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 | 3,177 | 3,631 | 56,425 | 2,714,860 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,480 | 1,485 | 2,335 | 96,154 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 450 | 453 | 3,022 | 112,768 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 338 | 351 | 4,298 | 188,636 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 388 | 433 | 11,327 | 502,804 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 189 | 268 | 9,883 | 493,041 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 332 | 641 | 25,560 | 1,321,457 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 3,177 | 28.6% | 16.4% | 10.5% | 56,425 | 82.9% | 62.8% | 45.3% |
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2007 | 3,241 | 27.8% | 15.4% | 9.9% | 50,059 | 80.4% | 57.0% | 41.0% |
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2006 | 3,154 | 27.3% | 15.6% | 10.1% | 47,566 | 79.2% | 55.6% | 39.1% |
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2005 | 3,067 | 27.8% | 15.2% | 10.1% | 45,994 | 79.6% | 54.9% | 38.6% |
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2004 | 3,030 | 27.9% | 15.3% | 10.1% | 44,848 | 79.2% | 55.6% | 39.8% |
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2003 | 3,048 | 28.1% | 15.0% | 10.1% | 43,687 | 78.7% | 53.7% | 37.5% |
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2002 | 3,016 | 27.4% | 15.2% | 10.1% | 42,968 | 78.6% | 55.7% | 39.0% |
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2001 | 2,973 | 29.4% | 16.0% | 11.2% | 44,014 | 78.6% | 53.6% | 39.1% |
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2000 | 2,979 | 28.9% | 16.1% | 10.8% | 43,947 | 77.5% | 52.1% | 35.0% |
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1999 | 3,022 | 29.0% | 16.1% | 10.4% | 44,125 | 77.8% | 52.8% | 34.3% |
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1998 | 3,041 | 28.8% | 15.5% | 10.2% | 44,727 | 78.1% | 51.8% | 33.7% |
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 3,177 | 28.6% | 16.4% | 10.5% | 56,425 | 82.9% | 62.8% | 45.3% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,923 | 32.4% | 19.3% | 12.2% | 36,537 | 83.1% | 63.3% | 43.7% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 837 | 33.0% | 18.4% | 12.8% | 17,305 | 86.0% | 64.7% | 51.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 438 | 6.8% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 2,583 | 58.8% | 42.7% | 29.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |