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South Carolina - 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 77,896 96,440 1,561,727 40,900,431
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 8,879 8,947 0 359,958
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 35,195 35,243 75,134 1,554,017
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 14,459 14,652 94,621 2,018,186
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 8,545 8,989 113,631 2,592,640
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 6,930 8,851 250,786 5,848,445
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,670 4,314 192,692 4,834,234
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,218 15,444 834,863 23,692,951
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 512 1,861 90,155 2,273,761
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 237 1,019 43,821 1,129,898
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 272 986 63,768 1,889,151
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,197 11,578 637,119 18,400,141
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

South Carolina - 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 82,938 13.8% 4.8% 2.6% 1,584,914 81.2% 63.9% 50.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 81,081 14.2% 4.9% 2.6% 1,560,573 81.0% 63.3% 50.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 79,493 14.2% 5.0% 2.7% 1,550,604 81.4% 64.3% 50.8%
link to 2002 detail 2002 78,608 14.1% 4.9% 2.7% 1,538,750 81.6% 64.8% 52.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 77,996 14.2% 5.0% 2.8% 1,596,385 82.2% 65.7% 53.3%
link to 2000 detail 2000 78,360 14.3% 5.0% 2.8% 1,601,532 82.2% 65.7% 53.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 77,896 13.9% 5.0% 2.8% 1,561,727 81.9% 65.8% 53.5%
link to 1998 detail 1998 77,017 13.6% 5.0% 2.8% 1,526,106 81.8% 66.0% 53.4%
  1997 76,049 13.7% 4.9% 2.7% 1,473,831 81.6% 65.3% 52.7%
  1996 74,045 13.2% 4.7% 2.7% 1,433,051 81.4% 65.5% 53.0%
  1995 72,073 13.2% 4.7% 2.6% 1,395,070 81.4% 65.5% 53.2%
  1994 70,271 13.1% 4.6% 2.5% 1,347,892 81.3% 65.5% 52.7%
  1993 68,738 13.0% 4.6% 2.5% 1,307,776 81.1% 65.3% 52.7%
  1992 66,970 13.1% 4.6% 2.5% 1,275,295 80.9% 65.2% 53.0%
  1991 65,914 13.0% 4.5% 2.5% 1,242,746 80.7% 64.7% 52.3%

 

 

South Carolina - 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 77,896 13.9% 5.0% 2.8% 1,561,727 81.9% 65.8% 53.5%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 673 7.1% 1.5% 1.0% 5,149 40.6% D 10.8%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 49 51.0% 28.6% 28.6% (1000-2499) D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 117 31.6% 16.2% 6.8% 11,498 96.6% 89.7% 78.7%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 11,196 9.0% 1.2% 0.5% 115,197 62.6% 34.9% 25.5%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 4,002 39.3% 21.6% 12.8% 336,776 96.0% 87.3% 73.2%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 4,350 24.8% 12.4% 7.6% 61,329 75.2% 50.4% 33.5%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 12,108 12.5% 5.1% 3.6% 217,761 79.3% 65.6% 59.2%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 2,018 20.7% 12.3% 7.5% 38,560 84.5% 70.8% 58.8%
link to industry detail 51 Information 708 23.6% 15.1% 11.6% 28,650 91.5% 83.5% 73.3%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 2,957 14.7% 8.4% 6.3% 59,535 85.0% 74.0% 63.7%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 2,977 7.9% 3.9% 2.6% 21,995 63.5% 45.8% 32.8%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 7,401 8.4% 3.4% 2.0% 58,207 58.9% 39.5% 26.5%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 374 82.1% 66.6% 43.6% 26,004 99.3% 96.7% 89.1%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 4,178 15.0% 7.5% 4.4% 133,438 89.8% 80.8% 66.4%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 731 25.3% 7.4% 2.9% 21,263 89.2% 65.6% 39.7%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 6,262 13.9% 4.6% 2.2% 168,527 83.3% 71.1% 57.4%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 1,490 20.3% 4.3% 1.8% 23,554 76.0% 36.3% 16.7%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 5,980 24.7% 5.7% 2.7% 149,010 82.9% 54.1% 37.8%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 10,138 7.9% 1.5% 0.9% 70,246 47.2% 15.3% 7.8%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 125 97.6% 86.4% 72.8% 12,420 100.0% D 96.2%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 1,172 0.3% 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?