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 | 5,926 | 7,194 | 114,705 | 5,795,620 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,651 | 2,658 | 4,630 | 219,808 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 891 | 904 | 5,835 | 252,881 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 770 | 809 | 9,858 | 467,381 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 861 | 1,069 | 28,441 | 1,346,187 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 353 | 648 | 26,783 | 1,242,068 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 400 | 1,106 | 39,158 | 2,267,295 |
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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 | 5,926 | 27.2% | 12.7% | 6.7% | 114,705 | 82.3% | 57.5% | 34.1% |
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2007 | 6,058 | 26.0% | 11.8% | 6.4% | 114,250 | 81.6% | 56.5% | 35.5% |
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2006 | 6,056 | 26.5% | 11.9% | 6.4% | 114,530 | 81.9% | 56.3% | 35.3% |
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2005 | 6,110 | 26.2% | 11.7% | 6.4% | 124,033 | 83.0% | 59.5% | 39.1% |
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2004 | 6,149 | 26.1% | 11.7% | 6.3% | 119,884 | 81.9% | 58.0% | 37.3% |
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2003 | 6,250 | 26.2% | 11.7% | 6.5% | 116,317 | 81.3% | 56.2% | 34.9% |
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2002 | 6,542 | 25.6% | 11.2% | 6.3% | 117,202 | 80.3% | 54.4% | 32.8% |
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2001 | 6,583 | 25.9% | 11.8% | 6.7% | 119,769 | 80.5% | 55.2% | 32.5% |
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2000 | 6,740 | 25.5% | 11.2% | 6.6% | 119,177 | 79.7% | 52.8% | 32.0% |
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1999 | 6,840 | 25.1% | 11.0% | 6.5% | 116,601 | 79.2% | 51.8% | 30.6% |
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1998 | 6,901 | 24.8% | 10.4% | 6.0% | 114,447 | 78.6% | 50.7% | 30.1% |
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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 | 5,926 | 27.2% | 12.7% | 6.7% | 114,705 | 82.3% | 57.5% | 34.1% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 3,438 | 30.8% | 14.2% | 7.6% | 70,823 | 82.6% | 56.3% | 33.0% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,744 | 31.2% | 15.6% | 8.4% | 39,521 | 84.7% | 61.8% | 37.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 778 | 5.7% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 4,361 | 55.4% | 36.9% | 25.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |