Accommodation & foodservices 10,731 ( 920) 1,755 1,488 3,305 2,386 8,014 2,717 Other services ( except public administration) 6,243 2,307 579 238 1,929 942 5,995 248 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices ( 1,310) ( 6) ( 4) ( 2) 65 ( 67) ( 14) ( 1,296)

Unclassified ( 13,359) ( 12,270) ( 1,013) 13 ( 96) 6 ( 13,360) 1 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2001 2002 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Percent change in estab. Total 0.6 ( 0.6) ( 0.2) 0.2 4.0 6.9 0.6 0.9 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 4.9) ( 6.5) ( 3.8) ( 1.6) ( 1.8) ( 1.2) ( 5.0) 3.5 Mining 1.5 ( 1.6) 0.2 2.3 8.5 10.3 1.5 1.7 Utilities 2.8 0.9 0.4 ( 0.8) 5.1 6.1 2.1 3.5 Construction ( 0.3) ( 0.3) ( 0.4) ( 0.7) ( 0.5) 4.7 ( 0.3) 1.8 Manufacturing ( 2.7) ( 4.4) ( 2.0) ( 2.0) ( 1.0) ( 1.0) ( 2.5) ( 4.2)

Wholesale trade ( 2.0) ( 2.2) ( 1.6) ( 1.2) 1.9 1.8 ( 1.0) ( 7.5)

Retail Trade 0.2 ( 1.0) ( 1.4) ( 0.7) 2.7 4.1 ( 0.2) 1.2 Transportation & Warehousing ( 0.2) ( 1.3) ( 1.5) ( 1.8) 2.2 7.7 ( 0.5) 1.7 Information ( 0.5) ( 1.9) ( 2.5) ( 1.5) 4.5 3.4 ( 0.6) ( 0.3)

Finance & insurance 4.7 2.1 0.5 3.9 17.5 15.6 5.4 3.5 Real estate & rental & leasing 2.6 1.8 0.0 2.1 7.8 8.4 2.3 4.2 Professional, scientific, & technical services 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 5.8 10.2 0.9 11.5 Management of companies & enterprises 0.0 1.5 ( 1.3) ( 0.7) 7.9 3.8 4.0 ( 3.1)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv ( 1.7) ( 3.1) ( 1.4) ( 0.9) 1.9 8.1 ( 1.4) ( 3.3)

Educational services 3.4 3.7 2.2 2.7 3.4 5.1 3.4 4.3 Health care & social assistance 3.8 2.9 1.7 2.3 10.0 11.7 4.3 ( 0.1)

Arts, entertainment, & recreation 0.7 0.1 1.0 ( 0.3) 1.9 6.7 0.8 ( 0.5)

Accommodation & foodservices 2.2 ( 0.7) 2.2 2.1 3.9 7.3 2.0 3.0 Other services ( except public administration) 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 3.8 6.0 0.9 0.7 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices ( 9.0) ( 13.0) ( 5.1) ( 1.0) 6.1 ( 3.1) ( 0.4) ( 11.7)

Unclassified ( 54) ( 56) ( 45) 4 ( 59) UND. ( 54) UND.

Initial year employment Total 115,035,655 5,624,410 6,692,094 8,268,701 20,363,494 16,409,239 57,357,938 57,677,717 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 183,658 26,662 ( D) ( D) 47,800 29,348 164,046 19,612 Mining 485,644 18,142 19,321 29,480 81,720 65,955 214,618 271,026 Utilities 655,137 8,092 7,946 7,609 39,861 43,115 106,623 548,514 Construction 6,497,573 715,153 793,916 941,826 2,007,144 1,074,838 5,532,877 964,696 Manufacturing 15,950,693 216,568 379,326 660,320 2,601,235 2,780,786 6,638,235 9,312,458 Wholesale trade 6,144,275 326,755 417,965 589,567 1,496,234 1,036,659 3,867,180 2,277,095 Retail Trade 14,891,207 755,873 1,005,914 1,153,042 2,264,124 1,284,369 6,463,322 8,427,885 Transportation & Warehousing 3,751,101 149,208 154,444 215,647 577,740 461,137 1,558,176 2,192,925 Information 3,755,460 66,838 81,567 122,529 357,754 367,089 995,777 2,759,683 Finance & insurance 6,249,477 275,519 212,734 214,152 609,307 630,378 1,942,090 4,307,387 Real estate & rental & leasing 2,014,982 284,398 211,694 200,101 388,108 297,915 1,382,216 632,766 Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,157,635 735,618 649,716 726,487 1,444,218 1,034,036 4,590,075 2,567,560 Management of companies & enterprises 2,879,340 6,377 4,566 8,128 69,003 237,516 325,590 2,553,750 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 9,063,096 292,265 321,747 398,378 1,103,122 1,411,282 3,526,794 5,536,302 Educational services 2,612,973 47,057 62,897 108,292 499,245 520,133 1,237,624 1,375,349 Health care & social assistance 14,536,999 519,323 838,454 924,974 2,009,669 2,615,678 6,908,098 7,628,901 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,781,289 79,938 91,962 143,095 493,580 385,430 1,194,005 587,284 Accommodation & foodservices 9,970,455 299,029 527,212 935,252 2,794,068 1,441,788 5,997,349 3,973,106 Other services ( except public administration) 5,374,448 766,350 866,191 854,711 1,464,044 646,300 4,597,596 776,852 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,022,114 70 189 681 11,121 45,487 57,548 964,566 Unclassified 58,099 35,175 ( D) ( D) 4,397 0 58,099 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2001 2002 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Birth empl., org. locations Total 3,369,930 784,984 492,550 470,563 855,180 430,457 3,033,734 336,196 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( D) 3,750 ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D)

Mining 13,115 2,167 1,475 1,958 3,768 1,795 11,163 1,952 Utilities 3,625 652 434 ( D) 1,174 772 ( D) ( D)

Construction 330,763 117,120 64,949 50,928 63,432 24,139 320,568 10,195 Manufacturing 211,221 25,189 22,028 26,032 65,642 49,458 188,349 22,872 Wholesale trade 166,964 38,572 19,766 18,466 32,739 16,070 125,613 41,351 Retail Trade 345,420 103,114 67,832 51,582 76,114 25,868 324,510 20,910 Transportation & Warehousing 99,376 26,477 13,072 13,360 24,679 12,075 89,663 9,713 Information 72,331 12,025 7,258 8,155 18,170 13,072 58,680 13,651 Finance & insurance 118,983 35,491 14,316 10,930 21,345 14,047 96,129 22,854 Real estate & rental & leasing 97,306 38,765 15,036 12,586 19,931 9,225 95,543 1,763 Professional, scientific, & technical services 327,602 107,465 42,190 32,088 52,485 34,246 268,474 59,128 Management of companies & enterprises 23,691 1,161 723 867 4,410 6,055 13,216 10,475 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 327,606 47,380 29,104 30,391 76,652 77,185 260,712 66,894 Educational services 48,738 ( D) 6,163 7,356 15,574 8,486 ( D) ( D)

Health care & social assistance 342,657 61,319 51,654 46,692 80,586 66,504 306,755 35,902 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 69,949 13,401 9,955 10,437 25,293 9,474 68,560 1,389 Accommodation & foodservices 540,370 52,650 75,425 111,917 239,250 50,037 529,279 11,091 Other services ( except public administration) 194,679 78,086 43,077 30,196 29,832 10,635 191,826 2,853 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 174 ( D) ( D) 0 ( D) ( D) 174 0 Unclassified ( D) 11,562 6,102 ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) 0 Birth empl., sec. locations Total 4,301,278 5,103 10,538 51,255 477,799 725,380 1,270,075 3,031,203 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( D) 83 ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D)

Mining 23,036 15 47 255 3,308 6,063 9,688 13,348 Utilities 27,090 4 13 ( D) 1,019 2,040 ( D) ( D)

Construction 104,685 109 72 282 5,885 24,659 31,007 73,678 Manufacturing 195,919 214 112 1,257 17,931 41,472 60,986 134,933 Wholesale trade 168,383 290 1,316 4,941 36,327 37,231 80,105 88,278 Retail Trade 656,204 872 2,427 12,582 69,228 64,587 149,696 506,508 Transportation & Warehousing 111,978 80 181 899 11,024 26,050 38,234 73,744 Information 383,635 97 279 1,516 10,874 17,352 30,118 353,517 Finance & insurance 421,608 509 770 5,239 44,987 47,979 99,484 322,124 Real estate & rental & leasing 84,616 281 777 2,682 13,490 17,369 34,599 50,017 Professional, scientific, & technical services 345,430 163 794 5,216 42,197 51,331 99,701 245,729 Management of companies & enterprises 175,963 167 170 968 14,317 31,169 46,791 129,172 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 465,740 56 470 1,171 20,950 65,436 88,083 377,657 Educational services 25,920 ( D) 24 393 5,107 8,280 ( D) ( D)

Health care & social assistance 453,216 287 1,230 8,237 84,093 140,559 234,406 218,810 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 34,541 21 109 509 4,916 9,877 15,432 19,109 Accommodation & foodservices 491,018 498 862 1,390 63,380 112,061 178,191 312,827 Other services ( except public administration) 93,217 1,346 836 3,429 25,674 18,299 49,584 43,633 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 36,719 ( D) ( D) 142 ( D) ( D) 6,110 30,609 Unclassified ( D) 0 0 0 0 ( D) ( D) ( D) Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2001 2002 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Death empl., org. locations Total 3,660,161 766,345 496,570 492,340 963,681 537,915 3,256,851 403,310 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 17,469 5,111 ( D) 2,348 ( D) 2,965 17,469 0 Mining 13,206 2,329 1,355 1,782 ( D) 2,894 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 2,412 ( D) ( D) 407 1,026 0 2,412 0 Construction 372,401 112,292 68,300 57,673 86,187 35,268 359,720 12,681 Manufacturing 334,592 31,754 29,663 39,610 117,386 89,450 307,863 26,729 Wholesale trade 207,303 42,933 26,841 30,320 63,213 36,592 199,899 7,404 Retail Trade 371,669 102,534 75,568 63,225 90,524 28,990 360,841 10,828 Transportation & Warehousing 115,757 27,430 15,229 17,473 33,729 16,867 110,728 5,029 Information 116,042 12,900 9,442 12,468 37,664 24,345 96,819 19,223 Finance & insurance 116,681 29,424 12,645 12,296 29,318 19,972 103,655 13,026 Real estate & rental & leasing 96,268 32,631 14,717 11,734 19,620 9,409 88,111 8,157 Professional, scientific, & technical services 349,499 100,550 41,900 40,157 82,974 48,104 313,685 35,814 Management of companies & enterprises 14,952 1,120 661 1,174 3,169 5,356 11,480 3,472 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 437,319 51,914 32,814 33,227 83,683 85,672 287,310 150,009 Educational services 34,863 6,359 4,714 4,828 10,519 6,187 32,607 2,256 Health care & social assistance 354,284 44,669 37,418 35,501 73,158 66,148 256,894 97,390 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 69,586 ( D) 9,160 10,516 24,256 11,676 ( D) ( D)

Accommodation & foodservices 402,556 50,511 62,263 84,720 163,723 34,634 395,851 6,705 Other services ( except public administration) 181,468 68,571 37,851 28,784 30,912 13,051 179,169 2,299 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 822 5 19 0 463 335 822 0 Unclassified 51,012 30,310 ( D) 4,097 ( D) 0 51,012 0 Death empl., sec. locations Total 3,409,841 3,948 12,993 35,994 198,686 296,295 547,916 2,861,925 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 1,520 12 ( D) 20 ( D) 645 922 598 Mining 21,914 30 62 154 ( D) 2,253 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 17,104 ( D) ( D) 38 295 654 994 16,110 Construction 58,682 41 47 305 1,850 4,620 6,863 51,819 Manufacturing 374,529 73 197 759 9,523 40,192 50,744 323,785 Wholesale trade 221,749 378 1,079 3,248 18,726 24,053 47,484 174,265 Retail Trade 382,896 1,208 4,470 11,278 44,618 38,921 100,495 282,401 Transportation & Warehousing 111,010 69 216 767 5,044 10,942 17,038 93,972 Information 237,692 66 152 563 3,506 7,763 12,050 225,642 Finance & insurance 297,689 241 874 1,770 9,470 14,037 26,392 271,297 Real estate & rental & leasing 51,334 262 752 1,941 6,153 6,996 16,104 35,230 Professional, scientific, & technical services 302,791 287 776 2,216 13,322 20,120 36,721 266,070 Management of companies & enterprises 171,778 50 143 406 3,833 9,732 14,164 157,614 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 461,709 135 425 1,179 8,718 20,514 30,971 430,738 Educational services 12,320 27 85 264 1,562 2,477 4,415 7,905 Health care & social assistance 274,524 472 1,390 3,943 24,283 38,775 68,863 205,661 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15,753 ( D) 128 390 2,546 2,369 ( D) ( D)

Accommodation & foodservices 264,923 195 922 3,644 33,125 40,556 78,442 186,481 Other services ( except public administration) 60,445 352 1,233 2,997 9,902 7,302 21,786 38,659 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 69,479 13 33 112 991 3,374 4,523 64,956 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2001 2002 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Establishment exp., empl. Total 11,084,448 1,271,337 878,788 932,855 1,905,112 1,329,794 6,317,886 4,766,562 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 19,790 5,805 3,914 3,464 3,901 2,018 19,102 688 Mining 49,299 4,141 2,663 3,163 8,502 5,994 24,463 24,836 Utilities 38,537 4,112 943 634 2,233 2,358 10,280 28,257 Construction 862,419 185,389 122,098 126,851 219,420 100,920 754,678 107,741 Manufacturing 804,733 47,833 44,019 56,289 152,773 128,890 429,804 374,929 Wholesale trade 594,455 60,331 47,377 55,720 120,429 71,123 354,980 239,475 Retail Trade 1,302,753 157,469 113,990 109,588 191,302 91,474 663,823 638,930 Transportation & Warehousing 308,080 34,299 20,220 22,066 46,893 32,328 155,806 152,274 Information 303,831 14,235 11,805 12,966 28,886 21,115 89,007 214,824 Finance & insurance 752,917 51,745 26,632 37,399 74,070 63,811 253,657 499,260 Real estate & rental & leasing 225,281 50,053 24,050 21,093 36,695 27,049 158,940 66,341 Professional, scientific, & technical services 787,678 137,901 81,418 78,784 148,092 94,289 540,484 247,194 Management of companies & enterprises 379,929 2,192 1,767 1,758 20,626 35,897 62,240 317,689 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 1,272,892 93,977 58,353 66,632 182,352 176,973 578,287 694,605 Educational services 224,909 15,587 12,045 16,010 44,833 42,009 130,484 94,425 Health care & social assistance 1,374,787 124,223 108,347 105,591 234,970 236,739 809,870 564,917 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 206,556 25,869 17,409 21,008 47,343 38,587 150,216 56,340 Accommodation & foodservices 879,557 102,116 84,573 111,196 219,756 100,308 617,949 261,608 Other services ( except public administration) 571,277 153,047 96,939 82,413 119,490 52,076 503,965 67,312 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 123,592 19 58 216 2,546 5,836 8,675 114,917 Unclassified 1,176 994 168 14 0 0 1,176 0 Establishment cont., empl. Total 14,346,212 449,689 795,176 991,844 2,675,966 2,333,785 7,246,460 7,099,752 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 25,550 2,303 ( D) ( D) 7,172 5,266 22,965 2,585 Mining 66,679 1,429 2,509 4,027 13,254 11,372 32,591 34,088 Utilities 55,259 481 754 680 2,787 2,663 7,365 47,894 Construction 1,041,214 66,486 115,865 138,810 319,052 206,437 846,650 194,564 Manufacturing 2,054,511 21,290 51,645 89,037 361,317 382,938 906,227 1,148,284 Wholesale trade 775,784 27,697 49,948 67,752 189,902 140,188 475,487 300,297 Retail Trade 1,613,010 60,342 117,143 135,525 279,178 161,752 753,940 859,070 Transportation & Warehousing 468,239 12,783 21,204 27,474 79,322 74,421 215,204 253,035 Information 635,859 6,107 11,130 16,812 59,110 69,984 163,143 472,716 Finance & insurance 704,591 20,344 22,632 22,499 78,399 74,203 218,077 486,514 Real estate & rental & leasing 254,705 19,684 24,727 24,642 53,832 40,894 163,779 90,926 Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,009,052 60,339 80,851 87,116 214,657 176,476 619,439 389,613 Management of companies & enterprises 390,928 348 619 986 10,947 32,145 45,045 345,883 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 1,774,372 25,931 45,551 55,948 178,056 287,774 593,260 1,181,112 Educational services 173,402 3,653 6,949 10,891 39,592 37,159 98,244 75,158 Health care & social assistance 1,195,810 33,407 74,593 90,771 225,125 279,007 702,903 492,907 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 199,750 6,369 12,524 17,949 55,663 43,942 136,447 63,303 Accommodation & foodservices 1,199,967 22,650 59,032 105,151 341,081 227,190 755,104 444,863 Other services ( except public administration) 593,249 57,497 92,936 91,536 165,869 73,478 481,316 111,933 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 113,150 6 11 59 1,571 6,496 8,143 105,007 Unclassified 1,131 543 ( D) ( D) 80 0 1,131 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2001 2002 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Change in employment Total ( 2,660,558) 841,442 77,137 ( 65,505) ( 600,242) ( 682,364) ( 429,532) ( 2,231,026)

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 11,406) 2,212 ( 1,439) ( 1,048) ( 4,724) ( D) ( D) ( D)

Mining ( 16,349) 2,535 259 ( 587) ( 2,729) ( 2,667) ( 3,189) ( 13,160)

Utilities ( 5,523) 3,748 189 ( 95) 318 1,853 6,013 ( 11,536)

Construction ( 174,430) 123,799 2,907 ( 18,727) ( 118,352) ( 96,607) ( 106,980) ( 67,450)

0.583 Manufacturing ( 1,551,759) 20,119 ( 15,346) ( 45,828) ( 251,880) ( 292,760) ( 585,695) ( 966,064)

Wholesale trade ( 275,034) 28,185 ( 9,409) ( 22,193) ( 82,346) ( 76,409) ( 162,172) ( 112,862)

Retail Trade ( 63,198) 97,371 ( 12,932) ( 36,276) ( 77,676) ( 47,734) ( 77,247) 14,049 Transportation & Warehousing ( 175,572) 20,574 ( 3,176) ( 9,389) ( 35,499) ( 31,777) ( 59,267) ( 116,305)

Information ( 229,796) 7,284 ( 1,382) ( 7,206) ( 42,350) ( 50,553) ( 94,207) ( 135,589)

Finance & insurance 174,547 37,736 5,567 17,003 23,215 17,625 101,146 73,401 Real estate & rental & leasing 4,896 36,522 ( 333) ( 1,956) ( 9,489) ( 3,656) 21,088 ( 16,192)

Professional, scientific, & technical services ( 200,632) 84,353 875 ( 13,401) ( 68,179) ( 64,834) ( 61,186) ( 139,446)

Management of companies & enterprises 1,925 2,002 1,237 1,027 21,404 25,888 51,558 ( 49,633)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv ( 607,162) 63,433 9,137 7,840 9,497 ( 74,366) 15,541 ( 622,703)

Educational services 78,982 14,187 6,484 7,776 13,841 12,952 55,240 23,742 Health care & social assistance 346,042 107,281 47,830 30,305 77,083 59,872 322,371 23,671 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 25,957 20,426 5,661 3,099 ( 4,913) ( 49) 24,224 1,733 Accommodation & foodservices 43,499 81,908 38,643 30,988 ( 15,543) ( 39,974) 96,022 ( 52,523)

Other services ( except public administration) 24,011 106,059 8,832 ( 7,279) ( 31,687) ( 12,821) 63,104 ( 39,093)

Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices ( 22,966) 5 55 187 2,197 ( 973) 1,471 ( 24,437)

Unclassified ( 26,590) ( 18,297) ( 6,522) 255 ( 2,430) ( D) ( D) ( D)

Percent change in empl. Total ( 2.3) 15.0 1.2 ( 0.8) ( 2.9) ( 4.2) ( 0.7) ( 3.9)

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 6.2) 8.3 ( D) ( D) ( 9.9) ( D) ( D) ( D)

Mining ( 3.4) 14.0 1.3 ( 2.0) ( 3.3) ( 4.0) ( 1.5) ( 4.9)

Utilities ( 0.8) 46.3 2.4 ( 1.2) 0.8 4.3 5.6 ( 2.1)

Construction ( 2.7) 17.3 0.4 ( 2.0) ( 5.9) ( 9.0) ( 1.9) ( 7.0)

Manufacturing ( 9.7) 9.3 ( 4.0) ( 6.9) ( 9.7) ( 10.5) ( 8.8) ( 10.4)

Wholesale trade ( 4.5) 8.6 ( 2.3) ( 3.8) ( 5.5) ( 7.4) ( 4.2) ( 5.0)

Retail Trade ( 0.4) 12.9 ( 1.3) ( 3.1) ( 3.4) ( 3.7) ( 1.2) 0.2 Transportation & Warehousing ( 4.7) 13.8 ( 2.1) ( 4.4) ( 6.1) ( 6.9) ( 3.8) ( 5.3)

Information ( 6.1) 10.9 ( 1.7) ( 5.9) ( 11.8) ( 13.8) ( 9.5) ( 4.9)

Finance & insurance 2.8 13.7 2.6 7.9 3.8 2.8 5.2 1.7 Real estate & rental & leasing 0.2 12.8 ( 0.2) ( 1.0) ( 2.4) ( 1.2) 1.5 ( 2.6)

Professional, scientific, & technical services ( 2.8) 11.5 0.1 ( 1.8) ( 4.7) ( 6.3) ( 1.3) ( 5.4)

Management of companies & enterprises 0.1 31.4 27.1 12.6 31.0 10.9 15.8 ( 1.9)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv ( 6.7) 21.7 2.8 2.0 0.9 ( 5.3) 0.4 ( 11.2)

Educational services 3.0 30.1 10.3 7.2 2.8 2.5 4.5 1.7 Health care & social assistance 2.4 20.7 5.7 3.3 3.8 2.3 4.7 0.3 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1.5 25.6 6.2 2.2 ( 1.0) 0.0 2.0 0.3 Accommodation & foodservices 0.4 27.4 7.3 3.3 ( 0.6) ( 2.8) 1.6 ( 1.3)

Other services ( except public administration) 0.4 13.8 1.0 ( 0.9) ( 2.2) ( 2.0) 1.4 ( 5.0)

Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices ( 2.2) 7.1 29.1 27.5 19.8 ( 2.1) 2.6 ( 2.5)

