U.S. Firms and Establishments by Size, 2001
Employment
Size of Firm
Total Number of
Firms
Total Number of
Establishments
Total Number of
Employees
Average Number of
Establishments per
Firm
Average Number of
Employees per
Establishment
All firms
5,657,774 7,095,302 115,061,184 1.3 16.2
less than 20
5,036,845 5,093,660 20,602,635 1.0 4.0
less than 500
5,640,407 6,079,993 57,383,449 1.1 9.4
500+
17,367 1,015,309 57,677,735 58.5 56.8
0
703,837 705,612 0 1.0 0.0
1-4
2,697,839 2,703,984 5,630,017 1.0 2.1
5-9
1,019,105 1,033,719 6,698,077 1.0 6.5
10-19
616,064 650,345 8,274,541 1.1 12.7
20-99
518,258 670,477 20,370,447 1.3 30.4
100-499
85,304 315,856 16,410,367 3.7 52.0
500-999
8,572 102,229 5,906,266 11.9 57.8
1,000-2,499
5,161 131,911 7,894,226 25.6 59.8
2,500-4,999
1,770 103,347 6,063,596 58.4 58.7
5,000-9,999
934 120,158 6,456,068 128.6 53.710,000+ 930 557,664 31,357,579 599.6 56.2
