U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
All industries
Massachusetts

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
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 145,391 175,291 2,996,347 140,580,627
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 84,917 85,048 140,978 6,120,817
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 25,415 25,704 166,100 6,100,337
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,335 15,960 204,088 8,001,129
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 13,466 16,280 505,875 21,567,751
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,374 8,539 442,967 19,582,606
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,884 23,760 1,536,339 79,207,987

 
 
Massachusetts - All industries - by Year
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data		 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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data		 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 145,391 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,996,347 82.9% 66.1% 51.3%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 424 1.7% 0.5% 0.5% 1,115 9.6% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 88 35.2% 11.4% 6.8% 1,400 D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 92 39.1% 33.7% 22.8% 11,601 D D 89.6%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 19,242 6.3% 1.0% 0.4% 126,481 51.9% 22.6% 9.7%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 7,541 32.3% 11.1% 5.4% 285,916 89.4% 67.2% 46.8%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 7,860 24.5% 11.5% 6.6% 149,283 81.9% 58.9% 41.2%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 18,219 12.2% 4.0% 2.4% 369,290 81.3% 66.7% 58.8%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,217 20.9% 10.8% 6.0% 77,335 87.2% 71.2% 56.5%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,287 28.0% 14.5% 9.7% 118,772 94.2% 84.3% 75.8%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 5,660 18.1% 9.1% 5.4% 206,327 91.2% 82.0% 70.7%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 5,546 8.3% 3.7% 2.0% 48,932 67.7% 49.0% 31.5%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 21,121 10.4% 4.2% 2.2% 243,889 74.7% 55.9% 40.1%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 759 86.7% 71.5% 43.3% 85,521 99.6% 98.2% 90.3%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 8,269 15.2% 6.6% 3.6% 186,902 87.8% 72.7% 53.9%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 2,279 28.0% 10.7% 3.7% 185,539 95.8% 87.0% 72.9%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 12,697 16.5% 5.7% 1.8% 485,617 88.8% 77.6% 58.6%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,878 16.9% 4.0% 1.1% 47,509 79.6% 50.4% 24.0%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 12,524 19.0% 2.7% 1.1% 241,077 78.5% 47.5% 34.2%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 15,659 7.4% 1.6% 0.8% 122,241 49.5% 25.0% 13.5%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 964 0.7%0.0 0.0 1,600 D 0.0 0.0

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