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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 149,029 177,434 3,129,980 134,666,641
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 17,270 17,283 0 877,652
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 69,945 70,061 146,399 4,702,381
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 25,842 26,170 168,918 5,521,534
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,342 16,046 205,054 7,193,975
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 14,158 16,766 543,585 20,817,870
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,481 8,539 488,353 20,343,267
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,991 22,569 1,577,671 75,209,962
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 776 2,933 179,133 7,697,583
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 364 1,183 91,195 4,415,954
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 410 1,543 132,966 6,293,449
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,441 16,910 1,174,377 56,802,976
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 149,029 13.8% 4.3% 2.0% 3,129,980 83.4% 66.0% 50.4%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 389 2.1% 1.0% 0.5% (1000-2499) D D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 92 30.4% 10.9% 6.5% (1000-2499) D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 113 38.9% 33.6% 26.5% 13,919 98.2% 96.9% 91.3%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 16,296 7.5% 1.3% 0.4% 130,246 58.1% 29.1% 12.7%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 8,559 34.2% 11.3% 5.6% 390,351 91.4% 70.8% 51.9%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 8,755 23.8% 11.0% 6.8% 161,794 80.3% 56.7% 38.9%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 18,090 12.9% 4.1% 2.5% 352,124 79.9% 63.3% 55.7%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,031 20.8% 8.8% 4.7% 72,008 85.8% 66.6% 51.5%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,534 28.5% 14.4% 8.4% 130,720 93.7% 82.8% 69.1%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 5,438 18.0% 9.0% 5.3% 215,087 91.6% 82.9% 70.9%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 4,887 9.6% 4.0% 2.2% 47,014 68.9% 48.9% 28.7%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 20,434 10.7% 4.2% 2.0% 257,577 75.8% 56.7% 38.2%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 778 86.0% 71.2% 44.9% 78,899 99.6% 97.7% 89.0%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 8,422 15.4% 6.3% 3.3% 211,977 87.8% 73.8% 54.6%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 2,062 29.5% 11.6% 3.6% 168,115 96.0% 86.6% 71.2%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 12,255 16.8% 5.8% 1.8% 454,041 88.5% 76.8% 56.7%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 2,527 19.6% 4.2% 1.0% 45,363 81.7% 48.6% 17.9%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 11,690 20.1% 2.9% 1.2% 236,346 79.9% 47.7% 35.7%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 15,699 7.7% 1.8% 0.9% 126,569 52.0% 27.5% 14.0%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 219 94.5% 81.7% 58.9% 22,910 99.9% 98.4% 93.6%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 8,801 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 12,677 D 0.0% 0.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: November 25 2003   Questions?