Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
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All firms | 238,365 | 298,081 | 5,029,324 | 174,513,098 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 25,680 | 25,718 | 0 | 1,123,792 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 109,885 | 110,026 | 236,146 | 5,915,696 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 43,733 | 44,201 | 286,415 | 7,693,016 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 26,608 | 27,898 | 354,564 | 10,399,331 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 23,335 | 29,477 | 880,413 | 27,687,489 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 5,299 | 14,589 | 756,337 | 24,574,964 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 3,825 | 46,172 | 2,515,449 | 97,118,810 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2006 | 240,636 | 13.9% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 5,189,949 | 82.8% | 65.1% | 50.1% |
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2005 | 242,651 | 13.5% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 5,082,630 | 82.5% | 64.7% | 49.7% |
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2004 | 241,215 | 13.7% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 5,107,044 | 82.6% | 64.9% | 49.7% |
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2003 | 238,365 | 13.6% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 5,029,324 | 82.6% | 65.1% | 50.0% |
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2002 | 237,397 | 13.7% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 5,046,442 | 82.7% | 65.1% | 50.5% |
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2001 | 236,843 | 13.9% | 3.9% | 1.7% | 5,123,111 | 82.8% | 65.2% | 50.5% |
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2000 | 237,518 | 13.9% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 5,087,237 | 82.7% | 64.8% | 49.8% |
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1999 | 236,870 | 13.6% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 4,986,591 | 82.5% | 64.8% | 49.7% |
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1998 | 237,142 | 13.5% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 4,906,190 | 82.2% | 64.4% | 49.6% |
1997 | 236,759 | 13.4% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 4,840,877 | 82.0% | 64.2% | 49.2% | |
1996 | 234,883 | 13.0% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 4,729,124 | 81.8% | 64.1% | 48.9% | |
1995 | 232,757 | 13.3% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 4,701,548 | 81.6% | 63.6% | 48.6% | |
1994 | 230,976 | 13.0% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 4,582,551 | 81.5% | 63.7% | 48.5% | |
1993 | 230,543 | 13.1% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 4,561,247 | 81.2% | 63.3% | 47.8% | |
1992 | 230,796 | 13.2% | 3.6% | 1.4% | 4,525,747 | 81.1% | 62.9% | 47.7% | |
1991 | 231,583 | 13.0% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 4,547,255 | 81.1% | 62.8% | 47.7% |
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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 | ||||||
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Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 238,365 | 13.6% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 5,029,324 | 82.6% | 65.1% | 50.0% |
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11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 619 | 4.7% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 3,127 | 43.0% | D | D |
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21 | Mining | 725 | 23.6% | 9.1% | 4.3% | 18,007 | D | D | D |
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22 | Utilities | 311 | 26.7% | 16.4% | 14.1% | 34,708 | 97.4% | 93.7% | 93.0% |
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23 | Construction | 28,443 | 7.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 233,583 | 58.9% | 28.8% | 12.3% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 14,836 | 33.4% | 12.1% | 5.5% | 682,547 | 91.3% | 72.9% | 52.7% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 13,658 | 22.5% | 9.6% | 5.2% | 242,422 | 79.7% | 56.3% | 38.7% |
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44-45 | Retail Trade | 30,825 | 13.5% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 659,804 | 81.7% | 64.8% | 54.9% |
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48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 6,376 | 22.2% | 9.6% | 5.6% | 184,118 | 88.9% | 72.8% | 59.9% |
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51 | Information | 2,901 | 25.0% | 12.2% | 7.9% | 140,551 | 92.8% | 83.4% | 74.2% |
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52 | Finance & insurance | 9,620 | 13.2% | 6.6% | 3.9% | 311,556 | 90.0% | 83.0% | 73.9% |
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53 | Real estate & rental & leasing | 7,199 | 10.0% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 66,835 | 66.8% | 47.2% | 30.1% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, & technical services | 26,808 | 10.2% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 305,644 | 72.6% | 52.6% | 38.4% |
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55 | Management of companies & enterprises | 1,310 | 87.9% | 71.4% | 44.0% | 135,457 | 99.7% | 97.6% | 89.7% |
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56 | Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service | 11,886 | 15.8% | 6.6% | 3.3% | 287,896 | 87.2% | 72.7% | 54.4% |
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61 | Educational services | 2,744 | 32.4% | 10.0% | 4.1% | 204,266 | 95.5% | 83.1% | 69.4% |
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62 | Health care & social assistance | 24,562 | 15.8% | 4.7% | 1.5% | 800,789 | 86.6% | 73.8% | 54.4% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 4,259 | 16.9% | 4.0% | 1.2% | 76,292 | 82.1% | 53.2% | 29.6% |
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72 | Accommodation & food services | 20,679 | 17.6% | 2.9% | 1.0% | 396,187 | 78.8% | 49.8% | 36.0% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 33,452 | 6.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 244,509 | 48.4% | 23.0% | 11.2% |
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99 | Unclassified | 899 | 0.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,026 | D | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Last modified: May 08, 2006
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