Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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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 | 116,481 | 147,547 | 2,540,839 | 81,408,367 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 12,904 | 12,927 | 0 | 652,098 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 50,660 | 50,704 | 109,796 | 2,594,489 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 21,808 | 22,009 | 143,516 | 3,501,203 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 13,471 | 14,217 | 180,265 | 4,633,839 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 11,887 | 15,487 | 443,149 | 12,744,142 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,957 | 8,630 | 388,266 | 11,643,100 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,794 | 23,573 | 1,275,847 | 45,639,496 |
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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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2006 | 118,159 | 15.2% | 5.0% | 2.4% | 2,673,010 | 83.5% | 66.6% | 51.4% |
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2005 | 117,942 | 15.0% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,610,899 | 83.3% | 66.1% | 51.0% |
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2004 | 117,672 | 15.3% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,586,799 | 83.1% | 65.4% | 50.1% |
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2003 | 116,481 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,540,839 | 82.9% | 65.5% | 50.2% |
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2002 | 116,030 | 15.3% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,517,180 | 82.9% | 65.2% | 50.2% |
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2001 | 115,326 | 15.4% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2,601,738 | 83.3% | 65.9% | 51.1% |
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2000 | 116,256 | 15.6% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2,650,774 | 83.5% | 66.0% | 51.2% |
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1999 | 116,630 | 15.2% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2,580,408 | 83.2% | 65.7% | 50.9% |
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1998 | 117,141 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,540,866 | 82.8% | 65.3% | 50.5% |
1997 | 117,270 | 15.1% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2,487,609 | 82.5% | 64.5% | 49.5% | |
1996 | 116,431 | 14.7% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 2,433,107 | 82.2% | 64.3% | 48.9% | |
1995 | 114,751 | 14.9% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 2,402,917 | 82.3% | 64.2% | 48.3% | |
1994 | 112,846 | 14.5% | 4.7% | 2.2% | 2,315,038 | 81.9% | 63.9% | 48.6% | |
1993 | 110,675 | 14.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2,258,311 | 81.7% | 63.6% | 47.7% | |
1992 | 108,071 | 14.6% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 2,183,437 | 81.4% | 63.2% | 47.6% | |
1991 | 106,054 | 14.4% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2,129,157 | 81.2% | 62.9% | 47.3% |
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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 | 116,481 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2,540,839 | 82.9% | 65.5% | 50.2% |
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11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 248 | 6.0% | 2.8% | 1.2% | (1000-2499) | D | D | D |
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21 | Mining | 220 | 33.2% | 19.5% | 11.8% | 5,497 | D | D | D |
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22 | Utilities | 210 | 29.0% | 10.5% | 7.6% | 14,306 | 94.9% | 84.2% | 76.7% |
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23 | Construction | 15,979 | 8.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 133,159 | 56.4% | 25.4% | 11.6% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 8,024 | 39.1% | 16.5% | 8.2% | 547,580 | 94.5% | 80.7% | 64.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 6,795 | 25.9% | 12.7% | 6.9% | 112,057 | 79.2% | 54.1% | 36.4% |
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44-45 | Retail Trade | 15,088 | 15.4% | 5.2% | 3.0% | 338,739 | 81.8% | 65.8% | 57.2% |
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48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 4,372 | 18.4% | 9.0% | 5.9% | 101,249 | 86.7% | 72.7% | 62.2% |
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51 | Information | 1,196 | 29.4% | 16.8% | 12.0% | 48,312 | 91.9% | 80.7% | 69.1% |
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52 | Finance & insurance | 5,196 | 15.0% | 7.9% | 4.8% | 111,234 | 87.3% | 75.4% | 60.0% |
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53 | Real estate & rental & leasing | 4,538 | 9.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 35,776 | 65.4% | 45.0% | 27.3% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, & technical services | 11,498 | 9.3% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 102,600 | 64.4% | 43.0% | 30.7% |
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55 | Management of companies & enterprises | 666 | 88.9% | 70.4% | 38.1% | 44,276 | 99.5% | 95.9% | 80.5% |
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56 | Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service | 5,856 | 16.2% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 144,980 | 87.4% | 73.6% | 55.7% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,241 | 23.9% | 7.5% | 3.2% | 51,163 | 91.4% | 75.1% | 59.3% |
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62 | Health care & social assistance | 10,379 | 15.9% | 5.8% | 2.0% | 342,664 | 86.8% | 74.7% | 53.1% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 1,919 | 19.1% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 31,303 | 78.6% | 42.6% | 19.2% |
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72 | Accommodation & food services | 8,765 | 24.7% | 5.3% | 2.4% | 239,658 | 84.0% | 58.0% | 42.0% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 15,930 | 8.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 134,024 | 52.2% | 26.2% | 14.8% |
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99 | Unclassified | 274 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (250-499) | D | D | D |
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Last modified: May 08, 2006
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