Unclassified ( 45.8) ( 52.0) ( D) ( D) ( 55.3) ( D) ( D) ( D) Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2001 2002 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Source: Office of Advocacy, U. S. Small Business Administration, from longitudinal data ( establishments with some first quarter payroll) provided by the U. S. Census Bureau, Statistics of U. S. Business. Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Initial year establishments Total 6,297,423 2,671,485 1,033,765 651,442 672,189 305,573 5,334,454 962,969 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 21,712 12,477 4,645 2,380 1,392 396 21,290 422 Mining 21,486 8,823 2,943 2,219 2,635 1,162 17,782 3,704 Utilities 16,598 3,436 1,148 595 1,383 1,017 7,579 9,019 Construction 607,846 338,317 125,512 73,900 56,017 7,663 601,409 6,437 Manufacturing 331,748 94,183 56,681 48,970 67,276 25,589 292,699 39,049 Wholesale trade 409,869 157,948 65,821 48,019 55,978 24,779 352,545 57,324 Retail Trade 1,023,996 339,878 157,571 97,567 97,314 50,293 742,623 281,373 Transportation & Warehousing 166,755 75,823 23,918 16,609 18,153 7,819 142,322 24,433 Information 117,911 32,581 12,751 9,553 10,748 5,365 70,998 46,913 Finance & insurance 392,006 132,244 33,757 18,740 30,727 25,112 240,580 151,426 Real estate & rental & leasing 264,483 148,548 33,486 17,754 17,389 10,184 227,361 37,122 Professional, scientific, & technical services 620,240 372,983 99,124 55,227 45,249 15,188 587,771 32,469 Management of companies & enterprises 45,417 3,975 872 1,156 5,491 8,403 19,897 25,520 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 304,126 138,206 49,110 30,095 29,771 13,380 260,562 43,564 Educational services 60,784 21,960 9,167 7,727 12,895 5,293 57,042 3,742 Health care & social assistance 609,827 230,018 126,537 71,260 68,528 51,282 547,625 62,202 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 84,633 38,446 13,880 10,932 13,256 3,504 80,018 4,615 Accommodation & foodservices 483,206 128,406 78,324 70,024 85,529 31,615 393,898 89,308 Other services ( except public administration) 665,051 362,853 134,587 67,666 51,079 15,432 631,617 33,434 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 14,363 46 75 176 1,076 2,097 3,470 10,893 Unclassified 35,366 30,334 3,856 873 303 0 35,366 0 Births, original locations Total 585,140 437,281 83,380 37,376 24,092 2,708 584,837 303 ( new firms) Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 3,581 2,755 510 181 122 13 3,581 0 Mining 1,930 1,398 257 147 112 14 1,928 2 Utilities 549 394 93 24 27 9 547 2 Construction 74,780 58,540 10,445 3,818 1,816 152 74,771 9 Manufacturing 22,780 14,263 4,086 2,279 1,863 268 22,759 21 Wholesale trade 27,679 21,232 3,584 1,659 1,065 129 27,669 10 Retail Trade 74,358 54,872 12,301 4,697 2,328 148 74,346 12 Transportation & Warehousing 20,542 16,281 2,424 1,100 660 74 20,539 3 Information 10,036 6,795 1,560 863 697 110 10,025 11 Finance & insurance 25,211 21,120 2,464 912 585 110 25,191 20 Real estate & rental & leasing 26,269 22,052 2,595 965 574 75 26,261 8 Professional, scientific, & technical services 79,062 65,788 8,090 3,120 1,832 212 79,042 20 Management of companies & enterprises 1,250 652 132 122 180 122 1,208 42 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 36,707 26,636 5,113 2,402 2,024 453 36,628 79 Educational services 6,549 4,489 1,083 552 387 35 6,546 3 Health care & social assistance 44,034 30,022 8,166 3,494 2,004 324 44,010 24 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,780 6,845 1,460 774 634 60 9,773 7 Accommodation & foodservices 46,924 22,750 10,150 7,568 6,098 336 46,902 22 Other services ( except public administration) 50,529 40,634 6,692 2,279 856 61 50,522 7 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 24 2 5 4 9 3 23 1 Unclassified 22,566 19,761 2,170 416 219 0 22,566 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Births, secondary locations Total 142,180 1,041 1,130 1,786 8,158 22,279 34,394 107,786 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 117 7 10 2 18 46 83 34 Mining 443 8 7 5 32 75 127 316 Utilities 1,031 0 1 0 12 36 49 982 Construction 901 11 16 14 80 130 251 650 Manufacturing 2,455 18 20 37 316 660 1,051 1,404 Wholesale trade 9,288 75 79 118 759 1,788 2,819 6,469 Retail Trade 25,500 250 329 477 1,875 3,974 6,905 18,595 Transportation & Warehousing 3,753 26 11 28 162 490 717 3,036 Information 13,344 22 18 36 224 805 1,105 12,239 Finance & insurance 26,639 116 58 153 889 2,623 3,839 22,800 Real estate & rental & leasing 7,648 88 105 156 419 1,077 1,845 5,803 Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,710 77 82 116 528 1,325 2,128 5,582 Management of companies & enterprises 3,965 22 16 23 216 569 846 3,119 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 7,879 22 37 63 262 713 1,097 6,782 Educational services 680 11 4 20 92 243 370 310 Health care & social assistance 13,168 112 142 248 993 4,079 5,574 7,594 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 603 13 9 16 73 180 291 312 Accommodation & foodservices 10,397 69 67 99 538 2,217 2,990 7,407 Other services ( except public administration) 4,931 91 115 165 595 987 1,953 2,978 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,728 3 4 10 75 262 354 1,374 Deaths, original locations Total 553,291 410,315 75,861 37,784 25,752 3,127 552,839 452 ( firm deaths) Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 2,928 2,294 420 138 67 8 2,927 1 Mining 1,589 1,157 197 105 110 18 1,587 2 Utilities 370 261 47 32 22 6 368 2 Construction 74,771 57,361 10,383 4,407 2,390 219 74,760 11 Manufacturing 25,493 15,090 4,324 2,832 2,807 402 25,455 38 Wholesale trade 32,675 24,351 4,177 2,294 1,634 192 32,648 27 Retail Trade 74,387 54,509 12,006 4,989 2,639 219 74,362 25 Transportation & Warehousing 20,133 15,490 2,387 1,234 898 113 20,122 11 Information 10,230 6,686 1,542 959 882 142 10,211 19 Finance & insurance 21,689 17,716 2,095 907 802 137 21,657 32 Real estate & rental & leasing 24,366 20,241 2,454 999 591 75 24,360 6 Professional, scientific, & technical services 67,298 56,090 6,157 2,800 1,961 261 67,269 29 Management of companies & enterprises 1,192 599 120 102 187 119 1,127 65 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 33,528 24,388 4,470 2,368 1,828 390 33,444 84 Educational services 4,827 3,428 650 383 330 32 4,823 4 Health care & social assistance 36,414 25,236 5,989 2,947 1,852 352 36,376 38 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 8,655 5,973 1,221 755 652 46 8,647 8 Accommodation & foodservices 45,758 24,433 9,355 6,717 4,918 306 45,729 29 Other services ( except public administration) 50,869 41,316 6,164 2,336 963 76 50,855 14 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 43 6 1 3 12 14 36 7 Unclassified 16,076 13,690 1,702 477 207 0 16,076 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Deaths, secondary locations Total 125,876 1,357 1,819 3,100 10,360 15,806 32,442 93,434 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 87 5 2 0 11 18 36 51 Mining 445 6 21 27 56 69 179 266 Utilities 972 2 1 5 21 29 58 914 Construction 881 11 9 11 74 128 233 648 Manufacturing 3,345 32 35 54 405 776 1,302 2,043 Wholesale trade 9,065 120 123 275 1,002 1,497 3,017 6,048 Retail Trade 24,707 417 600 863 2,516 3,052 7,448 17,259 Transportation & Warehousing 3,040 36 29 67 247 364 743 2,297 Information 7,143 40 28 44 250 630 992 6,151 Finance & insurance 30,169 76 150 247 783 1,427 2,683 27,486 Real estate & rental & leasing 4,374 115 131 254 554 564 1,618 2,756 Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,463 80 82 166 597 983 1,908 4,555 Management of companies & enterprises 3,941 43 32 50 228 310 663 3,278 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 5,883 29 62 86 330 764 1,271 4,612 Educational services 510 5 11 9 125 176 326 184 Health care & social assistance 9,779 123 152 308 1,107 2,417 4,107 5,672 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 515 14 15 18 99 112 258 257 Accommodation & foodservices 8,474 88 157 310 1,229 1,485 3,269 5,205 Other services ( except public administration) 4,571 108 166 291 666 847 2,078 2,493 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,512 7 13 15 60 158 253 1,259 Establishment expansions Total 1,769,313 545,393 317,342 229,457 254,681 110,655 1,457,528 311,785 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 5,180 2,424 1,308 712 470 124 5,038 142 Mining 6,533 1,755 1,048 939 1,190 442 5,374 1,159 Utilities 4,323 629 300 174 437 307 1,847 2,476 Construction 173,993 79,700 39,466 26,501 22,596 3,238 171,501 2,492 Manufacturing 105,711 21,361 17,576 17,318 26,223 9,756 92,234 13,477 Wholesale trade 112,041 29,912 20,065 16,830 20,340 8,294 95,441 16,600 Retail Trade 295,802 72,851 46,218 30,940 31,541 16,042 197,592 98,210 Transportation & Warehousing 45,699 14,278 7,519 5,906 7,032 2,937 37,672 8,027 Information 29,017 6,412 4,099 3,440 4,247 1,919 20,117 8,900 Finance & insurance 102,688 24,134 9,474 6,319 10,823 8,064 58,814 43,874 Real estate & rental & leasing 58,825 22,925 9,000 5,689 5,621 3,181 46,416 12,409 Professional, scientific, & technical services 156,424 67,051 31,607 21,070 19,140 6,382 145,250 11,174 Management of companies & enterprises 13,232 407 213 301 1,544 2,960 5,425 7,807 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 85,876 29,986 15,479 10,857 11,758 4,949 73,029 12,847 Educational services 22,496 5,173 3,333 3,312 6,278 2,526 20,622 1,874 Health care & social assistance 194,974 51,962 41,784 27,243 29,543 20,056 170,588 24,386 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24,555 7,749 4,406 3,799 5,165 1,585 22,704 1,851 Accommodation & foodservices 152,586 30,803 24,271 24,138 30,913 11,771 121,896 30,690 Other services ( except public administration) 170,988 72,542 39,735 23,876 19,519 5,415 161,087 9,901 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 4,512 6 11 26 273 707 1,023 3,489 Unclassified 3,858 3,333 430 67 28 0 3,858 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Establishment contractions Total 1,691,845 357,541 367,724 266,521 273,524 112,438 1,377,748 314,097 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 5,926 1,842 1,897 1,189 715 149 5,792 134 Mining 5,114 958 910 752 871 429 3,920 1,194 Utilities 4,740 360 357 196 403 310 1,626 3,114 Construction 173,714 54,048 51,517 34,430 27,822 3,703 171,520 2,194 Manufacturing 118,753 14,391 20,617 21,117 32,078 12,645 100,848 17,905 Wholesale trade 108,653 20,167 22,161 18,591 21,216 8,864 90,999 17,654 Retail Trade 306,317 49,481 56,679 40,722 39,188 17,933 204,003 102,314 Transportation & Warehousing 44,661 9,885 8,804 6,952 7,485 2,910 36,036 8,625 Information 28,251 4,202 4,190 3,624 4,076 1,772 17,864 10,387 Finance & insurance 83,780 15,708 10,954 6,133 7,866 7,269 47,930 35,850 Real estate & rental & leasing 55,164 16,584 11,911 6,819 6,013 3,137 44,464 10,700 Professional, scientific, & technical services 132,068 44,499 34,973 21,634 16,923 5,038 123,067 9,001 Management of companies & enterprises 12,653 252 203 287 1,514 2,817 5,073 7,580 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 85,323 19,953 18,584 12,603 12,932 5,777 69,849 15,474 Educational services 16,071 2,757 3,098 2,822 4,480 1,652 14,809 1,262 Health care & social assistance 151,888 26,933 38,871 26,325 22,977 16,664 131,770 20,118 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24,434 5,060 5,206 4,868 6,082 1,429 22,645 1,789 Accommodation & foodservices 168,435 19,242 28,300 29,580 40,198 14,396 131,716 36,719 Other services ( except public administration) 157,489 48,770 47,246 27,545 20,317 4,875 148,753 8,736 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 4,369 3 10 33 307 669 1,022 3,347 Unclassified 4,042 2,446 1,236 299 61 0 4,042 0 Change in establishments Total 48,153 26,650 6,830 ( 1,722) ( 3,862) 6,054 33,950 14,203 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 683 463 98 45 62 33 701 ( 18)

