U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
All industries
South Carolina

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
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 82,938 103,416 1,584,914 49,450,267
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 47,391 47,459 80,244 2,402,892
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 15,163 15,353 99,660 2,485,547
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 8,928 9,313 118,837 3,201,200
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 7,471 9,416 273,908 7,745,380
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,791 4,667 210,340 6,043,671
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,194 17,208 801,925 27,571,577

 
 
South Carolina - All industries - by Year
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data		 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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data		 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 82,938 13.8% 4.8% 2.6% 1,584,914 81.2% 63.9% 50.6%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 604 7.3% 1.8% 1.2% 4,971 45.7% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 55 43.6% 21.8% 18.2% 1,266 D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 101 34.7% 19.8% 8.9% 11,279 96.6% 90.0% 77.5%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 12,161 8.6% 1.2% 0.6% 108,276 57.9% 27.8% 18.0%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 3,842 37.2% 20.0% 12.0% 271,326 95.0% 85.2% 70.6%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 4,021 25.4% 13.3% 8.1% 63,718 78.9% 56.3% 39.3%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 11,988 11.6% 4.9% 3.4% 220,737 80.1% 67.4% 60.7%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 2,273 22.0% 13.2% 8.5% 51,146 87.9% 76.5% 65.0%
link to industry detail 51 Information 711 28.4% 18.3% 13.6% 29,044 93.2% 85.3% 76.2%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 3,335 13.7% 7.8% 5.3% 65,591 84.9% 74.3% 60.6%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 3,985 7.5% 4.0% 2.3% 27,204 66.2% 48.6% 32.0%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,646 8.8% 3.6% 2.1% 76,896 66.0% 47.1% 34.9%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 418 87.3% 73.4% 45.7% 29,032 99.5% 97.1% 86.6%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 4,798 15.3% 7.1% 4.0% 129,611 88.0% 76.4% 58.3%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 872 23.4% 7.3% 3.7% 24,797 87.9% 65.4% 43.7%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 7,291 15.2% 4.7% 2.1% 196,457 83.1% 68.3% 54.1%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,415 20.6% 4.5% 1.7% 22,115 78.6% 36.7% 15.4%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 6,787 25.7% 5.4% 2.3% 173,653 83.2% 53.2% 36.1%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 10,509 8.2% 1.6% 0.9% 77,373 49.2% 18.0% 8.8%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 258 0.8%0.0 0.0 422 D 0.0 0.0

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