U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
All industries
United States

By detailed employment size By year By state By industry
 
U.S. - 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 5,983,546 7,499,702 116,317,003 4,482,722,481
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 3,677,879 3,684,047 5,936,859 220,009,104
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 1,050,062 1,062,907 6,898,483 206,178,084
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 629,946 662,197 8,453,854 269,416,918
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 520,897 679,382 20,444,349 700,453,403
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 87,285 331,999 16,911,040 616,524,232
Firms with 500 employees or more 17,477 1,079,170 57,672,418 2,470,140,740
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 5,823 67,664 3,539,488 135,660,216
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 2,878 43,464 2,478,859 95,138,017
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 2,845 56,614 3,456,833 139,104,676
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 2,314 75,406 4,435,321 185,189,876
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 3,617 836,022 43,761,917 1,915,047,955
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 1,787 111,752 6,199,781 276,630,183
Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees 918 123,808 6,438,639 297,593,815
Firms with 10,000 employees or more 912 600,462 31,123,497 1,340,823,957

 
 
U.S. - 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 5,983,546 10.5% 1.8% 0.3% 116,317,003 81.7% 64.1% 49.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 5,885,784 10.7% 1.8% 0.3% 115,074,924 81.6% 63.6% 49.1%
link to 2003 detail 2003 5,767,127 10.7% 1.8% 0.3% 113,398,043 81.6% 63.8% 49.3%
link to 2002 detail 2002 5,697,759 10.7% 1.7% 0.3% 112,400,654 81.7% 64.0% 49.9%
link to 2001 detail 2001 5,657,774 11.0% 1.8% 0.3% 115,061,184 82.1% 64.4% 50.1%
link to 2000 detail 2000 5,652,544 10.9% 1.8% 0.3% 114,064,976 82.0% 64.2% 49.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 5,607,743 10.7% 1.7% 0.3% 110,705,661 81.6% 63.8% 49.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 5,579,177 10.6% 1.7% 0.3% 108,117,731 81.2% 63.3% 49.1%
  1997 5,541,918 10.5% 1.7% 0.3% 105,299,123 80.9% 62.7% 48.2%
  1996 5,478,047 10.4% 1.7% 0.3% 102,187,297 80.5% 62.3% 48.0%
  1995 5,369,068 10.5% 1.7% 0.3% 100,314,946 80.5% 62.1% 47.5%
  1994 5,276,964 10.2% 1.7% 0.3% 96,721,594 80.2% 61.9% 47.3%
  1993 5,193,642 10.2% 1.7% 0.3% 94,773,913 79.9% 61.5% 46.9%
  1992 5,095,356 10.3% 1.6% 0.3% 92,825,797 79.8% 61.3% 47.0%
  1991 5,051,025 10.3% 1.6% 0.3% 92,307,559 79.7% 61.2% 46.9%

 
 