Mining 339 243 46 20 ( 22) 2 289 50 Utilities 238 131 46 ( 13) ( 4) 10 170 68 Construction 29 1,179 69 ( 586) ( 568) ( 65) 29 0 Manufacturing ( 3,603) ( 841) ( 253) ( 570) ( 1,033) ( 250) ( 2,947) ( 656)

Wholesale trade ( 4,773) ( 3,164) ( 637) ( 792) ( 812) 228 ( 5,177) 404 Retail Trade 764 196 24 ( 678) ( 952) 851 ( 559) 1,323 Transportation & Warehousing 1,122 781 19 ( 173) ( 323) 87 391 731 Information 6,007 91 8 ( 104) ( 211) 143 ( 73) 6,080 Finance & insurance ( 8) 3,444 277 ( 89) ( 111) 1,169 4,690 ( 4,698)

Real estate & rental & leasing 5,177 1,784 115 ( 132) ( 152) 513 2,128 3,049 Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,011 9,695 1,933 270 ( 198) 293 11,993 1,018 Management of companies & enterprises 82 32 ( 4) ( 7) ( 19) 262 264 ( 182)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 5,175 2,241 618 11 128 12 3,010 2,165 Educational services 1,892 1,067 426 180 24 70 1,767 125 Health care & social assistance 11,009 4,775 2,167 487 38 1,634 9,101 1,908 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,213 871 233 17 ( 44) 82 1,159 54 Accommodation & foodservices 3,089 ( 1,702) 705 640 489 762 894 2,195 Other services ( except public administration) 20 ( 699) 477 ( 183) ( 178) 125 ( 458) 478 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 197 ( 8) ( 5) ( 4) 12 93 88 109 Unclassified 6,490 6,071 468 ( 61) 12 0 6,490 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Percent change in estab. Total 0.8 1.0 0.7 ( 0.3) ( 0.6) 2.0 0.6 1.5 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 3.1 3.7 2.1 1.9 4.5 8.3 3.3 ( 4.3)

Mining 1.6 2.8 1.6 0.9 ( 0.8) 0.2 1.6 1.3 Utilities 1.4 3.8 4.0 ( 2.2) ( 0.3) 1.0 2.2 0.8 Construction 0.0 0.3 0.1 ( 0.8) ( 1.0) ( 0.8) 0.0 0.0 Manufacturing ( 1.1) ( 0.9) ( 0.4) ( 1.2) ( 1.5) ( 1.0) ( 1.0) ( 1.7)

Wholesale trade ( 1.2) ( 2.0) ( 1.0) ( 1.6) ( 1.5) 0.9 ( 1.5) 0.7 Retail Trade 0.1 0.1 0.0 ( 0.7) ( 1.0) 1.7 ( 0.1) 0.5 Transportation & Warehousing 0.7 1.0 0.1 ( 1.0) ( 1.8) 1.1 0.3 3.0 Information 5.1 0.3 0.1 ( 1.1) ( 2.0) 2.7 ( 0.1) 13.0 Finance & insurance 0.0 2.6 0.8 ( 0.5) ( 0.4) 4.7 1.9 ( 3.1)

Real estate & rental & leasing 2.0 1.2 0.3 ( 0.7) ( 0.9) 5.0 0.9 8.2 Professional, scientific, & technical services 2.1 2.6 2.0 0.5 ( 0.4) 1.9 2.0 3.1 Management of companies & enterprises 0.2 0.8 ( 0.5) ( 0.6) ( 0.3) 3.1 1.3 ( 0.7)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 1.2 5.0 Educational services 3.1 4.9 4.6 2.3 0.2 1.3 3.1 3.3 Health care & social assistance 1.8 2.1 1.7 0.7 0.1 3.2 1.7 3.1 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1.4 2.3 1.7 0.2 ( 0.3) 2.3 1.4 1.2 Accommodation & foodservices 0.6 ( 1.3) 0.9 0.9 0.6 2.4 0.2 2.5 Other services ( except public administration) 0.0 ( 0.2) 0.4 ( 0.3) ( 0.3) 0.8 ( 0.1) 1.4 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1.4 ( 17.4) ( 6.7) ( 2.3) 1.1 4.4 2.5 1.0 Unclassified 18.4 20.0 12.1 ( 7.0) 4.0 0.0 18.4 0.0 Initial year employment Total 114,033,821 5,586,858 6,701,841 8,279,902 20,269,253 16,256,997 57,094,851 56,938,970 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 183,830 25,196 30,455 31,030 46,349 29,065 162,095 21,735 Mining 456,278 17,749 18,933 28,074 76,770 59,098 200,624 255,654 Utilities 655,354 7,585 7,230 7,228 39,078 43,739 104,860 550,494 Construction 6,572,099 713,217 820,708 988,535 2,076,720 1,075,187 5,674,367 897,732 Manufacturing 16,475,166 212,912 379,026 666,069 2,646,707 2,898,343 6,803,057 9,672,109 Wholesale trade 6,112,123 333,802 426,796 599,988 1,510,484 1,015,545 3,886,615 2,225,508 Retail Trade 14,843,197 748,792 1,011,439 1,159,268 2,279,408 1,295,121 6,494,028 8,349,169 Transportation & Warehousing 3,791,273 147,190 155,768 217,287 582,549 454,573 1,557,367 2,233,906 Information 3,546,140 67,120 83,552 124,594 358,487 363,185 996,938 2,549,202 Finance & insurance 5,964,780 268,614 208,683 210,655 606,979 620,697 1,915,628 4,049,152 Real estate & rental & leasing 1,943,560 281,957 209,495 201,684 379,465 286,773 1,359,374 584,186 Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,819,225 717,649 640,662 706,662 1,383,756 962,523 4,411,252 2,407,973 Management of companies & enterprises 2,873,628 6,326 4,472 8,129 66,828 221,993 307,748 2,565,880 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 9,139,003 285,669 319,054 392,258 1,067,970 1,414,545 3,479,496 5,659,507 Educational services 2,533,584 45,250 60,598 103,588 481,578 503,454 1,194,468 1,339,116 Health care & social assistance 14,110,867 514,949 821,233 892,302 1,931,856 2,550,263 6,710,603 7,400,264 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,742,465 76,574 91,547 145,838 496,961 373,153 1,184,073 558,392 Accommodation & foodservices 9,880,282 296,559 521,898 936,545 2,775,476 1,422,956 5,953,434 3,926,848 Other services ( except public administration) 5,296,364 769,762 866,090 848,252 1,442,610 620,930 4,547,644 748,720 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,001,055 79 186 621 10,892 45,854 57,632 943,423 Unclassified 93,548 49,907 24,016 11,295 8,330 0 93,548 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Birth empl., org. locations Total 3,418,369 792,851 535,123 493,324 865,063 422,140 3,108,501 309,868 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 17,414 4,880 3,311 ( D) 4,466 ( D) 17,414 0 Mining 12,076 2,622 ( D) ( D) 4,027 1,756 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 6,992 759 ( D) 305 1,004 1,335 ( D) ( D)

