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 | 154,808 | 197,716 | 3,184,234 | 138,926,921 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 89,745 | 89,854 | 153,742 | 5,762,146 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 26,994 | 27,259 | 177,798 | 5,809,512 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 16,736 | 17,499 | 223,062 | 7,973,845 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 14,385 | 18,172 | 526,659 | 20,561,834 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 3,645 | 9,654 | 463,935 | 20,239,389 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 3,303 | 35,278 | 1,639,038 | 78,580,195 |
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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 | 154,808 | 13.8% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 3,184,234 | 82.6% | 66.0% | 51.5% |
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2007 | 157,501 | 13.6% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 3,196,914 | 82.4% | 65.9% | 51.7% |
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2006 | 156,240 | 13.9% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 3,174,363 | 82.5% | 65.2% | 50.6% |
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2005 | 154,188 | 13.5% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 3,060,127 | 82.2% | 65.2% | 50.6% |
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2004 | 150,365 | 13.7% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 3,054,816 | 82.3% | 65.2% | 51.2% |
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2003 | 145,624 | 13.8% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,932,822 | 82.2% | 65.1% | 51.2% |
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2002 | 142,593 | 13.9% | 4.5% | 2.2% | 2,914,804 | 82.4% | 65.6% | 51.9% |
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2001 | 140,462 | 14.0% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2,943,854 | 82.9% | 66.3% | 52.3% |
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2000 | 139,737 | 13.9% | 4.6% | 2.3% | 2,903,548 | 82.8% | 66.2% | 52.2% |
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1999 | 138,155 | 13.6% | 4.5% | 2.2% | 2,791,977 | 82.3% | 65.7% | 51.8% |
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1998 | 137,486 | 13.5% | 4.5% | 2.2% | 2,700,589 | 81.8% | 65.0% | 51.0% |
1997 | 136,268 | 13.6% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2,626,844 | 81.5% | 64.5% | 50.1% | |
1996 | 133,698 | 13.1% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 2,523,741 | 81.0% | 64.0% | 50.3% | |
1995 | 130,977 | 13.2% | 4.3% | 2.1% | 2,480,978 | 80.9% | 63.9% | 49.9% | |
1994 | 128,025 | 13.0% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,392,829 | 80.8% | 63.9% | 49.8% | |
1993 | 125,151 | 13.1% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,329,111 | 80.5% | 63.6% | 49.7% | |
1992 | 122,021 | 13.1% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2,268,568 | 80.5% | 63.7% | 49.9% | |
1991 | 120,036 | 13.0% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 2,242,860 | 80.4% | 63.3% | 49.7% |
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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 | 154,808 | 13.8% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 3,184,234 | 82.6% | 66.0% | 51.5% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 668 | 3.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 4,072 | 44.4% | D | 20.4% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 209 | 44.5% | 24.4% | 13.9% | 10,671 | 93.8% | 78.4% | 54.1% |
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22 | Utilities | 100 | 54.0% | 42.0% | 30.0% | 15,935 | 99.0% | 96.4% | 86.9% |
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23 | Construction | 23,554 | 9.4% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 219,552 | 61.7% | 30.5% | 11.9% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 5,207 | 31.9% | 14.5% | 7.8% | 277,232 | 92.9% | 80.1% | 64.3% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 6,068 | 25.5% | 13.2% | 7.5% | 113,921 | 82.8% | 62.0% | 43.2% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 17,213 | 13.3% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 433,582 | 84.4% | 73.5% | 65.6% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,355 | 18.4% | 10.0% | 6.5% | 97,831 | 87.1% | 74.9% | 62.3% |
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51 | Information | 1,991 | 29.1% | 15.6% | 9.5% | 103,756 | 94.1% | 85.0% | 74.0% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 6,115 | 13.0% | 7.6% | 4.6% | 167,456 | 89.8% | 83.5% | 73.1% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,763 | 8.8% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 58,946 | 71.4% | 54.6% | 36.9% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 24,488 | 11.8% | 4.7% | 2.1% | 392,484 | 82.2% | 66.5% | 48.7% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 813 | 88.3% | 71.3% | 41.8% | 57,715 | 99.4% | 96.7% | 85.9% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 9,229 | 17.4% | 7.7% | 4.1% | 254,069 | 88.1% | 75.2% | 58.0% |
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61 | Educational services | 2,290 | 23.1% | 7.4% | 2.9% | 65,932 | 88.2% | 65.5% | 41.1% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 13,861 | 16.1% | 4.3% | 1.7% | 380,264 | 83.7% | 67.6% | 51.3% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 2,569 | 18.1% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 52,145 | 84.2% | 57.8% | 39.6% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 11,572 | 22.8% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 312,069 | 83.1% | 59.2% | 45.8% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 19,621 | 8.4% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 166,234 | 53.9% | 25.9% | 14.8% |
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99 | Unclassified | 259 | 0.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | (250-499) | D | D | D |
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