U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
All industries
North Carolina

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
North 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 170,016 213,057 3,365,633 109,572,059
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 21,106 21,172 0 975,209
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 77,237 77,355 164,219 4,041,579
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 30,433 30,775 199,563 5,135,270
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 18,424 19,276 245,570 6,547,738
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 16,088 20,751 591,701 16,454,458
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,487 9,526 447,612 13,818,585
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,241 34,202 1,716,968 62,599,220

 
 
North 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 2006 detail 2006 176,815 13.3% 4.1% 1.9% 3,524,814 82.0% 64.9% 51.4%
link to 2005 detail 2005 173,854 13.0% 3.9% 1.9% 3,409,968 81.9% 64.9% 51.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 170,016 13.4% 4.0% 1.9% 3,365,633 81.9% 64.3% 51.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 166,070 13.3% 4.0% 2.0% 3,338,231 82.0% 65.0% 51.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 165,020 13.1% 4.0% 2.0% 3,322,004 82.0% 65.5% 52.7%
link to 2001 detail 2001 163,553 13.4% 4.1% 2.0% 3,431,554 82.7% 66.2% 53.3%
link to 2000 detail 2000 163,643 13.2% 4.1% 2.0% 3,385,492 82.5% 66.1% 53.0%
link to 1999 detail 1999 162,311 13.1% 4.1% 2.0% 3,324,155 82.4% 66.1% 53.0%
link to 1998 detail 1998 160,381 12.9% 4.0% 2.0% 3,223,178 82.1% 65.9% 52.7%
  1997 158,387 12.9% 4.0% 2.0% 3,167,303 82.1% 65.8% 52.5%
  1996 153,581 12.6% 4.0% 2.0% 3,058,725 82.0% 65.9% 52.7%
  1995 148,235 12.7% 4.1% 2.0% 2,991,679 82.2% 66.2% 52.4%
  1994 143,794 12.6% 4.0% 1.9% 2,854,429 81.9% 66.0% 52.1%
  1993 139,921 12.5% 4.0% 1.9% 2,759,270 81.7% 65.8% 51.9%
  1992 136,460 12.5% 4.0% 1.9% 2,666,704 81.5% 65.5% 51.6%
  1991 134,536 12.3% 3.9% 1.9% 2,611,415 81.4% 65.4% 51.8%

 
 
North 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 170,016 13.4% 4.0% 1.9% 3,365,633 81.9% 64.3% 51.0%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 956 6.2% 1.8% 0.9% 5,546 31.7% 9.6% 3.8%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 119 30.3% 16.8% 10.9% 3,358 85.6% 72.2% 54.0%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 145 40.0% 22.1% 11.0% 19,973 98.2% 91.7% 83.4%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 25,986 8.4% 1.1% 0.4% 216,086 56.6% 24.8% 12.5%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 9,080 35.2% 15.1% 7.9% 571,164 94.2% 81.5% 65.8%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 9,801 22.8% 11.0% 6.3% 165,335 80.3% 58.9% 43.1%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 22,817 11.9% 3.6% 2.2% 458,404 81.0% 66.2% 59.3%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 4,909 17.8% 9.4% 5.6% 110,898 87.3% 74.2% 62.2%
link to industry detail 51 Information 1,742 24.4% 13.3% 9.2% 77,590 93.5% 85.0% 77.1%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & insurance 6,320 12.2% 7.0% 4.7% 181,941 90.1% 84.2% 77.6%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate & rental & leasing 7,401 6.8% 3.2% 1.9% 49,653 64.4% 46.6% 32.1%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 19,011 8.9% 3.4% 1.9% 170,712 66.5% 46.5% 33.7%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies & enterprises 882 90.0% 70.4% 42.7% 72,820 99.6% 96.7% 87.7%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 9,137 15.0% 6.3% 3.2% 222,661 86.6% 73.0% 55.7%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 1,864 22.9% 7.2% 2.9% 75,526 91.8% 75.9% 56.8%
link to industry detail 62 Health care & social assistance 15,376 18.1% 4.6% 1.5% 458,395 85.0% 67.9% 50.4%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,066 18.0% 4.0% 1.4% 48,075 79.3% 44.8% 18.7%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & food services 12,263 24.0% 4.3% 2.0% 307,230 82.6% 54.2% 39.6%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 20,421 7.2% 1.3% 0.7% 148,477 48.7% 20.3% 11.2%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 1,128 0.8%0.0 0.0 1,789 13.7% 0.0 0.0

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