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 | 139,984 | 167,272 | 2,293,222 | 90,586,818 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 19,769 | 19,796 | 0 | 703,508 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 65,134 | 65,203 | 136,955 | 3,524,413 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 24,046 | 24,263 | 157,279 | 4,361,255 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 14,130 | 14,830 | 187,114 | 5,530,602 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 11,680 | 15,356 | 422,087 | 13,749,173 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,677 | 7,309 | 321,365 | 11,419,244 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 2,548 | 20,515 | 1,068,422 | 51,298,623 |
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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 | 150,604 | 12.1% | 3.8% | 1.8% | 2,421,269 | 78.5% | 59.5% | 44.3% |
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2005 | 147,436 | 11.8% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 2,316,296 | 78.1% | 59.1% | 44.3% |
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2004 | 143,691 | 12.0% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 2,268,913 | 78.2% | 59.0% | 44.2% |
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2003 | 139,984 | 12.1% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 2,293,222 | 79.0% | 60.6% | 46.6% |
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2002 | 138,256 | 12.1% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 2,185,658 | 78.3% | 59.5% | 45.3% |
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2001 | 137,713 | 12.6% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 2,294,285 | 79.1% | 59.8% | 45.4% |
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2000 | 138,228 | 12.5% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 2,267,485 | 78.8% | 59.4% | 44.7% |
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1999 | 137,495 | 12.3% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 2,209,129 | 78.4% | 58.9% | 44.4% |
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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% |
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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 | 139,984 | 12.1% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 2,293,222 | 79.0% | 60.6% | 46.6% |
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11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 1,636 | 8.6% | 2.4% | 0.8% | 14,188 | 67.7% | 38.9% | 18.0% |
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21 | Mining | 159 | 22.6% | 11.9% | 8.2% | 2,647 | 76.5% | D | 48.9% |
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22 | Utilities | 225 | 14.2% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 5,447 | D | D | 71.1% |
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23 | Construction | 21,850 | 6.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 149,680 | 55.2% | 25.2% | 13.1% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 6,956 | 26.0% | 10.1% | 4.8% | 247,824 | 89.5% | 71.8% | 53.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 8,130 | 22.9% | 10.7% | 6.3% | 121,464 | 78.8% | 53.6% | 35.9% |
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44-45 | Retail Trade | 15,921 | 13.4% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 309,614 | 80.1% | 63.4% | 55.4% |
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48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 3,796 | 19.9% | 9.9% | 5.8% | 75,839 | 85.5% | 69.1% | 58.1% |
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51 | Information | 1,934 | 25.6% | 14.2% | 9.9% | 101,234 | 94.2% | 87.3% | 80.1% |
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52 | Finance & insurance | 5,171 | 14.2% | 8.3% | 5.1% | 111,897 | 87.5% | 78.8% | 63.5% |
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53 | Real estate & rental & leasing | 7,314 | 6.8% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 49,120 | 61.5% | 42.5% | 29.8% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, & technical services | 16,463 | 9.0% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 142,413 | 67.5% | 47.5% | 32.1% |
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55 | Management of companies & enterprises | 695 | 84.6% | 64.5% | 36.4% | 133,706 | 99.8% | 98.7% | 95.3% |
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56 | Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service | 7,121 | 12.8% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 118,772 | 81.1% | 65.3% | 50.8% |
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61 | Educational services | 1,889 | 19.6% | 5.2% | 2.0% | 44,720 | 85.3% | 62.6% | 44.6% |
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62 | Health care & social assistance | 14,229 | 12.2% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 307,141 | 81.1% | 65.6% | 47.5% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 2,395 | 18.5% | 5.5% | 1.4% | 51,152 | 84.7% | 59.9% | 24.5% |
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72 | Accommodation & food services | 11,132 | 18.7% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 200,864 | 75.0% | 45.2% | 29.7% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 14,149 | 7.7% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 104,562 | 49.3% | 22.4% | 10.9% |
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99 | Unclassified | 701 | 0.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 938 | D | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Last modified: May 08, 2006
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