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 | 120,950 | 148,845 | 2,517,356 | 109,378,505 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 71,792 | 71,897 | 111,691 | 4,206,754 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 19,410 | 19,606 | 128,229 | 4,004,816 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 12,680 | 13,309 | 170,123 | 5,463,541 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 11,622 | 15,228 | 442,206 | 15,787,730 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,887 | 8,155 | 397,712 | 15,602,088 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,559 | 20,650 | 1,267,395 | 64,313,576 |
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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 | 120,950 | 14.1% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 2,517,356 | 83.7% | 66.1% | 50.3% |
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2007 | 123,736 | 13.8% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 2,525,900 | 83.5% | 65.9% | 50.5% |
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2006 | 124,237 | 13.9% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,476,354 | 83.0% | 64.6% | 49.0% |
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2005 | 124,600 | 13.6% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,430,853 | 82.8% | 64.4% | 48.5% |
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2004 | 123,203 | 13.8% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,393,126 | 82.5% | 63.9% | 48.0% |
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2003 | 120,777 | 13.9% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,382,177 | 82.7% | 64.2% | 48.4% |
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2002 | 118,667 | 14.1% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 2,359,593 | 82.7% | 64.1% | 48.9% |
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2001 | 117,023 | 14.4% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,418,159 | 83.1% | 64.8% | 49.3% |
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2000 | 116,199 | 14.4% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,395,361 | 83.1% | 64.5% | 49.0% |
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1999 | 114,732 | 14.2% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 2,338,642 | 82.9% | 64.3% | 49.1% |
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1998 | 113,297 | 14.1% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 2,271,671 | 82.5% | 64.0% | 48.5% |
1997 | 111,366 | 14.2% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 2,195,621 | 82.1% | 63.2% | 47.0% | |
1996 | 108,944 | 14.1% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 2,134,778 | 81.9% | 62.9% | 46.6% | |
1995 | 106,134 | 14.2% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,072,081 | 81.7% | 62.5% | 45.8% | |
1994 | 103,750 | 14.1% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 1,995,049 | 81.3% | 62.0% | 45.3% | |
1993 | 101,436 | 14.1% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 1,944,204 | 80.9% | 61.5% | 44.8% | |
1992 | 98,257 | 14.1% | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1,867,003 | 80.6% | 61.2% | 44.9% | |
1991 | 96,539 | 14.1% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 1,842,020 | 80.5% | 60.8% | 44.9% |
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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 | 120,950 | 14.1% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 2,517,356 | 83.7% | 66.1% | 50.3% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 441 | 7.0% | 3.4% | 1.6% | 2,274 | 40.9% | 19.3% | 4.4% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 128 | 20.3% | 12.5% | 9.4% | 5,270 | 92.3% | 84.5% | 81.6% |
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22 | Utilities | 104 | 60.6% | 30.8% | 19.2% | (10k-24999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 17,076 | 5.9% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 119,776 | 60.8% | 35.6% | 21.4% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 7,245 | 31.1% | 12.1% | 5.9% | 333,501 | 91.8% | 74.6% | 54.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 7,208 | 24.8% | 12.0% | 7.0% | 138,175 | 83.2% | 61.1% | 44.6% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 13,543 | 15.1% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 304,368 | 81.5% | 66.0% | 56.1% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,151 | 17.3% | 8.3% | 5.1% | 80,398 | 85.5% | 68.9% | 54.0% |
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51 | Information | 1,689 | 27.2% | 14.6% | 10.1% | 72,408 | 92.7% | 81.5% | 67.7% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 6,333 | 13.1% | 6.4% | 4.0% | 153,756 | 88.8% | 78.6% | 68.7% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,267 | 8.3% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 41,758 | 71.9% | 53.4% | 32.9% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 15,762 | 8.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 146,747 | 71.6% | 53.0% | 39.4% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 808 | 89.0% | 70.3% | 40.5% | 91,304 | 99.7% | 97.5% | 89.1% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 6,470 | 14.3% | 6.3% | 3.5% | 141,079 | 87.0% | 72.5% | 54.5% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,715 | 26.0% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 64,543 | 90.6% | 69.2% | 54.2% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 9,563 | 20.4% | 7.5% | 1.9% | 396,082 | 90.5% | 77.3% | 52.4% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 2,632 | 12.7% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 44,543 | 81.4% | 62.0% | 41.1% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 8,424 | 27.2% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 221,789 | 82.3% | 50.1% | 37.8% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 14,187 | 9.0% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 145,845 | 61.0% | 37.7% | 27.8% |
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99 | Unclassified | 169 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (100-249) | D | D | D |
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