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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
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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 136,813 161,473 2,134,598 73,268,188
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 19,214 19,220 0 605,807
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 63,053 63,132 129,938 2,922,733
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 23,564 23,851 154,192 3,612,386
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 14,316 15,139 189,895 4,764,702
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 11,580 15,766 419,945 11,602,291
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 2,564 6,731 307,174 9,369,590
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,522 17,634 933,454 40,390,679
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 575 2,079 100,664 3,311,558
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 314 1,250 61,630 2,073,418
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 362 1,126 69,451 2,406,018
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,271 13,179 701,709 32,599,685
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

Washington - 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 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 136,813 12.2% 3.7% 1.8% 2,134,598 77.8% 58.1% 43.7%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 1,879 8.9% 2.3% 0.9% 17,404 70.2% 42.4% 21.8%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 168 28.0% 13.7% 10.1% (2500-4999) D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 213 13.1% 6.6% 4.7% 6,490 D D D
link to industry detail 23 Construction 21,370 6.7% 1.0% 0.3% 143,172 53.6% 22.8% 8.9%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 7,455 27.8% 10.4% 4.9% 335,467 91.9% 76.6% 59.5%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 8,834 23.0% 10.8% 6.6% 120,205 75.6% 48.2% 29.6%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 16,169 13.6% 4.1% 2.4% 288,388 77.6% 58.9% 50.6%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 3,693 18.0% 8.2% 4.3% 75,465 85.6% 69.9% 57.8%
link to industry detail 51 Information 1,861 23.4% 12.2% 7.8% 67,316 90.8% 80.8% 71.2%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 4,780 15.1% 9.2% 5.8% 96,128 86.6% 77.0% 63.0%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 6,682 7.7% 3.0% 1.6% 45,055 60.8% 37.8% 23.9%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 14,779 8.5% 3.3% 1.8% 117,475 63.7% 42.7% 29.2%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 693 84.4% 64.4% 38.4% 53,616 99.5% 96.9% 88.6%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 7,334 11.9% 4.8% 2.8% 116,151 80.2% 64.3% 50.4%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 1,615 19.1% 5.3% 2.0% 34,248 84.1% 58.6% 36.3%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 12,943 11.3% 3.4% 1.2% 269,475 80.4% 65.6% 47.1%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 2,204 18.1% 4.1% 1.2% 36,677 D D D
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 10,631 19.5% 3.2% 1.2% 195,251 75.5% 44.2% 29.5%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 14,018 7.3% 1.6% 0.8% 100,660 48.3% 22.1% 12.3%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 202 95.5% 79.2% 58.4% 11,420 99.8% 96.7% 87.8%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 1,279 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% (1000-2499) D D D
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?