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 | 414,799 | 507,027 | 7,366,571 | 267,429,672 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 281,649 | 282,098 | 446,406 | 15,969,201 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 61,177 | 61,711 | 400,160 | 12,883,768 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 33,904 | 35,296 | 448,754 | 14,916,584 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 27,114 | 33,603 | 1,010,251 | 34,993,322 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 6,495 | 17,356 | 854,824 | 31,408,251 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 4,460 | 76,963 | 4,206,176 | 157,258,546 |
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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 + | ||
2008 | 414,799 | 9.2% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 7,366,571 | 82.4% | 68.7% | 57.1% | |
2007 | 432,275 | 9.1% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 7,425,331 | 81.9% | 67.6% | 55.9% | |
2006 | 430,429 | 9.2% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 7,535,515 | 82.4% | 68.0% | 56.0% | |
2005 | 421,880 | 8.9% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 7,107,378 | 81.9% | 67.3% | 55.3% | |
2004 | 404,061 | 9.4% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 6,864,987 | 81.6% | 66.4% | 54.4% | |
2003 | 381,651 | 9.6% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 6,549,488 | 81.4% | 66.3% | 54.1% | |
2002 | 370,789 | 9.4% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 6,366,964 | 81.4% | 66.8% | 55.1% | |
2001 | 358,413 | 9.7% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 6,431,696 | 81.8% | 67.2% | 55.4% | |
2000 | 353,963 | 9.8% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 6,217,386 | 81.4% | 66.3% | 54.4% | |
1999 | 350,175 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 5,954,982 | 80.6% | 65.2% | 53.3% | |
1998 | 348,523 | 9.9% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 5,756,353 | 79.9% | 63.8% | 51.5% | |
1997 | 346,463 | 10.0% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 5,550,307 | 79.2% | 62.4% | 49.5% | |
1996 | 341,595 | 9.8% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 5,357,866 | 78.5% | 61.3% | 48.8% | |
1995 | 333,415 | 10.0% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 5,208,187 | 78.3% | 60.6% | 47.7% | |
1994 | 328,687 | 9.9% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 4,984,133 | 77.6% | 59.6% | 46.5% | |
1993 | 322,467 | 9.9% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 4,805,651 | 76.9% | 58.6% | 45.4% | |
1992 | 312,841 | 10.0% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 4,633,351 | 76.9% | 58.7% | 45.0% | |
1991 | 304,040 | 10.0% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 4,570,752 | 76.8% | 58.3% | 45.2% |
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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 + | |||
-- | All industries | 414,799 | 9.2% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 7,366,571 | 82.4% | 68.7% | 57.1% | |
11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 997 | 10.5% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 14,279 | 77.7% | 61.5% | 35.2% | |
21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 227 | 25.1% | 14.5% | 10.1% | 6,313 | 89.0% | 76.1% | 65.9% | |
22 | Utilities | 281 | 26.0% | 17.1% | 10.0% | 26,954 | 97.1% | 93.0% | 78.9% | |
23 | Construction | 52,577 | 8.2% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 435,084 | 63.4% | 32.4% | 14.1% | |
31-33 | Manufacturing | 12,970 | 21.3% | 8.1% | 4.1% | 341,607 | 86.3% | 66.7% | 49.1% | |
42 | Wholesale trade | 27,504 | 12.6% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 317,717 | 74.1% | 53.8% | 37.8% | |
44-45 | Retail trade | 45,764 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 995,711 | 84.7% | 76.1% | 69.8% | |
48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 11,018 | 12.0% | 6.4% | 3.8% | 220,924 | 87.2% | 78.2% | 69.2% | |
51 | Information | 4,950 | 15.2% | 8.1% | 4.8% | 163,099 | 91.9% | 84.5% | 76.2% | |
52 | Finance and insurance | 19,159 | 8.7% | 4.3% | 2.3% | 386,983 | 86.8% | 79.5% | 69.9% | |
53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 24,606 | 4.5% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 174,401 | 69.3% | 57.9% | 45.5% | |
54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 64,593 | 5.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 437,666 | 61.9% | 42.7% | 30.5% | |
55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 1,611 | 79.0% | 62.2% | 38.3% | 147,819 | 99.2% | 97.0% | 88.2% | |
56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 29,286 | 10.1% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 1,394,356 | 94.1% | 89.4% | 83.4% | |
61 | Educational services | 5,054 | 20.4% | 6.0% | 2.0% | 135,906 | 88.8% | 67.0% | 45.3% | |
62 | Health care and social assistance | 43,797 | 9.4% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 924,875 | 81.2% | 69.0% | 53.7% | |
71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 7,017 | 14.9% | 5.0% | 1.8% | 162,094 | 87.9% | 69.1% | 46.7% | |
72 | Accommodation and food services | 26,039 | 20.9% | 3.9% | 1.4% | 769,323 | 86.2% | 64.1% | 50.1% | |
81 | Other services (except public administration) | 40,494 | 6.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 310,725 | 55.8% | 30.4% | 19.0% | |
99 | Unclassified | 512 | 0.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 735 | D | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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