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 | 375,922 | 483,945 | 8,051,148 | 281,636,318 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 44,225 | 44,402 | 0 | 2,644,893 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 173,166 | 173,422 | 370,255 | 10,528,910 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 67,971 | 68,683 | 444,968 | 12,328,321 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 41,727 | 44,134 | 556,236 | 16,006,295 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 35,989 | 47,034 | 1,366,824 | 39,968,696 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 7,950 | 22,579 | 1,102,601 | 35,472,106 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 4,894 | 83,691 | 4,210,264 | 164,687,097 |
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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 | 391,527 | 13.2% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 8,711,476 | 83.7% | 67.1% | 53.2% |
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2005 | 385,915 | 12.7% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,305,102 | 83.2% | 66.6% | 53.0% |
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2004 | 381,627 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,118,483 | 82.9% | 65.7% | 52.0% |
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2003 | 375,922 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,051,148 | 83.0% | 66.0% | 52.3% |
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2002 | 373,059 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 7,993,559 | 83.0% | 66.4% | 53.0% |
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2001 | 369,330 | 13.1% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 8,161,321 | 83.5% | 66.8% | 53.8% |
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2000 | 369,039 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 8,026,438 | 83.3% | 66.5% | 53.6% |
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1999 | 366,069 | 12.7% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 7,763,815 | 82.9% | 66.0% | 53.4% |
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1998 | 366,250 | 12.7% | 3.3% | 1.3% | 7,570,820 | 82.5% | 65.4% | 52.4% |
1997 | 363,791 | 12.5% | 3.3% | 1.3% | 7,250,925 | 81.9% | 64.6% | 51.5% | |
1996 | 359,380 | 12.2% | 3.1% | 1.3% | 6,952,556 | 81.4% | 63.8% | 50.8% | |
1995 | 351,397 | 12.1% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 6,785,804 | 81.3% | 63.9% | 50.7% | |
1994 | 344,041 | 11.9% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 6,453,028 | 80.8% | 63.3% | 49.9% | |
1993 | 336,667 | 11.9% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 6,285,021 | 80.6% | 63.2% | 49.8% | |
1992 | 327,391 | 11.8% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 6,101,954 | 80.5% | 63.3% | 50.2% | |
1991 | 319,941 | 11.6% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 5,984,919 | 80.6% | 63.6% | 50.4% |
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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 | 375,922 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 8,051,148 | 83.0% | 66.0% | 52.3% |
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11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 1,211 | 7.6% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 9,335 | 54.7% | 29.0% | 19.3% |
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21 | Mining | 5,187 | 14.4% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 115,092 | 85.2% | 70.3% | 59.0% |
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22 | Utilities | 1,205 | 14.6% | 8.0% | 5.1% | 50,693 | 91.7% | 84.9% | 75.3% |
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23 | Construction | 38,215 | 11.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 493,158 | 71.0% | 41.4% | 22.8% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 18,784 | 28.6% | 10.7% | 5.2% | 861,690 | 91.4% | 76.1% | 60.5% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 25,381 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 4.1% | 430,799 | 78.6% | 57.7% | 41.3% |
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44-45 | Retail Trade | 46,695 | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1,036,012 | 83.1% | 71.2% | 62.3% |
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48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 11,664 | 17.9% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 331,027 | 88.4% | 76.5% | 67.6% |
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51 | Information | 4,910 | 23.0% | 11.3% | 6.6% | 279,330 | 94.3% | 87.1% | 78.3% |
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52 | Finance & insurance | 18,599 | 11.6% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 438,479 | 87.8% | 77.2% | 66.1% |
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53 | Real estate & rental & leasing | 17,763 | 7.6% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 159,907 | 68.9% | 51.4% | 37.1% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, & technical services | 49,402 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 499,741 | 70.1% | 50.8% | 37.6% |
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55 | Management of companies & enterprises | 2,442 | 79.6% | 59.7% | 35.3% | 247,474 | 99.4% | 97.1% | 89.0% |
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56 | Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service | 18,931 | 18.2% | 7.1% | 3.2% | 703,244 | 90.9% | 79.2% | 63.6% |
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61 | Educational services | 4,294 | 23.6% | 5.8% | 2.0% | 127,394 | 87.8% | 63.4% | 43.7% |
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62 | Health care & social assistance | 40,422 | 12.7% | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1,020,501 | 83.2% | 68.4% | 52.5% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 5,266 | 16.0% | 3.6% | 1.1% | 98,966 | 80.8% | 55.0% | 34.6% |
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72 | Accommodation & food services | 25,883 | 24.1% | 3.9% | 1.2% | 743,413 | 85.2% | 57.7% | 42.0% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 43,730 | 9.2% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 402,014 | 57.5% | 27.5% | 15.0% |
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99 | Unclassified | 1,876 | 0.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,879 | 9.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Last modified: May 08, 2006
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