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 | 115,003 | 144,081 | 2,496,850 | 95,115,917 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 63,062 | 63,162 | 106,472 | 3,592,385 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 20,709 | 20,948 | 136,595 | 3,890,308 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 13,744 | 14,406 | 184,151 | 5,462,001 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 12,251 | 16,213 | 463,166 | 15,318,982 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,792 | 8,206 | 403,976 | 14,934,812 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,445 | 21,146 | 1,202,490 | 51,917,429 |
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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 | 115,003 | 15.2% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 2,496,850 | 82.9% | 64.3% | 48.2% |
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2007 | 117,426 | 15.0% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,484,051 | 82.5% | 63.6% | 47.7% |
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2006 | 117,917 | 15.0% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 2,482,281 | 82.3% | 63.0% | 46.6% |
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2005 | 118,475 | 14.7% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,449,114 | 82.1% | 62.7% | 46.5% |
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2004 | 117,647 | 15.0% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,435,143 | 81.9% | 62.2% | 46.1% |
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2003 | 116,198 | 14.9% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 2,383,503 | 81.8% | 62.2% | 46.1% |
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2002 | 115,980 | 14.8% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 2,355,816 | 81.7% | 62.1% | 46.2% |
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2001 | 115,520 | 14.9% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,400,575 | 82.0% | 62.6% | 46.2% |
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2000 | 115,609 | 15.1% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 2,414,834 | 82.1% | 62.5% | 46.2% |
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1999 | 115,603 | 14.8% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 2,368,404 | 81.9% | 62.3% | 46.1% |
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1998 | 115,373 | 14.6% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,319,343 | 81.6% | 62.1% | 45.7% |
| 1997 | 115,141 | 14.5% | 4.2% | 1.9% | 2,277,849 | 81.4% | 61.7% | 45.1% | |
| 1996 | 114,041 | 14.3% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 2,220,724 | 81.0% | 61.0% | 44.6% | |
| 1995 | 111,989 | 14.4% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 2,185,846 | 81.0% | 61.0% | 44.3% | |
| 1994 | 110,607 | 14.1% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 2,099,949 | 80.5% | 60.5% | 43.8% | |
| 1993 | 108,922 | 14.1% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 2,058,498 | 80.1% | 59.9% | 43.1% | |
| 1992 | 106,884 | 14.1% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 2,003,371 | 80.0% | 59.7% | 43.2% | |
| 1991 | 104,793 | 14.0% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 1,958,639 | 79.8% | 59.4% | 42.8% | |
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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 | 115,003 | 15.2% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 2,496,850 | 82.9% | 64.3% | 48.2% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 502 | 5.2% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 3,274 | 60.2% | D | 27.4% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 134 | 27.6% | 13.4% | 7.5% | 2,575 | 82.4% | 62.4% | 39.2% |
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22 | Utilities | 67 | 64.2% | 26.9% | 22.4% | 14,970 | 99.2% | D | 91.5% |
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23 | Construction | 15,723 | 6.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 112,171 | 55.5% | 27.3% | 14.8% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 8,592 | 36.6% | 14.5% | 6.3% | 482,775 | 93.2% | 76.6% | 54.0% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 5,926 | 27.2% | 12.7% | 6.7% | 114,705 | 82.3% | 57.5% | 34.1% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 13,724 | 15.8% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 319,348 | 82.2% | 65.6% | 55.0% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,816 | 18.0% | 8.0% | 4.7% | 105,556 | 85.9% | 69.8% | 56.0% |
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51 | Information | 1,133 | 32.3% | 16.9% | 11.4% | 54,047 | 93.1% | 81.6% | 71.4% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 5,043 | 16.0% | 7.6% | 4.4% | 146,664 | 90.7% | 80.1% | 65.8% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,922 | 8.0% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 26,420 | 58.9% | 38.4% | 22.4% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 10,647 | 10.6% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 102,811 | 66.2% | 42.3% | 28.5% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 692 | 86.7% | 67.6% | 37.3% | 64,725 | 99.5% | 97.1% | 87.4% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 5,884 | 15.4% | 7.0% | 4.1% | 139,707 | 86.6% | 73.6% | 55.1% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,390 | 28.2% | 7.3% | 4.1% | 51,831 | 90.0% | 68.2% | 56.9% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 10,067 | 18.2% | 5.8% | 2.1% | 375,367 | 88.3% | 75.5% | 56.5% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 2,645 | 15.3% | 3.3% | 1.2% | 40,674 | 77.9% | 48.6% | 24.5% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 11,886 | 21.2% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 227,239 | 76.6% | 42.4% | 29.3% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 13,927 | 8.2% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 111,785 | 49.0% | 21.5% | 12.4% |
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99 | Unclassified | 259 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (100-249) | D | D | D |
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