U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2006:
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 6,022,127 7,601,160 119,917,165 4,792,429,911
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 3,670,028 3,677,153 5,959,585 229,730,040
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 1,060,787 1,073,496 6,973,537 214,137,111
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 646,816 678,524 8,676,398 282,193,078
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 535,865 697,755 21,076,875 741,917,153
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 90,560 345,719 17,537,345 660,815,715
Firms with 500 employees or more 18,071 1,128,513 59,693,425 2,663,636,814
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 6,024 68,071 3,654,660 145,405,025
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 2,950 44,312 2,543,023 102,146,596
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 2,962 60,928 3,605,836 152,725,489
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 2,374 76,065 4,537,676 195,499,433
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 3,761 879,137 45,352,230 2,067,860,271
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 1,877 113,479 6,479,030 304,377,206
Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees 931 121,673 6,490,547 302,709,162
Firms with 10,000 employees or more 953 643,985 32,382,653 1,460,773,903

 
 
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 2006 detail 2006 6,022,127 10.7% 1.8% 0.3% 119,917,165 82.0% 64.4% 49.8%
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 6,022,127 10.7% 1.8% 0.3% 119,917,165 82.0% 64.4% 49.8%
link to industry detail Alabama 80,656 15.1% 5.2% 2.8% 1,713,399 82.4% 64.6% 50.3%
link to industry detail Alaska 16,713 12.0% 5.0% 3.2% 241,621 76.7% 59.3% 44.4%
link to industry detail Arizona 110,401 14.8% 5.2% 2.6% 2,335,098 84.1% 66.9% 51.2%
link to industry detail Arkansas 53,491 13.9% 5.2% 3.0% 1,041,998 81.5% 64.8% 51.2%
link to industry detail California 723,880 11.9% 2.6% 0.8% 13,834,264 81.7% 63.0% 47.9%
link to industry detail Colorado 129,861 11.8% 4.2% 2.2% 2,019,125 79.7% 61.9% 48.3%
link to industry detail Connecticut 77,637 14.6% 5.0% 2.6% 1,585,843 82.2% 64.9% 50.4%
link to industry detail Delaware 21,140 18.9% 9.7% 6.5% 388,250 82.8% 65.0% 51.7%
link to industry detail District of Columbia 17,069 24.6% 12.2% 6.9% 446,576 87.3% 70.6% 51.8%
link to industry detail Florida 430,429 9.2% 2.6% 1.0% 7,535,515 82.4% 68.0% 56.0%
link to industry detail Georgia 181,300 13.3% 4.4% 2.1% 3,623,210 83.3% 67.0% 53.7%
link to industry detail Hawaii 26,723 15.4% 5.7% 3.1% 512,543 80.9% 61.3% 43.9%
link to industry detail Idaho 39,664 12.2% 4.4% 2.7% 546,251 75.3% 55.0% 41.4%
link to industry detail Illinois 262,870 13.4% 4.0% 1.6% 5,357,466 83.2% 65.7% 50.8%
link to industry detail Indiana 118,159 15.2% 5.0% 2.4% 2,673,010 83.5% 66.6% 51.4%
link to industry detail Iowa 65,829 14.3% 4.9% 2.6% 1,295,258 81.7% 63.8% 48.4%
link to industry detail Kansas 61,902 15.1% 5.6% 3.1% 1,142,680 81.0% 62.0% 45.4%
link to industry detail Kentucky 72,992 15.7% 5.6% 3.0% 1,552,012 82.5% 65.1% 50.0%
link to industry detail Louisiana 81,421 15.0% 4.9% 2.5% 1,593,033 81.4% 61.5% 45.9%
link to industry detail Maine 35,687 12.1% 4.5% 2.6% 508,163 76.3% 56.8% 39.4%
link to industry detail Maryland 115,149 14.5% 4.7% 2.3% 2,232,215 81.7% 62.6% 46.6%
link to industry detail Massachusetts 144,873 13.7% 4.4% 2.0% 3,044,080 82.9% 66.3% 51.7%
link to industry detail Michigan 190,411 13.1% 3.7% 1.6% 3,819,537 81.8% 64.0% 48.4%
link to industry detail Minnesota 124,237 13.9% 4.2% 2.0% 2,476,354 83.0% 64.6% 49.0%
link to industry detail Mississippi 48,011 14.7% 5.6% 3.3% 940,609 81.4% 64.4% 49.9%
link to industry detail Missouri 124,120 14.0% 4.5% 2.2% 2,468,035 82.5% 64.3% 50.3%
link to industry detail Montana 32,251 10.5% 3.6% 2.2% 342,526 68.1% 45.3% 30.2%
link to industry detail Nebraska 42,649 14.4% 5.4% 3.2% 789,231 81.2% 63.3% 48.6%
link to industry detail Nevada 50,657 16.9% 7.4% 4.1% 1,165,375 85.8% 70.7% 55.8%
link to industry detail New Hampshire 33,228 15.3% 5.7% 3.4% 577,415 79.6% 59.6% 45.1%
link to industry detail New Jersey 208,465 11.7% 3.4% 1.5% 3,645,381 80.4% 62.9% 48.9%
link to industry detail New Mexico 37,871 15.8% 6.2% 3.8% 628,681 78.8% 57.9% 43.0%
link to industry detail New York 444,728 10.3% 2.6% 0.9% 7,532,764 80.6% 63.4% 48.3%
link to industry detail North Carolina 176,815 13.3% 4.1% 1.9% 3,524,814 82.0% 64.9% 51.4%
link to industry detail North Dakota 17,872 15.2% 6.0% 3.5% 278,423 77.5% 56.0% 36.7%
link to industry detail Ohio 207,768 14.9% 4.2% 1.8% 4,825,510 83.6% 66.0% 51.4%
link to industry detail Oklahoma 72,863 13.6% 4.7% 2.6% 1,276,921 79.9% 61.0% 46.0%
link to industry detail Oregon 92,695 12.7% 4.2% 2.2% 1,461,664 77.9% 58.2% 42.8%
link to industry detail Pennsylvania 240,636 13.9% 3.9% 1.6% 5,189,949 82.8% 65.1% 50.1%
link to industry detail Rhode Island 26,691 14.7% 5.7% 3.5% 440,797 79.2% 59.1% 42.9%
link to industry detail South Carolina 83,945 14.2% 4.9% 2.7% 1,633,441 81.3% 63.8% 50.0%
link to industry detail South Dakota 21,925 14.0% 5.5% 3.2% 325,105 76.1% 55.1% 36.8%
link to industry detail Tennessee 103,559 15.7% 5.5% 2.9% 2,473,352 84.5% 68.5% 54.9%
link to industry detail Texas 391,527 13.2% 3.5% 1.3% 8,711,476 83.7% 67.1% 53.2%
link to industry detail Utah 58,463 13.6% 5.1% 3.0% 1,039,095 81.7% 63.7% 50.1%
link to industry detail Vermont 19,558 13.1% 5.0% 3.2% 263,838 74.3% 53.2% 36.5%
link to industry detail Virginia 156,240 13.9% 4.4% 2.1% 3,174,363 82.5% 65.2% 50.6%
link to industry detail Washington 150,604 12.1% 3.8% 1.8% 2,421,269 78.5% 59.5% 44.3%
link to industry detail West Virginia 32,334 14.9% 5.9% 3.6% 583,196 79.0% 60.7% 45.7%
link to industry detail Wisconsin 117,917 15.0% 4.4% 2.0% 2,482,281 82.3% 63.0% 46.6%
link to industry detail Wyoming 17,749 12.9% 5.4% 3.4% 204,153 69.6% 47.9% 33.8%

