U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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 149,266 178,675 2,974,779 127,099,808
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 19,976 20,012 0 956,357
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 68,003 68,088 144,330 4,724,188
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 25,777 26,041 167,761 5,726,300
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,458 16,107 205,909 7,557,087
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 13,761 16,773 516,719 20,293,119
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,442 8,835 455,787 18,708,802
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,849 22,819 1,484,273 69,133,955

 
 
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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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
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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 149,266 13.4% 4.2% 1.9% 2,974,779 82.6% 65.2% 49.9%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 437 1.1% 0.5% 0.5% 1,189 8.1% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 94 29.8% 11.7% 7.4% 1,331 D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 97 43.3% 39.2% 28.9% 13,311 D D D
link to industry detail 23 Construction 17,707 6.9% 1.2% 0.4% 128,393 55.7% 26.9% 11.2%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 8,091 32.0% 10.7% 5.3% 318,766 89.6% 68.0% 49.8%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 8,199 23.7% 11.0% 6.5% 145,788 80.1% 56.6% 39.3%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 18,144 12.8% 4.2% 2.4% 364,682 81.1% 65.9% 57.3%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,138 21.8% 10.7% 6.1% 77,584 86.8% 70.4% 57.9%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,427 28.5% 14.5% 9.2% 111,896 93.1% 82.0% 71.1%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 5,538 18.6% 9.1% 5.3% 209,576 91.2% 82.1% 69.4%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 5,259 9.0% 3.9% 2.0% 45,965 66.0% 45.8% 26.7%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 20,879 10.5% 4.1% 2.1% 238,069 73.8% 54.3% 37.9%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 784 86.1% 70.7% 41.3% 69,794 99.5% 97.6% 85.0%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 8,063 15.3% 6.4% 3.3% 172,885 86.6% 70.5% 51.0%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 2,208 27.7% 11.2% 3.4% 183,330 95.8% 87.6% 72.2%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 12,996 16.1% 5.7% 1.7% 470,755 88.3% 76.8% 56.6%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,786 16.7% 3.8% 1.1% 45,064 79.8% 48.9% 24.4%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 12,185 19.9% 2.9% 1.1% 245,947 79.8% 48.5% 35.3%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 15,967 7.4% 1.6% 0.7% 123,512 49.1% 24.3% 12.7%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 6,254 0.1%0.0 0.0 6,942 D 0.0 0.0

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: May 08, 2006   Questions?