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 | 60,989 | 76,096 | 1,185,777 | 43,984,689 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 34,397 | 34,432 | 59,535 | 1,840,909 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 10,627 | 10,736 | 69,735 | 1,930,118 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 6,506 | 6,911 | 86,672 | 2,628,548 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 5,805 | 7,798 | 211,853 | 7,077,641 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,675 | 4,596 | 200,364 | 6,691,036 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,979 | 11,623 | 557,618 | 23,816,437 |
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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 | 60,989 | 15.5% | 6.0% | 3.2% | 1,185,777 | 81.8% | 63.9% | 47.0% |
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2007 | 62,092 | 15.2% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 1,169,099 | 81.4% | 63.0% | 46.6% |
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2006 | 61,902 | 15.1% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 1,142,680 | 81.0% | 62.0% | 45.4% |
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2005 | 62,081 | 14.6% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 1,116,216 | 80.6% | 61.8% | 45.3% |
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2004 | 61,838 | 14.7% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 1,116,277 | 80.6% | 61.5% | 45.4% |
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2003 | 61,089 | 14.7% | 5.4% | 3.0% | 1,109,869 | 80.7% | 61.9% | 46.1% |
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2002 | 60,949 | 14.8% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 1,098,894 | 80.7% | 61.9% | 46.5% |
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2001 | 61,039 | 14.9% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 1,118,898 | 81.0% | 62.0% | 46.7% |
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2000 | 61,551 | 14.9% | 5.4% | 3.1% | 1,128,732 | 80.9% | 61.9% | 46.5% |
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1999 | 61,278 | 14.8% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 1,111,884 | 80.8% | 62.1% | 46.8% |
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1998 | 61,212 | 14.6% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 1,081,941 | 80.3% | 61.0% | 45.8% |
1997 | 61,280 | 14.6% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 1,049,359 | 79.6% | 60.0% | 44.4% | |
1996 | 60,353 | 14.2% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 1,011,678 | 79.0% | 59.0% | 43.7% | |
1995 | 59,479 | 14.2% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 981,925 | 78.7% | 58.2% | 42.8% | |
1994 | 58,605 | 14.2% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 954,318 | 78.3% | 57.9% | 43.0% | |
1993 | 57,780 | 13.8% | 4.8% | 2.7% | 927,666 | 77.8% | 57.7% | 42.7% | |
1992 | 56,519 | 14.0% | 4.8% | 2.7% | 906,466 | 77.6% | 57.3% | 43.1% | |
1991 | 55,549 | 13.7% | 4.7% | 2.7% | 894,515 | 77.6% | 57.2% | 43.2% |
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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 | 60,989 | 15.5% | 6.0% | 3.2% | 1,185,777 | 81.8% | 63.9% | 47.0% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 197 | 4.1% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 708 | 26.3% | D | D |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 975 | 15.4% | 7.0% | 4.3% | 11,070 | 70.2% | 44.9% | 26.8% |
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22 | Utilities | 76 | 52.6% | 27.6% | 19.7% | 7,314 | 96.9% | D | 74.7% |
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23 | Construction | 7,752 | 9.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 68,070 | 59.8% | 27.5% | 13.7% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 2,902 | 36.1% | 17.5% | 9.5% | 183,411 | 94.1% | 82.5% | 64.9% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 3,445 | 31.0% | 15.4% | 8.9% | 60,531 | 81.7% | 55.9% | 34.9% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 7,739 | 15.2% | 6.4% | 4.2% | 151,317 | 79.3% | 64.6% | 55.0% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 2,250 | 17.4% | 10.4% | 7.2% | 47,620 | 85.6% | 75.5% | 67.4% |
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51 | Information | 752 | 33.2% | 20.9% | 14.5% | 50,125 | 95.2% | 88.9% | 81.5% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 3,708 | 16.2% | 8.7% | 6.0% | 61,211 | 83.4% | 67.3% | 51.6% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,573 | 8.4% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 15,533 | 59.6% | 45.4% | 27.8% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 6,669 | 10.1% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 57,164 | 64.4% | 44.1% | 24.7% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 429 | 83.9% | 65.7% | 39.4% | 21,899 | 99.3% | 95.5% | 83.8% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 3,192 | 17.7% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 74,272 | 87.1% | 73.1% | 57.0% |
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61 | Educational services | 639 | 27.1% | 9.2% | 4.4% | 19,286 | 88.9% | 63.1% | 34.1% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 5,754 | 19.8% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 179,672 | 87.0% | 70.3% | 42.3% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1,018 | 16.1% | 4.7% | 2.4% | 14,987 | 74.0% | 42.7% | 17.5% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 4,258 | 27.2% | 6.9% | 3.8% | 108,086 | 82.4% | 54.1% | 38.7% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 7,620 | 7.4% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 53,386 | 49.3% | 23.6% | 10.9% |
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99 | Unclassified | 110 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 115 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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