U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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 176,196 225,158 3,585,123 132,400,692
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 101,735 101,863 174,244 5,542,493
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 31,431 31,759 206,597 6,006,682
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 19,130 20,086 254,692 7,646,713
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 16,627 21,622 611,363 19,222,236
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,809 11,070 475,662 16,441,286
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,464 38,758 1,862,565 77,541,282

 
 
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 2008 detail 2008 176,196 13.6% 4.1% 2.0% 3,585,123 82.3% 65.2% 52.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 179,773 13.3% 4.0% 1.9% 3,586,552 82.1% 65.0% 52.1%
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 176,196 13.6% 4.1% 2.0% 3,585,123 82.3% 65.2% 52.0%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 797 5.6% 2.0% 1.1% 4,595 31.2% 11.3% 4.9%
link to industry detail 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 106 31.1% 19.8% 14.2% 3,371 88.5% 74.1% 63.2%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 147 40.8% 23.8% 13.6% 20,876 98.1% 92.0% 83.5%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 26,965 8.7% 1.4% 0.5% 239,555 58.8% 28.4% 13.7%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 8,709 34.8% 15.2% 8.0% 502,878 93.7% 80.1% 64.0%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 9,828 23.1% 11.4% 6.0% 180,647 82.5% 62.6% 45.6%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 21,855 11.6% 3.9% 2.2% 476,759 82.4% 69.8% 62.7%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 4,881 18.5% 10.2% 6.4% 116,697 88.1% 76.7% 66.3%
link to industry detail 51 Information 1,790 24.8% 13.9% 9.3% 77,995 93.3% 84.8% 76.3%
link to industry detail 52 Finance and insurance 6,605 12.5% 7.1% 4.4% 174,697 89.5% 83.2% 75.1%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 8,265 6.9% 3.0% 1.7% 53,416 65.4% 46.9% 31.9%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 20,796 8.8% 3.6% 2.0% 190,374 67.7% 49.9% 38.0%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies and enterprises 1,015 87.1% 69.0% 41.5% 75,099 99.4% 96.4% 85.7%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs 10,146 14.6% 6.4% 3.6% 281,859 87.9% 76.5% 62.1%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 2,191 21.8% 6.7% 2.8% 82,688 91.4% 74.6% 57.4%
link to industry detail 62 Health care and social assistance 17,101 18.8% 4.5% 1.5% 532,077 85.6% 67.9% 51.0%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 3,194 18.1% 4.4% 1.7% 57,605 81.7% 51.3% 28.4%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation and food services 13,290 24.6% 4.2% 2.0% 363,146 83.0% 56.6% 43.5%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 20,714 7.0% 1.3% 0.7% 150,301 48.5% 21.3% 11.0%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 305 0.7%0.0 0.0 488 D 0.0 0.0

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