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 | 8,008 | 9,717 | 137,976 | 7,698,388 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,019 | 4,027 | 6,858 | 353,863 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,233 | 1,250 | 7,957 | 373,691 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 834 | 894 | 10,515 | 527,344 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 978 | 1,249 | 30,258 | 1,554,943 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 423 | 742 | 27,232 | 1,310,651 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 521 | 1,555 | 55,156 | 3,577,896 |
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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 | 8,008 | 24.0% | 11.8% | 6.5% | 137,976 | 81.6% | 59.7% | 40.0% |
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2007 | 7,998 | 23.5% | 11.1% | 6.2% | 129,132 | 80.3% | 56.7% | 38.1% |
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2006 | 7,989 | 23.3% | 11.1% | 6.3% | 130,164 | 80.3% | 56.4% | 38.4% |
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2005 | 7,976 | 23.1% | 11.0% | 6.2% | 128,315 | 80.2% | 56.7% | 37.6% |
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2004 | 8,056 | 22.6% | 10.7% | 6.2% | 124,686 | 79.3% | 55.5% | 38.0% |
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2003 | 8,130 | 22.9% | 10.7% | 6.3% | 121,464 | 78.8% | 53.6% | 35.9% |
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2002 | 8,236 | 23.0% | 10.7% | 6.3% | 117,621 | 77.3% | 51.6% | 32.8% |
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2001 | 8,306 | 24.0% | 11.6% | 6.9% | 125,307 | 78.0% | 52.4% | 33.6% |
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2000 | 8,475 | 23.8% | 11.3% | 6.9% | 125,131 | 77.6% | 50.9% | 33.1% |
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1999 | 8,640 | 23.3% | 11.0% | 6.7% | 122,406 | 76.9% | 49.9% | 31.4% |
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1998 | 8,834 | 23.0% | 10.8% | 6.6% | 120,205 | 75.6% | 48.2% | 29.6% |
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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 | 8,008 | 24.0% | 11.8% | 6.5% | 137,976 | 81.6% | 59.7% | 40.0% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 4,365 | 28.0% | 13.9% | 7.8% | 77,681 | 81.6% | 57.6% | 40.1% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 2,455 | 27.1% | 14.0% | 8.1% | 53,649 | 85.4% | 65.7% | 42.8% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,235 | 6.3% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 6,646 | 51.7% | D | D |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |