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U.S. - Information 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 79,565 133,590 3,545,731 209,393,800
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 13,051 13,129 0 2,101,891
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 32,417 32,507 66,908 2,970,359
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 12,592 12,718 83,279 3,020,443
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 9,219 9,559 124,551 4,813,420
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 9,098 10,781 358,301 16,765,223
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 2,094 5,474 363,472 22,180,082
Firms with 500 employees or more 1,094 49,422 2,549,220 157,542,382
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 368 2,862 169,756 11,076,389
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 140 1,257 84,334 5,485,821
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 139 2,309 129,176 9,735,725
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 447 42,994 2,165,954 131,244,447
        Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 138 2,483 197,857 12,491,810
        Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees 106 5,346 223,022 9,976,727
        Firms with 10,000 employees or more 203 35,165 1,745,075 108,775,910
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Information - by Year
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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 74,952 14.9% 4.0% 1.4% 3,396,246 92.6% 83.2% 73.7%
link to 2005 detail 2005 75,261 15.0% 4.0% 1.5% 3,402,599 92.7% 83.3% 73.8%
link to 2004 detail 2004 75,271 15.3% 4.1% 1.5% 3,472,427 92.8% 83.3% 73.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 75,786 15.6% 4.2% 1.6% 3,599,902 93.0% 83.7% 74.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 77,605 14.6% 3.9% 1.4% 3,536,120 92.6% 83.6% 74.4%
link to 2001 detail 2001 77,459 15.9% 4.2% 1.5% 3,754,698 92.8% 83.3% 73.5%
link to 2000 detail 2000 79,565 15.4% 4.0% 1.4% 3,545,731 92.3% 82.1% 71.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 77,052 14.8% 3.8% 1.3% 3,234,530 91.8% 81.7% 71.8%
link to 1998 detail 1998 75,299 14.9% 3.8% 1.3% 3,142,024 91.6% 81.4% 71.3%

 

 

Information by State
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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 79,565 15.4% 4.0% 1.4% 3,545,731 92.3% 82.1% 71.9%
link to industry detail Alabama 875 25.0% 15.3% 11.0% 39,670 91.6% 83.2% 74.4%
link to industry detail Alaska 234 26.5% 12.8% 9.0% 6,029 87.0% 69.3% 52.0%
link to industry detail Arizona 1,342 24.7% 15.1% 11.7% 47,411 91.7% 81.9% 73.3%
link to industry detail Arkansas 551 24.9% 13.4% 10.7% 22,387 90.4% 81.4% 76.2%
link to industry detail California 15,304 16.8% 5.9% 2.7% 527,107 91.4% 79.1% 66.0%
link to industry detail Colorado 2,060 24.8% 14.1% 10.0% 92,542 93.7% 85.4% 75.6%
link to industry detail Connecticut 1,239 27.4% 14.4% 9.4% 51,700 92.5% 80.2% 66.9%
link to industry detail Delaware 247 27.1% 15.8% 14.2% 8,365 92.5% 81.6% 76.2%
link to industry detail District of Columbia 563 35.0% 23.3% 17.2% 25,051 94.4% 85.6% 71.5%
link to industry detail Florida 4,757 15.7% 8.0% 5.3% 173,509 92.3% 84.5% 77.2%
link to industry detail Georgia 2,436 25.5% 13.8% 8.7% 139,365 95.0% 87.7% 79.2%
link to industry detail Hawaii 318 22.6% 14.2% 12.6% 8,393 88.1% D 76.8%
link to industry detail Idaho 393 30.3% 17.0% 14.2% 11,081 88.6% 72.2% 64.0%
link to industry detail Illinois 3,557 24.6% 13.1% 8.2% 143,003 92.5% 82.6% 72.6%
link to industry detail Indiana 1,233 28.2% 14.9% 10.6% 47,743 91.5% 79.1% 68.0%
link to industry detail Iowa 921 26.1% 13.5% 9.2% 39,777 91.2% 80.9% 72.8%
link to industry detail Kansas 863 25.7% 15.3% 12.2% 42,823 93.0% 85.5% 78.8%
link to industry detail Kentucky 838 27.4% 16.1% 11.8% 29,861 90.3% 78.8% 68.6%
link to industry detail Louisiana 725 28.8% 17.0% 13.8% 29,970 91.9% 81.5% 74.9%
link to industry detail Maine 493 19.9% 10.5% 6.9% 11,547 84.6% 70.0% 48.9%
link to industry detail Maryland 1,654 24.5% 13.8% 9.7% 71,221 93.3% 84.0% 73.6%
link to industry detail Massachusetts 2,640 26.9% 13.6% 8.0% 130,343 93.3% 82.6% 69.6%
link to industry detail Michigan 2,128 24.5% 12.8% 9.2% 93,279 92.8% 83.4% 77.0%
link to industry detail Minnesota 1,802 25.1% 12.4% 9.1% 57,177 89.3% 74.6% 63.6%
link to industry detail Mississippi 487 28.1% 17.2% 13.6% 19,453 90.9% 79.0% 71.8%
link to industry detail Missouri 1,479 26.2% 14.3% 9.9% 82,396 93.8% 86.0% 77.1%
link to industry detail Montana 372 20.4% 11.8% 8.1% 7,903 82.1% D 54.2%
link to industry detail Nebraska 538 27.5% 15.8% 11.3% 27,188 92.7% 84.4% 74.6%
link to industry detail Nevada 681 21.4% 13.5% 10.6% 19,171 90.0% 79.9% 71.4%
link to industry detail New Hampshire 549 27.9% 16.9% 12.2% 13,789 87.6% 71.2% 43.1%
link to industry detail New Jersey 2,714 21.6% 10.8% 6.9% 129,984 93.9% 85.8% 76.6%
link to industry detail New Mexico 514 23.7% 15.8% 12.5% 13,437 87.6% 76.8% 66.6%
link to industry detail New York 8,084 18.4% 7.1% 3.7% 315,312 92.2% 81.5% 70.2%
link to industry detail North Carolina 1,747 23.9% 12.4% 9.3% 76,805 92.6% 82.5% 74.8%
link to industry detail North Dakota 265 29.1% 16.2% 11.3% 6,692 85.3% 65.4% 42.6%
link to industry detail Ohio 2,135 25.0% 13.1% 9.6% 116,222 93.6% 85.5% 78.9%
link to industry detail Oklahoma 856 23.9% 14.1% 11.0% 34,524 91.6% 82.4% 74.9%
link to industry detail Oregon 1,180 22.2% 12.2% 7.7% 33,512 88.2% 74.4% 56.9%
link to industry detail Pennsylvania 2,972 23.9% 11.8% 7.4% 135,135 92.1% 81.6% 70.9%
link to industry detail Rhode Island 266 30.5% 18.0% 13.9% 10,399 91.8% 81.0% 73.4%
link to industry detail South Carolina 718 25.1% 16.2% 12.3% 30,474 92.8% 84.8% 77.6%
link to industry detail South Dakota 280 28.9% 15.4% 9.3% 7,112 85.7% 67.7% 50.1%
link to industry detail Tennessee 1,527 23.6% 12.8% 8.8% 52,141 90.3% 79.2% 67.7%
link to industry detail Texas 5,164 20.8% 9.8% 6.0% 246,017 93.0% 84.3% 76.2%
link to industry detail Utah 780 25.4% 15.1% 11.3% 27,257 91.6% 81.3% 68.9%
link to industry detail Vermont 395 20.0% 9.9% 7.1% 6,793 78.5% 57.6% 44.8%
link to industry detail Virginia 2,224 25.9% 14.1% 9.3% 127,144 94.5% 86.8% 77.6%
link to industry detail Washington 1,975 26.0% 13.1% 8.9% 88,817 93.2% 82.8% 71.8%
link to industry detail West Virginia 343 27.7% 17.8% 13.1% 13,224 90.1% 81.6% 74.3%
link to industry detail Wisconsin 1,268 26.5% 13.1% 8.8% 51,760 90.9% 79.3% 66.0%
link to industry detail Wyoming 209 30.1% 12.4% 9.1% 3,716 78.4% 44.7% 33.2%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Information by Subsector
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Industry
detail
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 +
  51 Information 79,565 15.4% 4.0% 1.4% 3,545,731 92.3% 82.1% 71.9%
link to industry detail 511 Publishing industries 25,773 19.7% 5.6% 2.1% 1,080,664 91.0% 77.5% 62.7%
link to industry detail 512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 18,446 7.9% 1.7% 0.6% 304,204 82.7% 68.8% 58.1%
link to industry detail 513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 18,137 18.5% 5.0% 1.9% 1,631,832 95.8% 90.0% 84.2%
link to industry detail 514 Information services & data processing services 17,607 15.8% 4.9% 2.1% 529,031 89.5% 75.0% 60.8%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Information by Industry
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 511 Publishing industries 25,773 19.7% 5.6% 2.1% 1,080,664 91.0% 77.5% 62.7%
link to state detail 5111   Newspaper, periodical, book, & database publishers 17,429 17.9% 5.1% 1.9% 749,179 90.9% 79.2% 65.9%
link to state detail 51111    Newspaper publishers 6,172 21.0% 5.8% 2.1% 412,627 93.3% 84.5% 74.4%
link to state detail 51112    Periodical publishers 5,257 17.0% 5.5% 2.2% 135,586 85.4% 68.5% 48.8%
link to state detail 51113    Book publishers 2,490 18.7% 7.1% 3.5% 87,242 91.1% 77.9% 63.3%
link to state detail 51114    Database & directory publishers 1,146 20.5% 8.6% 4.9% 46,240 90.5% 78.9% 63.4%
link to state detail 51119    Other publishers 2,591 17.5% 6.2% 3.4% 67,484 87.1% 70.0% 54.2%
link to state detail 511191     Greeting card publishers 98 28.6% 14.3% 6.1% 17,759 98.2% 94.5% 83.3%
link to state detail 511199     All other publishers 2,494 17.1% 5.9% 3.3% 49,725 83.1% 61.2% 43.8%
link to state detail 5112   Software publishers 8,382 23.7% 7.3% 3.0% 331,485 91.1% 73.8% 55.3%
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code
Industry title
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Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
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link to state detail 512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 18,446 7.9% 1.7% 0.6% 304,204 82.7% 68.8% 58.1%
link to state detail 5121   Motion picture & video industries 15,477 8.3% 1.8% 0.7% 276,588 84.0% 70.8% 60.3%
link to state detail 51211    Motion picture & video production 9,786 5.3% 1.3% 0.6% 84,549 72.8% 55.5% 43.3%
link to state detail 51212    Motion picture & video distribution 562 13.9% 5.7% 3.7% 13,861 87.4% 75.0% 67.1%
link to state detail 51213    Motion picture & video exhibition 2,158 19.8% 4.4% 1.5% 143,958 93.3% 85.1% 77.4%
link to state detail 512131     Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins) 1,932 21.4% 4.8% 1.7% 142,282 93.5% 85.6% 77.9%
link to state detail 512132     Drive-in motion picture theaters 251 12.0% 5.2% 2.0% 1,676 70.8% 45.8% 30.7%
link to state detail 51219    Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries 3,022 10.1% 2.2% 0.8% 34,220 71.5% 46.7% 27.5%
link to state detail 512191     Teleproduction & other postproduction services 2,707 9.8% 1.9% 0.7% 29,724 70.8% 44.8% 24.9%
link to state detail 512199     Other motion picture & video industries 324 15.1% 6.2% 3.4% 4,496 76.2% 59.2% 45.2%
link to state detail 5122   Sound recording industries 2,982 6.6% 1.7% 0.8% 27,616 69.0% 49.2% 36.0%
