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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
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California - 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 642,156 773,925 12,026,989 406,481,070
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 85,126 85,322 0 5,222,880
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 296,251 296,855 617,727 18,580,938
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 112,900 114,440 740,852 19,422,002
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 69,346 73,501 926,915 25,354,748
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 61,285 78,884 2,344,306 69,782,811
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 11,834 32,720 1,791,143 58,696,525
Firms with 500 employees or more 5,414 92,203 5,606,046 209,421,166
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 1,839 9,140 566,390 19,677,269
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 804 5,596 331,254 12,312,459
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 797 6,684 434,618 16,556,578
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,974 70,783 4,273,784 160,874,860
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

California - All industries - by Year
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.
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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 723,880 11.9% 2.6% 0.8% 13,834,264 81.7% 63.0% 47.9%
link to 2005 detail 2005 712,688 11.6% 2.6% 0.8% 13,382,470 81.6% 63.0% 48.2%
link to 2004 detail 2004 696,301 12.1% 2.6% 0.8% 13,264,918 81.5% 62.5% 47.5%
link to 2003 detail 2003 682,937 12.3% 2.7% 0.8% 12,991,795 81.4% 62.0% 46.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 674,635 12.4% 2.7% 0.8% 12,856,426 81.4% 62.1% 47.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 668,068 12.8% 2.8% 0.9% 13,239,616 81.9% 62.5% 47.2%
link to 2000 detail 2000 664,585 12.6% 2.8% 0.9% 12,884,692 81.6% 62.1% 47.0%
link to 1999 detail 1999 651,105 12.4% 2.7% 0.9% 12,356,363 81.2% 61.6% 46.9%
link to 1998 detail 1998 642,156 12.2% 2.7% 0.8% 12,026,989 81.0% 61.5% 46.6%
  1997 635,570 12.1% 2.7% 0.8% 11,565,015 80.5% 60.7% 45.6%
  1996 625,818 11.7% 2.5% 0.8% 11,131,054 80.0% 60.3% 45.8%
  1995 615,988 11.7% 2.6% 0.8% 10,957,751 80.1% 60.5% 45.7%
  1994 610,186 11.5% 2.5% 0.8% 10,624,354 79.6% 60.0% 45.4%
  1993 610,659 11.6% 2.5% 0.8% 10,725,128 79.5% 60.0% 45.6%
  1992 616,939 11.6% 2.5% 0.8% 10,730,366 79.2% 59.3% 45.2%
  1991 625,080 11.7% 2.4% 0.8% 11,019,825 79.4% 59.4% 45.3%

 

 

California - All industries by Sector
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.
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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 industry detail -- All industries 642,156 12.2% 2.7% 0.8% 12,026,989 81.0% 61.5% 46.6%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 2,284 12.5% 3.2% 0.8% 26,153 72.3% 40.3% 14.1%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 770 27.7% 13.8% 9.0% 21,841 88.3% 72.1% 54.8%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 521 15.7% 10.4% 7.1% 51,983 97.0% 94.9% 90.3%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 63,631 10.3% 1.4% 0.3% 621,816 63.3% 29.2% 12.1%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 47,191 29.9% 8.5% 3.1% 1,827,418 89.7% 67.2% 46.1%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 51,204 17.4% 5.6% 2.5% 769,717 75.2% 48.5% 31.2%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 71,858 10.6% 2.4% 0.9% 1,382,643 79.5% 63.8% 54.8%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 13,959 18.9% 5.2% 2.1% 386,096 86.7% 68.9% 56.8%
link to industry detail 51 Information 13,758 15.8% 5.6% 2.6% 474,931 91.5% 80.7% 69.7%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 23,735 11.0% 4.5% 2.2% 599,878 88.8% 79.2% 67.4%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 31,914 7.1% 2.0% 0.8% 257,644 63.7% 41.9% 28.1%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 82,608 8.1% 2.2% 0.9% 923,236 73.3% 54.9% 42.4%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 3,130 82.7% 61.2% 34.8% 277,174 99.4% 96.7% 87.3%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 35,787 14.5% 4.4% 1.6% 992,288 87.9% 73.4% 56.3%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 7,567 23.8% 5.4% 1.4% 239,451 88.3% 65.4% 46.9%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 69,120 8.8% 2.1% 0.6% 1,269,961 79.4% 65.4% 50.7%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 13,486 13.3% 2.9% 0.8% 230,128 85.3% 60.3% 40.5%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 48,583 18.9% 2.7% 0.7% 1,052,168 80.3% 52.3% 36.6%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 61,342 8.0% 1.4% 0.5% 517,498 57.4% 29.7% 17.2%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 935 94.3% 79.8% 55.5% 93,019 99.8% 98.4% 91.8%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 7,509 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 11,946 13.9% 0.0% 0.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?