Construction 320,972 107,845 66,421 49,831 63,053 26,032 313,182 7,790 Manufacturing 213,808 27,751 26,577 30,594 72,092 43,442 200,456 13,352 Wholesale trade 147,615 38,695 22,743 21,889 36,954 19,556 139,837 7,778 Retail Trade 351,332 103,805 78,648 60,598 78,082 20,228 341,361 9,971 Transportation & Warehousing 95,053 28,157 15,437 14,626 23,110 12,568 93,898 1,155 Information 92,177 12,761 10,103 11,657 26,262 19,081 79,864 12,313 Finance & insurance 139,098 36,869 15,371 11,912 20,927 18,737 103,816 35,282 Real estate & rental & leasing 105,424 ( D) 16,425 12,486 20,583 ( D) 98,468 6,956 Professional, scientific, & technical services 334,349 111,683 51,434 40,684 66,526 36,450 306,777 27,572 Management of companies & enterprises 32,067 1,138 776 1,425 6,539 10,151 20,029 12,038 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 385,190 48,583 32,836 32,047 78,494 80,314 272,274 112,916 Educational services 44,613 8,202 7,015 7,340 13,720 6,298 42,575 2,038 Health care & social assistance 314,850 57,197 52,078 46,191 73,793 48,891 278,150 36,700 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 73,352 12,323 9,581 10,419 23,720 10,934 66,977 6,375 Accommodation & foodservices 492,128 48,851 67,866 102,365 218,195 43,130 480,407 11,721 Other services ( except public administration) 182,494 72,083 42,462 29,382 27,498 8,220 179,645 2,849 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 582 ( D) 16 16 134 ( D) ( D) ( D)

Unclassified 56,783 31,974 13,767 5,158 5,884 0 56,783 0 Birth empl., sec. locations Total 3,274,979 2,234 4,057 11,334 76,596 346,389 440,610 2,834,369 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 1,298 11 42 ( D) 104 ( D) 519 779 Mining 13,221 10 ( D) ( D) 317 1,641 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 29,263 0 ( D) 0 291 594 ( D) ( D)

Construction 38,301 31 70 106 1,210 4,382 5,799 32,502 Manufacturing 165,314 175 126 522 7,639 29,236 37,698 127,616 Wholesale trade 169,476 117 188 1,049 6,729 22,967 31,050 138,426 Retail Trade 502,188 396 789 1,780 12,770 45,245 60,980 441,208 Transportation & Warehousing 87,377 32 26 1,292 1,859 9,004 12,213 75,164 Information 279,044 32 38 170 2,553 10,127 12,920 266,124 Finance & insurance 459,864 325 145 465 5,828 22,491 29,254 430,610 Real estate & rental & leasing 73,119 ( D) 351 409 2,515 ( D) 13,300 59,819 Professional, scientific, & technical services 196,967 131 773 625 4,895 22,631 29,055 167,912 Management of companies & enterprises 147,952 22 140 170 2,875 15,170 18,377 129,575 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 420,960 36 132 368 3,849 18,681 23,066 397,894 Educational services 9,824 13 12 126 1,220 2,339 3,710 6,114 Health care & social assistance 249,622 263 326 2,916 8,598 53,253 65,356 184,266 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 20,298 87 19 128 883 4,258 5,375 14,923 Accommodation & foodservices 301,145 122 601 543 7,352 59,545 68,163 232,982 Other services ( except public administration) 42,667 114 261 614 4,443 10,308 15,740 26,927 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 67,079 ( D) 4 32 666 ( D) ( D) ( D) Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Death empl., org. locations Total 3,261,621 717,230 488,511 494,936 913,181 435,856 3,049,714 211,907 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 13,876 3,954 ( D) 1,860 2,639 1,709 ( D) ( D)

Mining 10,461 1,923 ( D) 1,322 3,825 1,961 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 3,445 ( D) ( D) 421 886 909 ( D) ( D)

 1 Construction 352,755 101,662 66,344 58,174 86,548 35,343 348,071 4,684 Manufacturing 280,636 28,175 28,481 38,302 110,022 60,809 265,789 14,847 Wholesale trade 186,817 42,582 26,863 29,889 57,448 23,546 180,328 6,489 Retail Trade 352,701 100,461 77,036 63,397 87,007 22,275 350,176 2,525 Transportation & Warehousing 110,693 25,863 15,309 16,251 32,568 17,112 107,103 3,590 Information 104,417 12,011 10,078 12,758 34,662 23,260 92,769 11,648 Finance & insurance 114,058 29,601 13,093 11,567 28,671 18,783 101,715 12,343 Real estate & rental & leasing 93,457 ( D) 15,477 12,676 20,048 10,763 ( D) ( D)

Professional, scientific, & technical services 294,908 89,171 39,208 36,675 71,309 39,198 275,561 19,347 Management of companies & enterprises 17,602 956 692 942 3,810 5,021 11,421 6,181 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 337,250 43,067 28,837 31,572 71,038 70,169 244,683 92,567 Educational services 37,265 6,005 4,237 5,074 12,043 5,385 32,744 4,521 Health care & social assistance 252,129 45,768 38,511 38,296 66,691 45,782 235,048 17,081 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 63,721 10,280 8,005 10,009 24,456 7,662 60,412 3,309 Accommodation & foodservices 405,810 50,135 62,036 89,672 162,460 35,277 399,580 6,230 Other services ( except public administration) 183,614 70,240 39,300 29,729 31,169 10,352 180,790 2,824 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,123 8 ( D) 3 102 540 ( D) ( D)

Unclassified 44,883 22,029 10,728 6,347 5,779 0 44,883 0 Death empl., sec. locations Total 2,834,837 2,056 5,061 13,358 97,480 257,712 375,667 2,459,170 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 2,244 8 ( D) 0 96 436 ( D) ( D)

Mining 8,546 7 ( D) 94 432 1,154 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 19,594 ( D) ( D) 24 271 297 ( D) ( D)