link to state detail 51221    Record production 268 5.2% 0.7% 0.7% 1,110 43.7% D D
link to state detail 51222    Integrated record production/distribution 267 12.0% 4.1% 2.2% 9,001 91.8% 82.1% 73.7%
link to state detail 51223    Music publishers 637 8.2% 3.1% 1.7% 5,125 67.9% 44.9% 24.3%
link to state detail 51224    Sound recording studios 1,494 5.4% 1.0% 0.4% 8,127 44.2% 13.8% 0.6%
link to state detail 51229    Other sound recording industries 326 8.3% 3.1% 2.1% 4,253 76.1% D D
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 18,137 18.5% 5.0% 1.9% 1,631,832 95.8% 90.0% 84.2%
link to state detail 5131   Radio & television broadcasting 5,974 24.0% 5.7% 2.3% 253,643 89.0% 73.1% 61.5%
link to state detail 51311    Radio broadcasting 4,925 21.1% 4.0% 1.7% 121,492 79.3% 55.5% 43.4%
link to state detail 513111     Radio networks 264 29.5% 13.6% 7.6% 9,349 90.5% 76.0% 56.1%
link to state detail 513112     Radio stations 4,687 21.0% 3.9% 1.6% 112,143 78.4% 53.8% 42.3%
link to state detail 51312    Television broadcasting 1,107 41.1% 17.6% 8.4% 132,151 97.8% 89.2% 78.1%
link to state detail 5132   Cable networks & program distribution 1,800 19.2% 8.5% 4.6% 212,710 97.1% 93.6% 88.3%
link to state detail 51321    Cable networks 382 30.6% 17.0% 10.7% 39,147 97.1% 92.1% 80.1%
link to state detail 51322    Cable & other program distribution 1,446 17.7% 7.9% 4.5% 173,563 97.1% 94.0% 90.2%
link to state detail 5133   Telecommunications 10,483 16.1% 4.9% 1.9% 1,165,479 97.1% 93.0% 88.3%
link to state detail 51331    Wired telecommunications carriers 3,357 23.5% 7.6% 3.0% 870,235 98.7% 96.2% 93.2%
link to state detail 51332    Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) 3,912 12.7% 3.8% 1.9% 202,476 93.7% 87.2% 81.5%
link to state detail 513321     Paging 2,113 10.9% 3.5% 1.8% 72,396 90.3% 82.3% 76.0%
link to state detail 513322     Cellular & other wireless telecommunications 1,828 16.2% 5.6% 3.2% 130,080 95.6% 89.9% 84.6%
link to state detail 51333    Telecommunications resellers 1,794 17.3% 6.9% 3.2% 54,587 90.1% 75.7% 56.9%
link to state detail 51334    Satellite telecommunications 512 21.9% 10.9% 6.6% 21,252 92.7% 83.1% 65.6%
link to state detail 51339    Other telecommunications 1,044 10.3% 4.3% 2.3% 16,929 82.1% 68.2% 50.9%
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Industry title
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link to state detail 514 Information services & data processing services 17,607 15.8% 4.9% 2.1% 529,031 89.5% 75.0% 60.8%
link to state detail 5141   Information services 12,588 13.8% 3.8% 1.6% 232,453 82.2% 60.9% 41.1%
link to state detail 51411    News syndicates 324 21.3% 10.5% 7.4% 11,283 92.1% 79.8% 62.6%
link to state detail 51412    Libraries & archives 2,461 12.4% 1.9% 0.6% 33,765 70.6% 42.0% 23.6%
link to state detail 51419    Other information services 9,820 14.1% 4.2% 1.8% 187,405 83.7% 63.1% 42.9%
link to state detail 514191     On-line information services 9,335 14.2% 4.1% 1.7% 177,284 83.7% 62.6% 42.5%
link to state detail 514199     All other information services 499 14.8% 8.2% 4.8% 10,121 85.3% 72.3% 50.7%
link to state detail 5142   Data processing services 5,057 21.5% 8.2% 4.1% 296,578 95.1% 86.1% 76.3%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 15 2003   Questions?