All Businesses
All U.S. Firms Legal form of organization Firms Receipts (thous.) ($mill.) All firms 19,286 14,071,282 Individual proprietorships 14,599 721,565 Partnerships 1,090 664,927 Subchapter S corporations 1,564 1,937,707 "C" corporations 2,033 10,747,083
"C" corporation data was collected as part of the 1992 Economic Census from a sample (44 thousand) of all non-farm businesses filing any type of 1120 tax form, other than 1120S, for 1992 with receipts of $500 or more.
1992 was the first time "C" corporations were sampled for inclusion in the Survey of Women-Owned Businesses.
"C" Corporations by Major Industry Group: 1992\*
(Detail may not add to total due to rounding.) All firms Firms with paid employees |--------------------|---------------------------------------| Sales and Sales and Annual Firms Receipts Firms Receipts Employ's Payroll Sector (number) ($1,000) (number) ($1,000) (number) ($1,000) |-------------------| A B C D E F ALL FIRMS: All industries 2033369 10747083380 1656575 10711725449 62951041 1586138978 Ag sv,for,fish & min 22726 15160456 17850 14396895 219646 4219407 Mining industries 16319 140374960 11411 139972710 518071 14993943 Construction industr 199584 296765298 167466 292748140 2340748 66281058 Manufacturing indust 175915 3957859365 159280 3956240279 16477305 495356471 Transp, comm & util 87321 765800315 71488 764050949 4645445 151707104 Wholesale trade 235411 1380465581 206116 1376652192 3319356 90982395 Retail trade 365988 1342496267 333431 1338901287 11975846 154582104 Fin, insur &real est 271620 1860793384 147773 1852399514 8603829 248622774 Service industries 632232 885894766 534475 877266147 13243899 341958768 Industries not class 26253 101472988 7285 99097336 1606896 17434954 WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS: All industries 517833 931606096 426680 923642991 6965037 153924179 Ag sv,for,fish & min 6006 3121995 4816 2826441 37129 667924 Mining industries 3636 5335255 2427 5155231 36449 879186 Construction industr 49433 44169030 41748 43504594 374803 10061205 Manufacturing indust 39517 274538628 35332 274165956 1502969 42155922 Transp, comm & util 25303 74489884 21724 74091953 653193 16008197 Wholesale trade 58517 179357777 51299 178483405 669207 17170115 Retail trade 114624 117200892 105449 116395407 1129049 15290123 Fin, insur &real est 65130 155143456 36124 153263565 666279 19038467 Service industries 150521 73238149 126120 71466138 1827291 31895653 Industries not class 5146 5011031 1641 4290302 68668 757388 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| \* Source: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. (This table is based on the 1987 SIC system.)