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 | 179,576 | 227,593 | 3,633,431 | 142,779,694 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 108,496 | 108,679 | 178,649 | 6,456,452 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 29,082 | 29,354 | 191,039 | 5,964,620 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 17,858 | 18,567 | 237,778 | 7,733,624 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 15,920 | 19,620 | 580,402 | 19,777,345 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 4,218 | 10,032 | 466,351 | 17,530,967 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 4,002 | 41,341 | 1,979,212 | 85,316,686 |
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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 | 179,576 | 13.4% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 3,633,431 | 83.3% | 67.3% | 54.5% |
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2007 | 184,687 | 13.2% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 3,648,418 | 83.0% | 66.8% | 54.3% |
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2006 | 181,300 | 13.3% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 3,623,210 | 83.3% | 67.0% | 53.7% |
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2005 | 177,555 | 13.1% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 3,489,046 | 83.2% | 67.1% | 53.6% |
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2004 | 172,434 | 13.4% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 3,452,451 | 83.1% | 66.7% | 53.3% |
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2003 | 167,483 | 13.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 3,387,337 | 83.3% | 67.3% | 54.3% |
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2002 | 164,252 | 13.6% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 3,381,244 | 83.6% | 68.0% | 55.8% |
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2001 | 161,508 | 13.8% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 3,498,583 | 84.2% | 68.9% | 56.3% |
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2000 | 160,440 | 13.8% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 3,483,500 | 84.2% | 69.0% | 56.5% |
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1999 | 158,660 | 13.6% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 3,363,797 | 83.8% | 68.8% | 56.3% |
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1998 | 156,431 | 13.5% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 3,198,950 | 83.3% | 67.8% | 55.2% |
1997 | 153,901 | 13.8% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 3,106,872 | 82.9% | 67.3% | 54.1% | |
1996 | 150,065 | 13.5% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 3,036,609 | 82.7% | 67.0% | 54.3% | |
1995 | 145,455 | 13.6% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,918,689 | 87.3% | 66.6% | 53.6% | |
1994 | 140,811 | 13.5% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,752,941 | 82.1% | 66.2% | 52.9% | |
1993 | 136,658 | 13.5% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,648,435 | 81.9% | 65.9% | 52.7% | |
1992 | 131,797 | 13.7% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,539,891 | 81.7% | 65.7% | 52.9% | |
1991 | 128,197 | 13.5% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,470,045 | 81.4% | 65.0% | 52.2% |
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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 + | |||
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-- | All industries | 179,576 | 13.4% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 3,633,431 | 83.3% | 67.3% | 54.5% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 977 | 10.4% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 7,747 | 45.1% | 10.7% | 4.0% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 123 | 35.8% | 21.1% | 14.6% | 5,808 | 92.1% | 80.4% | 62.5% |
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22 | Utilities | 122 | 59.0% | 36.1% | 16.4% | (10k-24999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 21,280 | 9.9% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 213,662 | 65.7% | 35.3% | 18.7% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 7,555 | 32.5% | 15.7% | 8.8% | 397,930 | 93.0% | 80.1% | 64.7% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 11,716 | 23.8% | 12.5% | 6.6% | 205,130 | 81.9% | 63.2% | 45.2% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 22,531 | 10.3% | 4.0% | 2.3% | 475,961 | 83.1% | 72.7% | 65.8% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 5,127 | 21.8% | 13.1% | 8.2% | 163,013 | 91.5% | 83.4% | 74.7% |
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51 | Information | 2,230 | 26.5% | 15.3% | 10.0% | 123,932 | 94.9% | 87.9% | 79.8% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 8,175 | 14.2% | 7.5% | 4.4% | 175,568 | 87.7% | 77.0% | 64.5% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 8,827 | 7.6% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 64,021 | 69.1% | 53.1% | 39.2% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 26,336 | 8.5% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 229,494 | 69.9% | 50.5% | 36.9% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 1,126 | 85.3% | 70.2% | 46.5% | 115,303 | 99.5% | 97.7% | 91.4% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 10,565 | 15.9% | 7.4% | 4.1% | 348,437 | 90.7% | 80.8% | 67.1% |
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61 | Educational services | 2,370 | 20.4% | 6.9% | 2.9% | 75,869 | 90.0% | 71.7% | 51.2% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 17,381 | 14.0% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 426,279 | 82.5% | 66.6% | 53.5% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 2,588 | 16.0% | 4.1% | 1.8% | 43,125 | 81.5% | 52.7% | 30.2% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 13,488 | 25.0% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 370,559 | 84.2% | 56.9% | 43.2% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 19,420 | 8.4% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 166,929 | 57.4% | 30.8% | 18.3% |
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99 | Unclassified | 259 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (250-499) | D | D | D |
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