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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 145,810 173,267 2,971,052 115,269,583
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 17,741 17,803 0 938,434
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 67,492 67,605 143,543 4,284,200
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 25,563 25,820 166,656 4,949,706
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,111 15,876 201,277 6,446,719
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 13,652 16,540 517,514 18,266,876
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,327 8,485 449,281 16,572,380
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,924 21,138 1,492,781 63,811,268
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 726 2,499 157,322 6,361,269
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 389 1,438 105,100 4,247,312
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 400 1,544 123,131 5,101,818
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,409 15,657 1,107,228 48,100,869
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 145,810 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,971,052 82.8% 65.4% 50.2%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 382 2.4% 0.8% 0.5% 1,010 14.0% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 86 29.1% 10.5% 4.7% 1,080 65.9% D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 100 44.0% 37.0% 28.0% 14,707 98.6% 97.3% 91.9%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 15,786 7.0% 1.1% 0.4% 111,489 52.0% 20.6% 7.1%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 8,851 33.8% 11.3% 5.5% 404,495 91.3% 71.1% 53.2%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 9,150 22.5% 10.6% 6.6% 148,348 77.7% 53.2% 36.0%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 18,172 12.8% 4.2% 2.5% 349,741 79.9% 64.3% 56.2%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,036 20.8% 8.9% 4.9% 71,203 85.8% 66.9% 52.2%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,579 26.6% 12.5% 7.4% 115,593 93.0% 81.3% 69.5%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 5,496 18.0% 9.3% 5.5% 207,677 91.4% 82.5% 70.8%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 4,959 9.4% 4.0% 2.0% 44,466 66.9% 45.8% 24.8%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 19,957 10.0% 3.7% 1.9% 214,495 72.3% 52.0% 36.2%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 805 86.6% 72.9% 44.3% 78,509 99.6% 97.9% 87.7%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 8,351 14.4% 6.0% 3.1% 188,040 86.1% 71.8% 51.6%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 1,973 29.0% 11.9% 3.9% 156,481 96.0% 86.9% 71.1%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 12,241 16.3% 5.8% 1.7% 444,092 88.6% 76.9% 56.6%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 2,411 18.0% 4.1% 1.2% 39,613 78.6% 46.2% 17.8%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 11,739 19.6% 2.8% 1.2% 233,332 79.7% 47.8% 35.7%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 15,680 7.4% 1.8% 0.8% 116,772 48.9% 24.1% 12.3%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 221 94.6% 81.0% 57.0% 20,964 D D 93.0%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 5,950 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 8,945 D 0.0% 0.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?