Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
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All firms | 433,868 | 502,948 | 7,416,680 | 332,635,342 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 58,750 | 58,799 | 0 | 3,316,678 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 220,993 | 221,201 | 454,436 | 13,780,577 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 69,244 | 69,850 | 451,047 | 14,814,869 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 39,813 | 41,147 | 531,030 | 19,030,025 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 33,710 | 40,078 | 1,271,194 | 49,286,222 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 7,262 | 17,926 | 1,126,516 | 46,144,873 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 4,096 | 53,947 | 3,582,457 | 186,262,098 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2005 | 445,941 | 10.1% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,417,463 | 80.5% | 63.4% | 48.1% |
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2004 | 441,188 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,433,686 | 80.5% | 63.2% | 47.9% |
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2003 | 433,868 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,416,680 | 80.6% | 63.5% | 48.3% |
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2002 | 428,425 | 10.5% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 7,234,915 | 80.4% | 63.0% | 48.1% |
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2001 | 426,489 | 10.7% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,428,349 | 80.8% | 63.2% | 48.3% |
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2000 | 424,784 | 10.7% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,353,209 | 80.7% | 63.1% | 48.2% |
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1999 | 419,850 | 10.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 7,135,960 | 80.4% | 62.8% | 48.1% |
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1998 | 418,277 | 10.4% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 6,993,814 | 80.0% | 62.5% | 47.5% |
1997 | 415,311 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 6,895,924 | 80.1% | 62.5% | 47.4% | |
1996 | 411,120 | 10.2% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 6,789,494 | 80.0% | 62.5% | 47.4% | |
1995 | 407,036 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 6,780,555 | 80.1% | 62.6% | 47.3% | |
1994 | 402,268 | 10.2% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,664,228 | 80.0% | 62.9% | 47.6% | |
1993 | 401,739 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,632,501 | 79.7% | 62.2% | 47.1% | |
1992 | 400,820 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,672,221 | 79.9% | 62.4% | 47.5% | |
1991 | 404,267 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 6,802,471 | 79.7% | 62.1% | 47.1% |
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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 | ||||||
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Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 433,868 | 10.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 7,416,680 | 80.6% | 63.5% | 48.3% |
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11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 663 | 5.3% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 5,276 | 66.1% | D | D |
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21 | Mining | 310 | 19.7% | 11.0% | 5.5% | 3,695 | 73.0% | D | D |
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22 | Utilities | 180 | 34.4% | 27.8% | 23.3% | 42,547 | 98.8% | 97.6% | 96.1% |
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23 | Construction | 43,144 | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 307,202 | 56.3% | 24.8% | 7.8% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 19,568 | 25.7% | 7.4% | 3.0% | 612,983 | 87.4% | 64.1% | 43.4% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 33,681 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 406,537 | 72.5% | 47.0% | 29.7% |
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44-45 | Retail Trade | 59,031 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 862,872 | 76.9% | 61.4% | 54.4% |
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48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 10,246 | 16.3% | 6.3% | 3.0% | 229,360 | 86.7% | 70.6% | 52.6% |
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51 | Information | 7,587 | 18.9% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 314,728 | 92.8% | 82.8% | 73.5% |
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52 | Finance & insurance | 15,793 | 13.6% | 5.5% | 2.8% | 593,386 | 91.5% | 83.7% | 73.5% |
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53 | Real estate & rental & leasing | 27,979 | 5.1% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 166,032 | 54.5% | 32.7% | 19.3% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, & technical services | 53,232 | 8.1% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 552,947 | 72.5% | 54.1% | 40.1% |
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55 | Management of companies & enterprises | 1,874 | 75.5% | 60.7% | 35.9% | 201,706 | 99.3% | 97.1% | 88.9% |
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56 | Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service | 20,554 | 14.0% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 455,251 | 87.4% | 71.9% | 49.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 5,487 | 31.1% | 8.5% | 2.8% | 321,250 | 94.6% | 79.6% | 63.9% |
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62 | Health care & social assistance | 41,770 | 12.5% | 4.2% | 1.3% | 1,312,683 | 87.7% | 77.4% | 57.8% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 9,675 | 12.1% | 2.9% | 0.8% | 137,953 | 80.8% | 54.6% | 31.5% |
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72 | Accommodation & food services | 35,432 | 13.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 534,990 | 73.1% | 43.9% | 29.9% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 49,040 | 6.2% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 352,300 | 52.0% | 27.2% | 12.6% |
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99 | Unclassified | 2,599 | 0.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,982 | 13.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Last modified: May 08, 2006
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