Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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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 | 79,812 | 103,875 | 1,714,692 | 59,827,325 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 43,194 | 43,259 | 80,104 | 2,419,258 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 15,160 | 15,349 | 100,066 | 2,791,861 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 9,107 | 9,588 | 121,129 | 3,623,405 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 7,987 | 10,723 | 297,858 | 9,652,355 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,017 | 5,503 | 247,136 | 8,472,136 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,347 | 19,453 | 868,399 | 32,868,310 |
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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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2008 | 79,812 | 15.5% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 1,714,692 | 82.4% | 65.1% | 50.6% |
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2007 | 81,565 | 15.2% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 1,722,834 | 82.2% | 64.7% | 50.7% |
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2006 | 80,656 | 15.1% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 1,713,399 | 82.4% | 64.6% | 50.3% |
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2005 | 80,163 | 14.8% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 1,667,526 | 82.1% | 64.6% | 50.6% |
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2004 | 79,426 | 14.9% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 1,629,141 | 81.6% | 63.6% | 49.3% |
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2003 | 78,645 | 14.8% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 1,597,529 | 81.6% | 63.8% | 49.8% |
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2002 | 78,710 | 14.6% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 1,581,117 | 81.7% | 64.2% | 50.3% |
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2001 | 78,797 | 14.6% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 1,620,952 | 82.0% | 64.5% | 51.0% |
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2000 | 79,852 | 14.5% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 1,653,074 | 82.0% | 64.8% | 51.3% |
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1999 | 80,687 | 14.3% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 1,633,909 | 81.9% | 64.6% | 50.9% |
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1998 | 81,096 | 14.1% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 1,604,110 | 81.5% | 64.2% | 50.8% |
1997 | 81,273 | 14.0% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 1,591,179 | 81.3% | 63.9% | 50.3% | |
1996 | 80,443 | 13.7% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 1,568,825 | 81.3% | 64.1% | 50.6% | |
1995 | 78,802 | 13.9% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 1,553,301 | 81.4% | 64.1% | 50.4% | |
1994 | 77,195 | 13.7% | 4.6% | 2.5% | 1,478,704 | 81.0% | 63.6% | 49.8% | |
1993 | 75,349 | 13.7% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1,447,134 | 81.0% | 63.8% | 49.8% | |
1992 | 73,149 | 13.8% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1,379,106 | 80.6% | 62.8% | 49.0% | |
1991 | 71,638 | 13.7% | 4.6% | 2.5% | 1,351,465 | 80.5% | 62.6% | 49.0% |
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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 | 79,812 | 15.5% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 1,714,692 | 82.4% | 65.1% | 50.6% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 870 | 7.6% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 6,428 | 37.1% | 13.5% | 5.5% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 206 | 45.1% | 29.6% | 21.4% | 7,672 | 92.5% | 75.3% | 61.8% |
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22 | Utilities | 105 | 37.1% | 19.0% | 14.3% | 14,867 | 97.9% | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 9,751 | 11.8% | 2.1% | 0.9% | 112,462 | 66.7% | 34.1% | 17.1% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 4,403 | 36.8% | 17.3% | 9.7% | 278,608 | 94.3% | 81.6% | 65.9% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 4,537 | 27.8% | 14.6% | 8.7% | 79,712 | 80.5% | 57.3% | 37.7% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 12,069 | 13.2% | 4.9% | 3.1% | 243,753 | 80.8% | 66.7% | 58.3% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,651 | 21.4% | 11.4% | 7.3% | 59,773 | 87.0% | 72.2% | 58.2% |
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51 | Information | 817 | 31.2% | 20.1% | 13.0% | 38,415 | 92.7% | 84.6% | 72.0% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 3,342 | 16.2% | 8.6% | 5.7% | 73,345 | 87.0% | 74.3% | 63.1% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,396 | 8.7% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 27,162 | 66.6% | 51.0% | 30.5% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 8,673 | 10.4% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 95,550 | 70.4% | 51.0% | 35.8% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 451 | 90.5% | 70.1% | 40.8% | 18,132 | 99.2% | 94.6% | 75.0% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,670 | 20.2% | 10.2% | 6.4% | 132,285 | 90.6% | 80.2% | 65.4% |
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61 | Educational services | 808 | 24.9% | 8.4% | 4.0% | 27,584 | 89.1% | 68.5% | 48.6% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 8,101 | 16.5% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 239,250 | 83.9% | 69.2% | 51.7% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,060 | 17.5% | 4.0% | 1.7% | 17,993 | 79.0% | 46.7% | 26.4% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 5,550 | 24.8% | 5.7% | 2.8% | 159,559 | 84.6% | 59.7% | 45.1% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 10,458 | 8.4% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 81,987 | 50.8% | 21.2% | 12.4% |
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99 | Unclassified | 125 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 155 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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