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 | 73,310 | 91,382 | 1,335,622 | 47,993,796 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 42,567 | 42,626 | 73,580 | 2,353,621 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 12,929 | 13,054 | 84,802 | 2,403,654 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 7,575 | 7,926 | 100,902 | 3,024,115 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,619 | 8,715 | 247,811 | 7,888,790 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,623 | 4,662 | 207,602 | 6,990,255 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,997 | 14,399 | 620,925 | 25,333,361 |
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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 | 73,310 | 14.0% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 1,335,622 | 80.6% | 62.0% | 46.5% |
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2007 | 73,564 | 13.7% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 1,307,858 | 80.2% | 61.4% | 46.6% |
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2006 | 72,863 | 13.6% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 1,276,921 | 79.9% | 61.0% | 46.0% |
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2005 | 72,378 | 13.1% | 4.6% | 2.5% | 1,220,285 | 79.2% | 60.2% | 45.3% |
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2004 | 71,531 | 13.2% | 4.5% | 2.5% | 1,195,043 | 79.0% | 59.6% | 45.1% |
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2003 | 70,429 | 13.2% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 1,184,589 | 79.1% | 59.8% | 45.8% |
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2002 | 70,334 | 13.3% | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1,200,477 | 79.4% | 60.4% | 46.3% |
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2001 | 70,023 | 13.3% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 1,212,230 | 79.8% | 60.6% | 46.5% |
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2000 | 70,156 | 13.1% | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1,201,606 | 79.4% | 60.5% | 46.6% |
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1999 | 70,056 | 13.1% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 1,171,356 | 78.9% | 59.9% | 46.0% |
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1998 | 70,491 | 13.2% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 1,167,709 | 79.0% | 59.6% | 45.4% |
1997 | 70,333 | 13.2% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1,127,734 | 78.2% | 58.3% | 43.4% | |
1996 | 69,705 | 12.9% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,084,717 | 77.6% | 57.4% | 42.3% | |
1995 | 68,473 | 13.0% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1,055,139 | 83.8% | 56.7% | 41.3% | |
1994 | 67,754 | 12.7% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 1,024,901 | 76.9% | 56.3% | 41.4% | |
1993 | 66,654 | 12.5% | 4.1% | 2.3% | 1,002,623 | 76.7% | 56.3% | 41.6% | |
1992 | 64,802 | 12.5% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 974,838 | 76.4% | 56.3% | 41.8% | |
1991 | 63,859 | 12.4% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 967,731 | 76.6% | 56.6% | 42.2% |
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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 | 73,310 | 14.0% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 1,335,622 | 80.6% | 62.0% | 46.5% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 156 | 6.4% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 961 | 43.4% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 2,524 | 14.5% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 47,517 | 84.1% | 68.6% | 53.8% |
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22 | Utilities | 131 | 45.0% | 24.4% | 13.7% | 9,303 | 97.0% | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 8,558 | 8.8% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 76,667 | 58.8% | 29.4% | 14.2% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 3,622 | 30.6% | 13.3% | 8.0% | 148,669 | 90.5% | 74.1% | 57.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 3,719 | 28.5% | 14.8% | 8.8% | 61,825 | 79.3% | 55.8% | 36.0% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 8,833 | 13.6% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 177,757 | 80.3% | 66.3% | 58.5% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,370 | 19.5% | 11.6% | 8.2% | 47,907 | 86.3% | 73.8% | 62.0% |
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51 | Information | 816 | 26.1% | 15.3% | 11.2% | 30,025 | 90.6% | 80.3% | 70.9% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 4,086 | 13.0% | 6.6% | 4.4% | 63,708 | 83.0% | 67.1% | 50.6% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,272 | 8.4% | 4.1% | 2.8% | 25,841 | 69.3% | 52.0% | 41.4% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 8,685 | 7.8% | 3.1% | 1.8% | 69,486 | 61.9% | 42.4% | 27.9% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 438 | 86.5% | 65.8% | 39.3% | 27,425 | 99.4% | 95.6% | 85.9% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,934 | 15.5% | 8.0% | 5.1% | 101,745 | 88.2% | 77.4% | 61.3% |
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61 | Educational services | 658 | 24.0% | 9.9% | 4.9% | 18,371 | 87.6% | 69.4% | 46.5% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 8,119 | 15.4% | 4.8% | 1.7% | 204,374 | 84.1% | 65.4% | 44.3% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,013 | 18.2% | 6.3% | 2.0% | 26,662 | 87.4% | D | D |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 4,976 | 26.5% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 134,151 | 84.5% | 55.8% | 39.4% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 8,417 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 63,089 | 50.0% | 20.3% | 8.3% |
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99 | Unclassified | 109 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (100-249) | D | D | D |
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