Statistics of U.S. Business
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Enterprise - An enterprise is a business organization consisting of one or more domestic establishments that were specified under common ownership or control. The enterprise and the establishment are the same for single-establishment firms. Each multi-establishment company forms one enterprise - the enterprise employment and annual payroll are summed from the associated establishments.
Firm - A firm is a business organization consisting of one or more domestic establishments in the same state and industry that were specified under common ownership or control. The firm and the establishment are the same for single-establishment firms. For each multi-establishment firm, establishments in the same industry within a state will be counted as one firm- the firm employment and annual payroll are summed from the associated establishments.
Enterprise Size - Enterprise size designations are determined by paid employment in the mid-March pay period. The size group 0 includes enterprises that did not report any paid employees in the mid-March pay period but paid employees at some time during the year.
Some tables include columns of percentages with headings "20 +", "100 +", and "500 +"
These percentages are not designed to add to 100%, since "100 +" is a subset of "20 +", and "500 +" is a subset of the other two categories. The corresponding raw numbers can be found by clicking on the "more" button at the beginning of the row, where present, or with the link "Data in formats for downloading" at the bottom of the page.
Establishment - A single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed.
Employment - Paid employment consists of full and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations, who were on the payroll in the pay period including March 12. Included are employees on sick leave, holidays, and vacations; not included are proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses.
Annual Payroll - Total annual payroll includes all forms of compensation, such as salaries, wages, commissions, bonuses, vacation allowances, sick-leave pay, and the value of payments inkind (e.g., free meals and lodgings) paid during the year to all employees.
Receipts - Receipts (net of taxes) are defined as the revenue for goods produced, distributed, or services provided, including revenue earned from premiums, commissions and fees, rents, interest, dividends, and royalties. Receipts excludes all revenue collected for local, state, and federal taxes. Receipts are acquired from the Economic Census data for establishments in industries that are in-scope to the Economic Census; receipts are acquired from IRS tax data for single-establishment businesses in industries that are out-of-scope to the Economic Census; payroll-to-receipts ratios are used to estimate receipts for multi-establishment businesses in industries that are out-of-scope to the Economic Census. Statistics of U.S. Businesses has receipts for 1997 & 2002 only.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) -
[1988-2002] Based on OMB definitions effective June 30, 1996. An MSA is an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus. Each MSA consists of one or more counties or statistically equivalent area meeting published standards of population and metropolitan character; in the six New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), cities and towns (rather than counties) are used as the component geographic units.
[2003 +] Based on OMB definitions effective June 6, 2003. A core area with a substantial population nucleus, together with adjacent communites having a high degree of social and economic integration with that core.
Micropolitan areas are included along with metropolitan areas for the first time in data for 2003.
Source: Statistics of U.S. Business
