U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
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 81,081 101,165 1,560,573 46,656,784
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 9,385 9,402 0 389,478
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 36,225 36,273 78,222 1,825,461
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 14,954 15,115 97,981 2,337,744
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 8,991 9,446 119,562 3,046,175
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 7,581 9,539 276,602 7,327,449
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,800 4,698 208,439 5,835,643
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,145 16,692 779,767 25,894,834

 
 
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 81,081 14.2% 4.9% 2.6% 1,560,573 81.0% 63.3% 50.0%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 644 8.4% 1.9% 1.1% 5,549 48.9% D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 55 50.9% 21.8% 16.4% 1,305 D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 105 36.2% 21.0% 9.5% 11,527 D 89.9% 77.3%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 11,627 9.3% 1.4% 0.5% 104,648 58.6% 26.5% 15.3%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 3,824 36.9% 20.1% 11.8% 274,793 95.0% 85.9% 71.2%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 4,066 25.3% 12.8% 7.8% 63,752 78.4% 55.4% 39.0%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 12,008 12.1% 5.0% 3.4% 222,629 80.0% 67.0% 60.0%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 2,162 24.0% 13.8% 9.2% 51,615 88.9% 76.4% 66.6%
link to industry detail 51 Information 709 28.2% 18.1% 13.8% 30,001 93.3% 84.7% 76.5%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 3,256 14.6% 8.1% 5.3% 66,961 85.5% 74.9% 61.3%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 3,616 7.5% 4.2% 2.6% 25,364 64.4% 47.9% 32.3%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,372 9.1% 3.7% 2.1% 70,666 62.9% 42.4% 28.1%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 412 86.2% 71.8% 45.6% 27,128 99.2% 96.1% 85.9%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 4,576 15.6% 7.1% 4.0% 121,168 87.6% 74.8% 56.4%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 836 23.7% 7.3% 2.9% 25,344 88.4% 66.2% 40.2%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 7,177 15.7% 4.7% 2.0% 190,779 82.6% 67.2% 53.1%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,397 21.0% 4.4% 1.8% 22,078 79.3% 35.7% 16.3%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 6,601 26.0% 5.4% 2.4% 166,575 83.2% 52.2% 35.2%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 10,340 8.1% 1.6% 0.9% 78,100 48.7% 18.0% 9.2%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 422 0.2%0.0 0.0 591 D 0.0 0.0

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