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 | 130,297 | 156,684 | 2,121,718 | 91,175,156 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 83,112 | 83,207 | 127,672 | 4,996,636 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 19,698 | 19,883 | 129,831 | 4,369,670 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 11,848 | 12,302 | 157,198 | 5,593,079 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 10,017 | 12,454 | 362,551 | 13,618,589 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,589 | 6,030 | 277,417 | 11,809,857 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 3,033 | 22,808 | 1,067,049 | 50,787,325 |
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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 | 130,297 | 12.0% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 2,121,718 | 80.5% | 63.4% | 50.3% |
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2007 | 131,894 | 11.8% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 2,075,821 | 80.0% | 62.6% | 49.8% |
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2006 | 129,861 | 11.8% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 2,019,125 | 79.7% | 61.9% | 48.3% |
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2005 | 127,611 | 11.5% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 1,936,264 | 79.3% | 61.3% | 48.4% |
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2004 | 124,279 | 11.8% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 1,908,508 | 79.3% | 61.1% | 48.0% |
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2003 | 121,346 | 12.0% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 1,884,500 | 79.3% | 61.4% | 47.9% |
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2002 | 119,568 | 12.4% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 1,912,152 | 79.8% | 61.8% | 48.7% |
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2001 | 117,449 | 12.7% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,986,570 | 80.5% | 62.5% | 49.2% |
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2000 | 116,223 | 12.7% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1,913,302 | 80.0% | 61.6% | 48.5% |
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1999 | 113,178 | 12.7% | 4.5% | 2.5% | 1,821,717 | 79.4% | 60.8% | 47.6% |
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1998 | 110,993 | 12.7% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1,757,628 | 79.0% | 60.1% | 47.0% |
1997 | 108,833 | 12.7% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,675,514 | 78.4% | 59.1% | 45.3% | |
1996 | 105,483 | 12.3% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1,601,144 | 77.8% | 58.4% | 45.0% | |
1995 | 101,651 | 12.5% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,557,252 | 77.8% | 58.3% | 44.6% | |
1994 | 97,911 | 12.5% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1,479,960 | 77.6% | 57.9% | 44.7% | |
1993 | 93,354 | 12.7% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,421,178 | 77.7% | 57.9% | 44.5% | |
1992 | 88,482 | 12.6% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,332,203 | 77.4% | 58.0% | 44.8% | |
1991 | 84,881 | 12.5% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1,285,937 | 77.4% | 57.8% | 45.1% |
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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 | 130,297 | 12.0% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 2,121,718 | 80.5% | 63.4% | 50.3% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 288 | 5.2% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1,444 | 53.0% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 1,183 | 19.4% | 10.2% | 7.2% | 25,878 | 86.3% | 72.8% | 57.0% |
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22 | Utilities | 201 | 26.9% | 13.4% | 9.5% | 10,275 | 95.4% | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 19,322 | 8.1% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 172,519 | 65.5% | 38.1% | 21.9% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 4,984 | 23.9% | 9.9% | 5.6% | 139,427 | 86.6% | 67.8% | 52.6% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 6,261 | 23.9% | 14.1% | 8.6% | 105,068 | 82.8% | 64.3% | 50.5% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 12,604 | 12.3% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 261,560 | 81.5% | 69.8% | 63.1% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 3,082 | 18.2% | 10.8% | 7.3% | 64,718 | 88.1% | 76.6% | 67.2% |
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51 | Information | 1,988 | 24.0% | 15.6% | 10.5% | 82,984 | 93.3% | 86.7% | 75.7% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 6,455 | 11.9% | 7.4% | 4.9% | 107,453 | 86.1% | 78.1% | 66.6% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 8,303 | 6.3% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 63,464 | 71.0% | 57.6% | 51.1% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 22,020 | 7.5% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 164,509 | 67.3% | 49.4% | 37.1% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 662 | 86.9% | 69.3% | 44.1% | 41,250 | 99.3% | 95.8% | 85.2% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 7,633 | 14.5% | 6.6% | 4.0% | 206,620 | 88.8% | 77.8% | 65.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 2,023 | 18.0% | 5.1% | 2.2% | 42,462 | 84.9% | 59.7% | 42.5% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 11,512 | 12.2% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 245,626 | 81.9% | 66.8% | 47.2% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 2,311 | 15.1% | 5.0% | 2.3% | 49,808 | 87.0% | 68.3% | 46.5% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 9,259 | 25.2% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 237,950 | 82.4% | 53.6% | 40.8% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 11,695 | 8.5% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 98,535 | 57.3% | 32.0% | 19.0% |
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99 | Unclassified | 167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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