 
 
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 6,022,127 10.7% 1.8% 0.3% 119,917,165 82.0% 64.4% 49.8%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 22,888 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 165,661 D D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining 20,583 16.3% 4.4% 1.6% 554,333 87.0% 70.3% 55.9%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 6,554 20.8% 7.5% 3.0% 614,427 96.5% 90.3% 82.2%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 791,558 8.6% 1.1% 0.1% 7,338,799 63.2% 32.3% 14.6%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 286,039 26.3% 6.4% 1.4% 13,631,683 91.3% 74.2% 55.6%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 334,597 14.5% 3.3% 0.9% 6,030,647 79.6% 56.5% 38.9%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 725,577 9.5% 1.5% 0.3% 15,767,866 82.1% 68.3% 60.0%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 171,947 12.3% 3.4% 1.2% 4,306,405 87.4% 74.0% 62.2%
link to industry detail 51 Information 74,952 14.9% 4.0% 1.4% 3,396,246 92.6% 83.2% 73.7%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 263,028 8.3% 2.2% 0.6% 6,647,098 88.1% 78.4% 67.1%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 305,981 4.9% 1.2% 0.4% 2,216,803 64.5% 46.1% 31.4%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 772,025 6.6% 1.3% 0.4% 8,054,094 71.5% 52.6% 38.4%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 26,760 78.5% 57.8% 26.4% 2,915,644 99.5% 97.1% 87.9%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 323,282 12.6% 3.8% 1.1% 10,003,626 89.7% 78.3% 62.7%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 73,793 23.3% 5.7% 1.5% 2,979,514 91.3% 73.2% 55.2%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 605,845 13.0% 3.3% 0.6% 16,451,361 84.5% 70.3% 51.7%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 115,049 14.0% 2.8% 0.6% 1,973,655 81.6% D D
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 467,120 20.3% 2.3% 0.4% 11,381,226 81.9% 54.2% 39.8%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 672,056 7.0% 0.9% 0.2% 5,458,558 53.3% 26.2% 14.6%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 27,027 0.4%0.0 0.0 29,519 D D D

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