All industries - by State
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data		 State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail United States 5,983,546 10.5% 1.8% 0.3% 116,317,003 81.7% 64.1% 49.6%
link to industry detail Alabama 80,163 14.8% 5.1% 2.8% 1,667,526 82.1% 64.6% 50.6%
link to industry detail Alaska 16,817 11.7% 4.8% 3.0% 231,088 75.6% 57.2% 42.5%
link to industry detail Arizona 106,113 14.3% 5.1% 2.6% 2,159,823 83.6% 66.5% 51.4%
link to industry detail Arkansas 53,614 13.5% 4.9% 2.9% 1,017,424 81.2% 64.7% 51.6%
link to industry detail California 712,688 11.6% 2.6% 0.8% 13,382,470 81.6% 63.0% 48.2%
link to industry detail Colorado 127,611 11.5% 4.1% 2.2% 1,936,264 79.3% 61.3% 48.4%
link to industry detail Connecticut 78,526 14.1% 4.8% 2.5% 1,529,827 81.7% 64.1% 49.5%
link to industry detail Delaware 21,069 18.7% 9.6% 6.5% 392,840 83.1% 65.9% 53.6%
link to industry detail District of Columbia 16,801 24.1% 12.1% 6.7% 439,610 87.3% 71.5% 52.1%
link to industry detail Florida 421,880 8.9% 2.5% 1.0% 7,107,378 81.9% 67.3% 55.3%
link to industry detail Georgia 177,555 13.1% 4.4% 2.1% 3,489,046 83.2% 67.1% 53.6%
link to industry detail Hawaii 26,290 15.0% 5.5% 3.1% 490,682 80.4% 60.7% 44.2%
link to industry detail Idaho 37,556 12.2% 4.5% 2.8% 519,319 75.4% 55.9% 42.1%
link to industry detail Illinois 262,326 13.2% 3.9% 1.6% 5,235,866 82.9% 65.3% 50.4%
link to industry detail Indiana 117,942 15.0% 4.9% 2.4% 2,610,899 83.3% 66.1% 51.0%
link to industry detail Iowa 66,241 14.0% 4.8% 2.5% 1,261,108 81.3% 63.4% 47.6%
link to industry detail Kansas 62,081 14.6% 5.3% 3.0% 1,116,216 80.6% 61.8% 45.3%
link to industry detail Kentucky 73,089 15.4% 5.4% 2.9% 1,514,199 82.2% 64.5% 49.7%
link to industry detail Louisiana 82,663 15.0% 4.7% 2.4% 1,617,507 80.8% 60.7% 45.5%
link to industry detail Maine 35,927 11.8% 4.3% 2.5% 497,387 76.2% 56.4% 39.1%
link to industry detail Maryland 114,366 14.2% 4.6% 2.2% 2,167,999 81.5% 62.6% 46.8%
link to industry detail Massachusetts 145,391 13.6% 4.3% 2.0% 2,996,347 82.9% 66.1% 51.3%
link to industry detail Michigan 193,318 12.8% 3.6% 1.5% 3,796,876 81.5% 63.5% 47.9%
link to industry detail Minnesota 124,600 13.6% 4.2% 2.0% 2,430,853 82.8% 64.4% 48.5%
link to industry detail Mississippi 48,212 14.4% 5.4% 3.2% 926,952 81.0% 64.2% 49.8%
link to industry detail Missouri 125,287 13.7% 4.4% 2.2% 2,425,403 82.2% 64.0% 49.9%
link to industry detail Montana 31,509 10.3% 3.5% 2.2% 326,887 67.6% 44.7% 29.9%
link to industry detail Nebraska 42,594 14.1% 5.3% 3.1% 773,082 80.8% 62.8% 48.0%
link to industry detail Nevada 48,834 16.6% 7.2% 4.0% 1,089,422 85.7% 70.4% 55.4%
link to industry detail New Hampshire 33,282 14.9% 5.6% 3.3% 562,398 79.2% 59.4% 44.6%
link to industry detail New Jersey 209,240 11.4% 3.3% 1.5% 3,594,862 80.4% 63.0% 49.1%
link to industry detail New Mexico 37,246 15.4% 6.0% 3.7% 595,249 78.0% 57.1% 42.5%
link to industry detail New York 445,941 10.1% 2.6% 0.9% 7,417,463 80.5% 63.4% 48.1%
link to industry detail North Carolina 173,854 13.0% 3.9% 1.9% 3,409,968 81.9% 64.9% 51.6%
link to industry detail North Dakota 17,755 15.0% 5.9% 3.4% 270,479 77.2% 55.5% 35.6%
link to industry detail Ohio 210,623 14.5% 4.1% 1.7% 4,762,618 83.4% 65.7% 50.8%
link to industry detail Oklahoma 72,378 13.1% 4.6% 2.5% 1,220,285 79.2% 60.2% 45.3%
link to industry detail Oregon 91,383 12.3% 4.1% 2.2% 1,409,576 77.7% 58.2% 42.8%
link to industry detail Pennsylvania 242,651 13.5% 3.8% 1.6% 5,082,630 82.5% 64.7% 49.7%
link to industry detail Rhode Island 26,809 14.7% 5.6% 3.4% 442,291 79.5% 59.4% 43.2%
link to industry detail South Carolina 82,938 13.8% 4.8% 2.6% 1,584,914 81.2% 63.9% 50.6%
link to industry detail South Dakota 21,750 13.7% 5.4% 3.1% 310,802 75.4% 54.0% 36.3%
link to industry detail Tennessee 102,758 15.4% 5.4% 2.8% 2,378,754 84.2% 68.1% 54.7%
link to industry detail Texas 385,915 12.7% 3.4% 1.3% 8,305,102 83.2% 66.6% 53.0%
link to industry detail Utah 55,856 13.5% 5.0% 3.1% 974,686 81.4% 63.4% 50.0%
link to industry detail Vermont 19,591 12.9% 5.0% 3.2% 261,656 73.9% 53.2% 36.9%
link to industry detail Virginia 154,188 13.5% 4.3% 2.0% 3,060,127 82.2% 65.2% 50.6%
link to industry detail Washington 147,436 11.8% 3.7% 1.7% 2,316,296 78.1% 59.1% 44.3%
link to industry detail West Virginia 32,736 14.4% 5.6% 3.4% 565,499 78.5% 59.8% 45.4%
link to industry detail Wisconsin 118,475 14.7% 4.2% 2.0% 2,449,114 82.1% 62.7% 46.5%
link to industry detail Wyoming 17,330 12.8% 5.2% 3.3% 191,934 68.8% 45.9% 31.7%

