U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
All industries
Washington

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Washington - All industries - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 150,991 182,207 2,536,645 115,284,564
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 90,291 90,403 149,792 5,301,084
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 26,182 26,407 172,440 5,418,725
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,902 16,636 210,926 7,245,845
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 12,691 16,393 463,798 17,821,733
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,112 8,321 373,444 15,978,631
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,813 24,047 1,166,245 63,518,546

 
 
Washington - All industries - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 150,991 12.3% 3.9% 1.9% 2,536,645 79.0% 60.7% 46.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 153,567 12.1% 3.8% 1.8% 2,501,684 78.7% 60.1% 45.4%
link to 2006 detail 2006 150,604 12.1% 3.8% 1.8% 2,421,269 78.5% 59.5% 44.3%
link to 2005 detail 2005 147,436 11.8% 3.7% 1.7% 2,316,296 78.1% 59.1% 44.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 143,691 12.0% 3.7% 1.8% 2,268,913 78.2% 59.0% 44.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 139,984 12.1% 3.7% 1.8% 2,293,222 79.0% 60.6% 46.6%
link to 2002 detail 2002 138,256 12.1% 3.8% 1.9% 2,185,658 78.3% 59.5% 45.3%
link to 2001 detail 2001 137,713 12.6% 3.9% 1.9% 2,294,285 79.1% 59.8% 45.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 138,228 12.5% 3.8% 1.9% 2,267,485 78.8% 59.4% 44.7%
link to 1999 detail 1999 137,495 12.3% 3.8% 1.9% 2,209,129 78.4% 58.9% 44.4%
link to 1998 detail 1998 136,813 12.2% 3.7% 1.8% 2,134,598 77.8% 58.1% 43.7%
  1997 135,236 12.2% 3.7% 1.8% 2,081,017 77.6% 57.7% 43.1%
  1996 132,942 11.8% 3.5% 1.7% 2,003,304 77.1% 56.9% 42.7%
  1995 129,805 12.1% 3.6% 1.7% 1,948,446 76.8% 55.9% 41.3%
  1994 127,565 12.0% 3.5% 1.7% 1,894,670 76.5% 55.5% 41.0%
  1993 124,135 12.1% 3.5% 1.7% 1,859,055 76.2% 55.5% 40.6%
  1992 120,281 12.4% 3.5% 1.7% 1,833,797 76.5% 55.6% 41.4%
  1991 115,542 12.3% 3.5% 1.7% 1,792,132 76.7% 55.7% 41.7%

 
 
Washington - All industries - by Sector
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 150,991 12.3% 3.9% 1.9% 2,536,645 79.0% 60.7% 46.0%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,477 8.7% 2.9% 0.9% 14,227 73.3% 51.9% 26.9%
link to industry detail 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 158 27.8% 17.1% 9.5% 3,298 81.4% 66.7% 39.2%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 192 16.1% 10.4% 7.3% 7,453 92.1% D D
link to industry detail 23 Construction 24,828 7.7% 1.2% 0.4% 198,559 58.7% 28.6% 13.7%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 7,189 26.7% 10.2% 5.2% 253,102 89.1% 70.6% 51.8%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 8,008 24.0% 11.8% 6.5% 137,976 81.6% 59.7% 40.0%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 15,269 14.3% 4.8% 2.7% 332,049 81.7% 65.8% 56.8%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 4,298 19.9% 11.0% 6.6% 89,643 85.8% 72.2% 59.1%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,005 26.7% 14.6% 9.0% 117,742 94.6% 87.4% 78.9%
link to industry detail 52 Finance and insurance 5,615 13.6% 8.0% 4.8% 112,071 86.9% 77.6% 62.9%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 7,992 6.6% 2.9% 1.5% 52,064 61.2% 44.1% 29.2%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 18,738 9.2% 3.7% 2.0% 163,770 67.3% 47.0% 32.5%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies and enterprises 745 82.6% 64.7% 36.2% 62,025 99.4% 97.0% 86.8%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs 8,207 12.8% 5.2% 3.1% 173,209 84.5% 71.3% 58.6%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 2,181 19.8% 5.7% 2.4% 49,781 84.1% 60.3% 43.7%
link to industry detail 62 Health care and social assistance 15,489 12.2% 3.8% 1.3% 353,362 82.0% 67.6% 49.2%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2,536 19.1% 6.4% 1.8% 60,337 86.3% 64.2% 32.1%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation and food services 12,821 18.0% 3.1% 1.3% 244,068 74.7% 47.4% 34.5%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 14,857 7.6% 1.7% 0.8% 111,503 49.9% 23.2% 12.5%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 339 0.3%0.0 0.0 (250-499) D D D

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