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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
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Washington - 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 137,495 162,932 2,209,129 78,711,159
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 19,164 19,211 (1-19) D
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 63,435 63,525 (100,000+) D
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 23,471 23,741 153,662 3,754,593
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 14,473 15,320 192,545 5,079,600
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 11,771 15,602 431,681 12,471,828
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 2,586 6,808 318,849 10,535,511
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,595 18,725 981,626 43,043,096
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 607 2,213 107,309 3,621,619
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 307 1,312 56,074 1,850,779
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 351 1,041 72,499 2,652,558
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,330 14,159 745,744 34,918,140
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

Washington - All industries - by Year
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.
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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 147,436 11.8% 3.7% 1.7% 2,316,296 78.1% 59.1% 44.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 143,691 12.0% 3.7% 1.8% 2,268,913 78.2% 59.0% 44.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 139,984 12.1% 3.7% 1.8% 2,293,222 79.0% 60.6% 46.6%
link to 2002 detail 2002 138,256 12.1% 3.8% 1.9% 2,185,658 78.3% 59.5% 45.3%
link to 2001 detail 2001 137,713 12.6% 3.9% 1.9% 2,294,285 79.1% 59.8% 45.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 138,228 12.5% 3.8% 1.9% 2,267,485 78.8% 59.4% 44.7%
link to 1999 detail 1999 137,495 12.3% 3.8% 1.9% 2,209,129 78.4% 58.9% 44.4%
link to 1998 detail 1998 136,813 12.2% 3.7% 1.8% 2,134,598 77.8% 58.1% 43.7%
  1997 135,236 12.2% 3.7% 1.8% 2,081,017 77.6% 57.7% 43.1%
  1996 132,942 11.8% 3.5% 1.7% 2,003,304 77.1% 56.9% 42.7%
  1995 129,805 12.1% 3.6% 1.7% 1,948,446 76.8% 55.9% 41.3%
  1994 127,565 12.0% 3.5% 1.7% 1,894,670 76.5% 55.5% 41.0%
  1993 124,135 12.1% 3.5% 1.7% 1,859,055 76.2% 55.5% 40.6%
  1992 120,281 12.4% 3.5% 1.7% 1,833,797 76.5% 55.6% 41.4%
  1991 115,542 12.3% 3.5% 1.7% 1,792,132 76.7% 55.7% 41.7%

 

 

Washington - 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 137,495 12.3% 3.8% 1.9% 2,209,129 78.4% 58.9% 44.4%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 1,821 9.6% 2.7% 0.8% 17,617 71.5% 44.4% 17.1%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 167 26.9% 13.2% 9.0% 3,064 81.4% 58.2% 50.8%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 210 12.9% 6.7% 4.3% 6,210 D D 75.6%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 21,268 7.2% 1.0% 0.4% 151,336 55.1% 23.6% 10.0%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 7,315 27.4% 10.2% 4.9% 331,206 91.9% 76.6% 59.7%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 8,640 23.3% 11.0% 6.7% 122,406 76.9% 49.9% 31.4%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 15,999 14.1% 4.3% 2.6% 302,828 79.1% 60.7% 52.5%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,604 18.6% 8.6% 4.6% 77,885 86.3% 71.2% 58.4%
link to industry detail 51 Information 1,911 24.3% 12.6% 8.6% 71,134 91.6% 80.4% 71.4%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 4,780 14.9% 9.0% 5.8% 98,832 86.2% 76.9% 62.2%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 6,610 7.9% 3.1% 1.7% 48,884 63.4% 41.8% 27.5%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 15,062 8.7% 3.3% 2.0% 127,011 65.4% 44.1% 30.9%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 711 83.0% 65.3% 38.3% 59,762 99.5% 97.4% 89.3%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 7,177 12.1% 5.2% 3.0% 126,213 81.6% 66.9% 53.9%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 1,608 19.8% 5.3% 2.0% 36,162 84.4% 58.5% 40.3%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 12,912 11.8% 3.5% 1.2% 272,604 80.3% 65.2% 45.8%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 2,155 17.7% 4.8% 1.3% 40,221 81.8% 53.8% 21.4%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 10,448 20.1% 3.2% 1.3% 198,114 75.8% 44.0% 29.5%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 13,840 7.6% 1.8% 0.8% 103,190 49.2% 23.1% 11.7%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 201 95.5% 79.1% 59.7% 12,593 D D 91.3%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 3,031 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1,857 4.3% 0.0% 0.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?