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 | 192,310 | 237,122 | 3,885,221 | 143,974,115 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 26,306 | 26,404 | 0 | 1,296,326 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 82,624 | 82,726 | 179,089 | 4,978,459 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 35,445 | 35,807 | 233,572 | 6,443,635 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 22,170 | 23,211 | 295,535 | 8,717,311 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 18,728 | 24,290 | 710,083 | 22,702,182 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 4,038 | 11,647 | 583,312 | 19,377,413 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,999 | 33,037 | 1,883,630 | 80,458,789 |
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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 | 190,411 | 13.1% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,819,537 | 81.8% | 64.0% | 48.4% |
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2005 | 193,318 | 12.8% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 3,796,876 | 81.5% | 63.5% | 47.9% |
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2004 | 193,690 | 13.5% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 3,895,914 | 81.6% | 63.0% | 47.9% |
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2003 | 192,310 | 13.4% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,885,221 | 81.8% | 63.5% | 48.5% |
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2002 | 192,284 | 13.3% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3,889,825 | 81.8% | 63.7% | 49.2% |
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2001 | 192,712 | 13.6% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 4,008,572 | 82.1% | 63.9% | 49.2% |
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2000 | 193,861 | 13.8% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 4,072,786 | 82.3% | 64.0% | 49.2% |
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1999 | 193,447 | 13.5% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,996,300 | 82.0% | 63.8% | 49.2% |
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1998 | 193,730 | 13.4% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3,919,567 | 81.6% | 63.2% | 48.4% |
1997 | 193,826 | 13.2% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 3,844,460 | 81.3% | 62.7% | 47.8% | |
1996 | 192,239 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,757,958 | 81.0% | 62.4% | 47.9% | |
1995 | 188,149 | 13.2% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 3,704,100 | 81.0% | 62.1% | 47.6% | |
1994 | 184,420 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,541,690 | 80.6% | 61.8% | 47.1% | |
1993 | 181,162 | 12.7% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 3,448,372 | 80.2% | 61.5% | 46.9% | |
1992 | 177,644 | 12.8% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 3,337,322 | 79.9% | 60.9% | 46.8% | |
1991 | 176,018 | 12.7% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 3,300,668 | 79.7% | 60.5% | 46.5% |
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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 | 192,310 | 13.4% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,885,221 | 81.8% | 63.5% | 48.5% |
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11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 635 | 4.4% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 3,191 | 36.0% | 18.4% | 3.9% |
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21 | Mining | 390 | 21.3% | 10.0% | 6.4% | 5,482 | 81.3% | 57.6% | 50.0% |
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22 | Utilities | 128 | 31.3% | 23.4% | 17.2% | 24,220 | 98.5% | 96.2% | 94.3% |
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23 | Construction | 26,257 | 6.3% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 168,646 | 49.5% | 18.4% | 7.3% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 13,402 | 31.9% | 10.5% | 4.4% | 679,638 | 92.1% | 75.3% | 57.6% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 10,625 | 22.0% | 9.8% | 5.9% | 174,197 | 78.8% | 54.5% | 38.0% |
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44-45 | Retail Trade | 26,308 | 12.3% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 521,126 | 80.1% | 63.4% | 53.9% |
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48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 4,549 | 17.9% | 9.1% | 5.5% | 100,412 | 86.9% | 74.0% | 60.9% |
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51 | Information | 2,073 | 25.4% | 13.7% | 9.4% | 95,521 | 93.0% | 84.6% | 77.4% |
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52 | Finance & insurance | 7,267 | 14.1% | 6.1% | 3.7% | 172,809 | 86.8% | 73.7% | 61.7% |
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53 | Real estate & rental & leasing | 7,149 | 7.9% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 57,079 | 63.9% | 44.7% | 29.8% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, & technical services | 20,628 | 10.2% | 3.8% | 1.8% | 299,637 | 78.9% | 64.0% | 49.1% |
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55 | Management of companies & enterprises | 1,066 | 85.6% | 64.9% | 38.7% | 123,116 | 99.5% | 97.2% | 90.4% |
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56 | Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service | 10,249 | 19.0% | 8.1% | 3.0% | 304,605 | 90.5% | 75.3% | 47.9% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,808 | 24.2% | 6.8% | 2.4% | 64,531 | 89.8% | 68.8% | 49.6% |
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62 | Health care & social assistance | 19,736 | 13.5% | 3.5% | 1.0% | 521,726 | 82.8% | 67.9% | 50.4% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 3,450 | 16.1% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 56,354 | 80.0% | 50.3% | 32.7% |
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72 | Accommodation & food services | 14,767 | 22.6% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 331,092 | 80.5% | 48.3% | 34.0% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 23,053 | 7.8% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 178,865 | 47.1% | 19.9% | 10.1% |
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99 | Unclassified | 1,539 | 1.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,974 | 19.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Last modified: May 08, 2006
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