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 | 182,606 | 229,310 | 3,636,241 | 147,812,891 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 105,618 | 105,766 | 177,655 | 6,402,047 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 33,110 | 33,501 | 218,159 | 6,779,766 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 19,900 | 20,886 | 266,054 | 8,975,099 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 16,976 | 22,505 | 645,428 | 23,649,105 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 3,921 | 11,060 | 560,573 | 20,984,305 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 3,081 | 35,592 | 1,768,372 | 81,022,569 |
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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 | 182,606 | 13.1% | 3.8% | 1.7% | 3,636,241 | 81.8% | 64.0% | 48.6% |
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2007 | 188,485 | 12.9% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,687,441 | 81.5% | 63.6% | 48.4% |
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2006 | 190,411 | 13.1% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,819,537 | 81.8% | 64.0% | 48.4% |
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2005 | 193,318 | 12.8% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 3,796,876 | 81.5% | 63.5% | 47.9% |
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2004 | 193,690 | 13.5% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 3,895,914 | 81.6% | 63.0% | 47.9% |
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2003 | 192,310 | 13.4% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,885,221 | 81.8% | 63.5% | 48.5% |
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2002 | 192,284 | 13.3% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3,889,825 | 81.8% | 63.7% | 49.2% |
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2001 | 192,712 | 13.6% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 4,008,572 | 82.1% | 63.9% | 49.2% |
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2000 | 193,861 | 13.8% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 4,072,786 | 82.3% | 64.0% | 49.2% |
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1999 | 193,447 | 13.5% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3,996,300 | 82.0% | 63.8% | 49.2% |
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1998 | 193,730 | 13.4% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3,919,567 | 81.6% | 63.2% | 48.4% |
1997 | 193,826 | 13.2% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 3,844,460 | 81.3% | 62.7% | 47.8% | |
1996 | 192,239 | 13.0% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,757,958 | 81.0% | 62.4% | 47.9% | |
1995 | 188,149 | 13.2% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 3,704,100 | 81.0% | 62.1% | 47.6% | |
1994 | 184,420 | 12.9% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3,541,690 | 80.6% | 61.8% | 47.1% | |
1993 | 181,162 | 12.7% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 3,448,372 | 80.2% | 61.5% | 46.9% | |
1992 | 177,644 | 12.8% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 3,337,322 | 79.9% | 60.9% | 46.8% | |
1991 | 176,018 | 12.7% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 3,300,668 | 79.7% | 60.5% | 46.5% |
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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 | 182,606 | 13.1% | 3.8% | 1.7% | 3,636,241 | 81.8% | 64.0% | 48.6% |
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11 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 559 | 5.9% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 3,006 | 40.1% | 20.4% | 3.8% |
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21 | Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 361 | 22.2% | 10.8% | 5.8% | 5,727 | 81.2% | 59.1% | 47.3% |
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22 | Utilities | 93 | 47.3% | 35.5% | 29.0% | (10k-24999) | D | D | D |
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23 | Construction | 21,543 | 6.0% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 145,960 | 56.4% | 29.4% | 16.2% |
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31-33 | Manufacturing | 12,202 | 31.7% | 11.0% | 4.6% | 560,342 | 91.1% | 73.1% | 52.6% |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 9,811 | 22.7% | 10.7% | 6.0% | 170,557 | 80.7% | 58.7% | 40.4% |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 24,133 | 10.7% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 466,350 | 80.3% | 66.4% | 58.7% |
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48-49 | Transportation and warehousing | 4,743 | 18.3% | 8.7% | 5.5% | 103,942 | 87.4% | 73.0% | 60.7% |
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51 | Information | 1,746 | 26.1% | 14.7% | 10.6% | 76,673 | 92.7% | 84.2% | 76.9% |
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52 | Finance and insurance | 7,411 | 12.6% | 5.9% | 3.4% | 170,315 | 86.9% | 75.6% | 63.4% |
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53 | Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,378 | 8.7% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 53,233 | 67.2% | 48.7% | 30.9% |
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54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 20,694 | 10.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 256,261 | 75.7% | 58.2% | 41.9% |
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55 | Management of companies and enterprises | 1,090 | 86.3% | 65.9% | 36.6% | 114,528 | 99.6% | 97.1% | 87.4% |
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56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 10,702 | 18.4% | 7.5% | 3.0% | 306,339 | 90.2% | 73.7% | 48.2% |
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61 | Educational services | 2,002 | 21.2% | 7.0% | 2.8% | 67,641 | 89.4% | 71.9% | 52.4% |
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62 | Health care and social assistance | 20,584 | 13.3% | 3.6% | 1.1% | 558,609 | 83.2% | 69.5% | 51.8% |
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71 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3,446 | 14.5% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 49,788 | 77.1% | 45.6% | 25.3% |
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72 | Accommodation and food services | 15,124 | 21.9% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 340,197 | 79.7% | 49.1% | 37.5% |
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81 | Other services (except public administration) | 22,102 | 7.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 162,141 | 45.9% | 19.7% | 9.5% |
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99 | Unclassified | 561 | 0.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 710 | 12.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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