% | 147,690 | 83.5% | 69.4% | 58.8% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 1,974 | 18.2% | 10.5% | 8.0% | 49,700 | 89.7% | 78.3% | 69.3% |
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51 | Information | 973 | 28.9% | 16.2% | 11.7% | 34,558 | 92.5% | 79.7% | 67.6% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 3,413 | 13.0% | 7.8% | 5.8% | 55,635 | 86.1% | 74.9% | 63.9% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,164 | 5.9% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 22,023 | 65.7% | 48.2% | 33.8% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 8,037 | 10.1% | 4.4% | 2.6% | 72,218 | 72.0% | 49.6% | 33.6% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 325 | 84.6% | 65.5% | 44.0% | 17,519 | 99.1% | 94.5% | 83.0% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,615 | 15.1% | 7.8% | 5.0% | 120,124 | 91.5% | 83.0% | 72.9% |
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61 | Educational services | 803 | 20.2% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 36,029 | 92.3% | D | D |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 5,577 | 11.6% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 113,528 | 80.3% | 64.4% | 48.8% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 838 | 16.3% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 17,599 | 85.3% | 63.1% | 42.1% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 3,484 | 29.4% | 6.3% | 3.1% | 96,627 | 83.8% | 53.4% | 36.3% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 4,101 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 48,481 | 69.1% | 53.6% | 45.6% |
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99 | Unclassified | 88 | 1.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 101 | 30.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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