U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
All industries
California

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California - 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 696,301 841,774 13,264,918 554,736,012
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 99,148 99,340 0 7,135,307
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 319,053 319,558 672,990 23,511,897
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 120,063 121,351 787,467 24,803,329
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 73,958 77,375 989,391 32,724,209
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 65,681 81,823 2,519,801 90,265,617
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 12,951 35,596 1,995,683 79,010,098
Firms with 500 employees or more 5,447 106,731 6,299,586 297,285,555

 
 
California - 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 712,688 11.6% 2.6% 0.8% 13,382,470 81.6% 63.0% 48.2%
link to 2004 detail 2004 696,301 12.1% 2.6% 0.8% 13,264,918 81.5% 62.5% 47.5%
link to 2003 detail 2003 682,937 12.3% 2.7% 0.8% 12,991,795 81.4% 62.0% 46.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 674,635 12.4% 2.7% 0.8% 12,856,426 81.4% 62.1% 47.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 668,068 12.8% 2.8% 0.9% 13,239,616 81.9% 62.5% 47.2%
link to 2000 detail 2000 664,585 12.6% 2.8% 0.9% 12,884,692 81.6% 62.1% 47.0%
link to 1999 detail 1999 651,105 12.4% 2.7% 0.9% 12,356,363 81.2% 61.6% 46.9%
link to 1998 detail 1998 642,156 12.2% 2.7% 0.8% 12,026,989 81.0% 61.5% 46.6%
  1997 635,570 12.1% 2.7% 0.8% 11,565,015 80.5% 60.7% 45.6%
  1996 625,818 11.7% 2.5% 0.8% 11,131,054 80.0% 60.3% 45.8%
  1995 615,988 11.7% 2.6% 0.8% 10,957,751 80.1% 60.5% 45.7%
  1994 610,186 11.5% 2.5% 0.8% 10,624,354 79.6% 60.0% 45.4%
  1993 610,659 11.6% 2.5% 0.8% 10,725,128 79.5% 60.0% 45.6%
  1992 616,939 11.6% 2.5% 0.8% 10,730,366 79.2% 59.3% 45.2%
  1991 625,080 11.7% 2.4% 0.8% 11,019,825 79.4% 59.4% 45.3%

 
 
California - 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 696,301 12.1% 2.6% 0.8% 13,264,918 81.5% 62.5% 47.5%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 2,197 12.6% 2.6% 0.7% 24,596 72.9% 38.4% 12.9%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 654 28.7% 14.2% 9.5% 18,779 88.1% 71.8% 61.1%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 516 16.1% 10.5% 7.2% 59,965 D D 91.1%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 71,014 11.7% 1.9% 0.4% 834,742 69.6% 37.6% 15.3%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 43,343 27.4% 7.6% 2.8% 1,476,211 88.1% 64.8% 44.7%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 51,565 16.5% 5.1% 2.2% 801,781 76.8% 51.4% 33.8%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 75,465 11.0% 2.6% 0.9% 1,662,333 82.7% 68.3% 58.1%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 15,815 19.1% 7.0% 3.8% 448,081 87.9% 73.1% 62.6%
link to industry detail 51 Information 13,914 16.2% 5.9% 2.8% 503,741 92.2% 81.8% 71.2%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 29,143 10.0% 3.9% 1.8% 699,086 88.2% 79.0% 67.7%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 38,622 6.3% 1.7% 0.7% 302,014 65.4% 44.2% 29.9%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 97,079 8.2% 2.3% 1.0% 1,239,251 77.1% 61.0% 49.3%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 3,047 84.3% 63.9% 35.1% 289,881 99.5% 96.8% 86.9%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 34,733 15.8% 5.1% 1.8% 981,640 88.1% 73.2% 53.9%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 9,268 23.2% 5.5% 1.4% 305,419 88.8% 67.6% 48.3%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 78,786 9.4% 2.1% 0.6% 1,512,337 79.5% 64.6% 49.9%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 17,035 11.2% 2.8% 0.8% 285,230 85.6% 65.0% 45.7%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 53,561 19.8% 2.7% 0.6% 1,240,070 81.3% 53.3% 37.9%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 63,320 8.4% 1.5% 0.5% 572,097 59.8% 32.8% 18.9%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 5,238 0.6%0.0 0.0 7,664 D D 0.0

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