 
 
U.S. - 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 5,983,546 10.5% 1.8% 0.3% 116,317,003 81.7% 64.1% 49.6%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 23,447 6.4% 1.3% 0.4% 168,744 55.2% D 15.5%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 19,406 16.0% 4.2% 1.6% 497,272 86.4% 69.3% 55.8%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 6,660 20.4% 7.4% 3.0% 633,106 96.6% 90.6% 82.8%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 777,664 8.1% 1.0% 0.1% 6,781,327 61.4% 30.6% 13.9%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 288,568 26.0% 6.3% 1.4% 13,667,337 91.3% 74.2% 55.8%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 336,736 14.2% 3.2% 0.9% 5,968,929 79.3% 56.2% 39.1%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 736,940 9.4% 1.5% 0.3% 15,338,672 81.4% 67.3% 58.9%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 169,086 12.2% 3.4% 1.3% 4,168,016 87.3% 73.7% 61.9%
link to industry detail 51 Information 75,261 15.0% 4.0% 1.5% 3,402,599 92.7% 83.3% 73.8%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 259,983 8.3% 2.2% 0.6% 6,431,837 88.0% 78.1% 66.9%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 300,525 4.9% 1.2% 0.4% 2,144,077 64.6% 46.2% 31.8%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 757,174 6.4% 1.3% 0.4% 7,689,366 71.1% 52.3% 38.3%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 26,513 77.9% 57.2% 26.3% 2,856,418 99.5% 97.1% 88.2%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 320,252 12.3% 3.7% 1.1% 9,280,282 89.3% 77.3% 61.0%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 72,410 23.0% 5.7% 1.5% 2,879,374 91.3% 73.1% 55.0%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 599,392 12.7% 3.2% 0.6% 16,025,147 84.4% 70.3% 51.6%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 114,145 13.7% 2.8% 0.6% 1,936,484 81.6% 55.8% 33.9%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 462,983 19.7% 2.3% 0.4% 11,025,909 81.8% 54.2% 40.0%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 676,400 6.8% 0.8% 0.2% 5,390,954 52.9% 25.9% 14.4%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 23,986 0.4%0.0 0.0 31,153 9.5% D 0.0

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