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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
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Massachusetts - All industries by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments
Paid
employees
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 140,843 167,929 2,924,913 105,871,311
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 16,590 16,611 0 940,520
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 64,557 64,651 137,832 4,007,102
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 25,265 25,568 164,709 4,689,125
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 14,779 15,574 196,997 6,067,819
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 13,475 16,532 509,612 16,764,805
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,323 8,557 447,669 15,277,496
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,854 20,436 1,468,094 58,124,444
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 722 2,615 154,107 5,708,783
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 387 1,459 108,844 3,881,330
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 398 1,658 132,239 4,800,602
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,347 14,704 1,072,904 43,733,729
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

Massachusetts - All industries - by Year
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Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2005 detail 2005 145,391 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,996,347 82.9% 66.1% 51.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 146,331 13.7% 4.3% 1.9% 2,979,690 82.6% 65.3% 50.3%
link to 2003 detail 2003 149,266 13.4% 4.2% 1.9% 2,974,779 82.6% 65.2% 49.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 146,080 13.9% 4.3% 2.0% 3,023,126 83.0% 65.7% 51.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 149,029 13.8% 4.3% 2.0% 3,129,980 83.4% 66.0% 50.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 148,235 13.8% 4.3% 2.0% 3,087,044 83.1% 65.6% 50.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 145,810 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,971,052 82.8% 65.4% 50.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 140,843 14.0% 4.4% 2.0% 2,924,913 82.9% 65.5% 50.2%
  1997 140,026 13.9% 4.4% 2.0% 2,859,594 82.8% 65.2% 49.5%
  1996 137,916 13.5% 4.3% 1.9% 2,778,508 82.6% 65.2% 49.3%
  1995 135,268 13.7% 4.4% 1.9% 2,735,294 82.5% 65.1% 49.0%
  1994 133,300 13.5% 4.3% 1.9% 2,660,140 82.5% 65.1% 48.7%
  1993 131,812 13.5% 4.3% 1.9% 2,632,691 82.3% 65.0% 49.1%
  1992 129,875 13.6% 4.2% 1.9% 2,590,586 82.2% 64.8% 49.5%
  1991 130,437 13.5% 4.2% 1.8% 2,615,353 82.0% 64.5% 49.1%

 

 

Massachusetts - All industries by Sector
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 140,843 14.0% 4.4% 2.0% 2,924,913 82.9% 65.5% 50.2%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 372 2.4% 0.8% 0.3% 1,038 D D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 84 28.6% 10.7% 6.0% (1000-2499) D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 93 44.1% 38.7% 29.0% 15,424 D 98.0% 90.7%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 15,646 6.6% 1.0% 0.3% 106,193 51.2% 20.8% 8.1%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 9,075 34.4% 11.5% 5.4% 409,938 91.1% 70.0% 50.4%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 9,216 22.6% 10.4% 6.5% 147,663 77.5% 52.6% 36.1%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 18,337 12.6% 4.2% 2.5% 340,552 79.3% 63.6% 55.7%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,051 20.7% 9.0% 4.9% 65,150 85.1% 65.0% 50.3%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,487 26.5% 12.6% 7.4% 112,938 92.7% 81.3% 69.5%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 5,548 17.7% 9.1% 5.7% 214,807 91.6% 83.1% 73.2%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 4,899 9.5% 3.9% 2.1% 44,190 66.8% 45.3% 24.3%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 19,639 9.7% 3.8% 1.8% 201,093 71.4% 51.6% 34.3%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 785 88.2% 73.8% 45.5% 73,809 D 97.8% 88.7%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 8,423 14.0% 5.9% 2.9% 179,602 86.1% 71.2% 49.7%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 1,934 28.5% 11.8% 4.1% 152,799 95.9% 86.9% 72.2%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 12,360 15.9% 5.8% 1.7% 452,467 88.8% 77.8% 57.3%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 2,405 17.8% 3.7% 1.1% 36,755 D D D
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 11,892 19.1% 2.7% 1.1% 232,608 79.5% 47.8% 36.2%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 15,578 7.3% 1.8% 0.8% 114,982 48.7% 24.5% 12.5%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 225 95.1% 84.0% 61.3% 20,904 99.9% D D
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 961 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% (500-999) D D D
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?