Construction 42,690 14 47 84 989 3,542 4,676 38,014 Manufacturing 283,950 60 147 357 8,433 38,681 47,678 236,272 Wholesale trade 161,531 178 321 1,244 9,075 19,496 30,314 131,217 Retail Trade 362,559 633 1,594 3,635 19,154 32,655 57,671 304,888 Transportation & Warehousing 74,199 55 89 284 2,991 5,034 8,453 65,746 Information 168,168 57 80 210 2,755 8,300 11,402 156,766 Finance & insurance 332,410 111 365 883 5,593 15,252 22,204 310,206 Real estate & rental & leasing 43,380 ( D) 338 908 3,353 6,466 ( D) ( D)

Professional, scientific, & technical services 145,955 124 212 782 5,205 13,811 20,134 125,821 Management of companies & enterprises 163,388 67 121 237 2,017 6,913 9,355 154,033 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 452,699 45 177 357 3,955 17,962 22,496 430,203 Educational services 7,756 8 36 36 669 2,255 3,004 4,752 Health care & social assistance 227,241 179 417 1,200 9,178 37,725 48,699 178,542 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 16,761 19 52 114 1,273 2,277 3,735 13,026 Accommodation & foodservices 219,522 131 493 1,596 16,933 35,695 54,848 164,674 Other services ( except public administration) 38,886 172 470 1,241 4,667 7,139 13,689 25,197 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 63,358 16 ( D) 72 441 2,622 ( D) ( D) Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Establishment exp., empl. Total 11,664,679 1,223,950 893,765 929,766 2,012,497 1,532,496 6,592,474 5,072,205 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 21,393 5,348 3,515 3,047 5,062 2,575 19,547 1,846 Mining 64,412 4,063 3,344 5,409 12,776 7,823 33,415 30,997 Utilities 44,186 1,153 759 622 1,955 1,865 6,354 37,832 Construction 982,253 183,595 126,549 132,773 260,122 124,597 827,636 154,617 Manufacturing 1,117,241 50,512 51,091 70,186 214,317 194,371 580,477 536,764 Wholesale trade 644,931 66,252 51,467 60,305 131,130 87,269 396,423 248,508 Retail Trade 1,258,116 136,435 114,160 102,052 166,430 102,738 621,815 636,301 Transportation & Warehousing 350,141 31,843 22,581 25,534 55,243 41,984 177,185 172,956 Information 432,316 17,436 17,293 22,173 55,597 58,718 171,217 261,099 Finance & insurance 722,862 46,562 25,399 23,179 61,022 55,241 211,403 511,459 Real estate & rental & leasing 224,153 42,304 23,763 21,148 37,661 26,725 151,601 72,552 Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,014,369 154,244 92,877 90,621 196,640 131,667 666,049 348,320 Management of companies & enterprises 366,378 1,679 1,542 1,783 9,392 26,866 41,262 325,116 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 1,326,947 122,681 60,598 58,172 177,158 215,570 634,179 692,768 Educational services 210,082 13,138 13,613 14,200 44,185 41,097 126,233 83,849 Health care & social assistance 1,186,917 109,884 102,036 97,803 200,274 204,770 714,767 472,150 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 183,033 19,404 16,278 18,650 44,778 38,611 137,721 45,312 Accommodation & foodservices 848,925 78,556 74,127 101,461 220,510 107,740 582,394 266,531 Other services ( except public administration) 546,781 132,926 91,574 80,104 116,974 56,638 478,216 68,565 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 111,517 9 44 69 1,101 5,631 6,854 104,663 Unclassified 7,726 5,926 1,155 475 170 0 7,726 0 Establishment cont., empl. Total 11,261,599 450,555 739,637 863,877 1,901,374 1,609,886 5,565,329 5,696,270 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 24,284 2,401 4,353 4,706 6,630 4,169 22,259 2,025 Mining 44,514 1,226 1,913 2,706 7,188 7,236 20,269 24,245 Utilities 60,861 443 620 594 1,658 2,325 5,640 55,221 Construction 872,246 71,188 118,282 137,518 277,062 147,606 751,656 120,590 Manufacturing 1,460,982 18,295 40,674 66,660 248,015 284,203 657,847 803,135 Wholesale trade 585,617 25,056 42,498 55,029 122,227 94,481 339,291 246,326 Retail Trade 1,356,557 61,486 108,657 118,476 194,588 123,182 606,389 750,168 Transportation & Warehousing 392,435 12,727 19,132 24,384 55,043 43,087 154,373 238,062 Information 344,963 5,464 9,310 13,232 36,873 38,504 103,383 241,580 Finance & insurance 584,974 18,914 20,469 17,788 39,985 54,326 151,482 433,492 Real estate & rental & leasing 200,218 20,433 23,848 21,488 35,848 27,990 129,607 70,611 Professional, scientific, & technical services 721,744 55,620 69,901 68,314 124,048 98,823 416,706 305,038 Management of companies & enterprises 363,766 316 442 894 7,103 25,768 34,523 329,243 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 1,543,823 26,105 41,496 48,088 133,763 211,078 460,530 1,083,293 Educational services 131,294 3,606 6,499 8,912 27,146 25,914 72,077 59,217 Health care & social assistance 882,923 32,963 68,897 74,011 135,666 184,793 496,330 386,593 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 161,970 6,623 12,000 18,705 50,147 31,485 118,960 43,010 Accommodation & foodservices 947,098 24,534 59,179 99,776 278,492 150,392 612,373 334,725 Other services ( except public administration) 458,417 59,968 87,859 80,740 117,924 49,338 395,829 62,588 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 113,449 4 11 62 1,078 5,186 6,341 107,108 Unclassified 9,464 3,183 3,597 1,794 890 0 9,464 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 2000 2001 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Change in employment Total 999,970 849,194 199,736 62,253 42,121 ( 2,429) 1,150,875 ( 150,905)

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 299) 3,876 ( 188) ( 1,091) 267 ( 1,048) 1,816 ( 2,115)

Mining 26,188 3,539 1,803 3,277 5,675 869 15,163 11,025 Utilities ( 3,459) 986 401 ( 112) 435 263 1,973 ( 5,432)

Construction 73,835 118,607 8,367 ( 13,066) ( 40,214) ( 31,480) 42,214 31,621 Manufacturing ( 529,205) 31,908 8,492 ( 4,017) ( 72,422) ( 116,644) ( 152,683) ( 376,522)

Wholesale trade 28,057 37,248 4,716 ( 2,919) ( 13,937) ( 7,731) 17,377 10,680 Retail Trade 39,819 78,056 6,310 ( 21,078) ( 43,467) ( 9,901) 9,920 29,899 Transportation & Warehousing ( 44,756) 21,387 3,514 533 ( 10,390) ( 1,677) 13,367 ( 58,123)

Information 185,989 12,697 7,966 7,800 10,122 17,862 56,447 129,542 Finance & insurance 290,382 35,130 6,988 5,318 13,528 8,108 69,072 221,310 Real estate & rental & leasing 65,641 25,826 876 ( 1,029) 1,510 3,522 30,705 34,936 Professional, scientific, & technical services 383,078 121,143 35,763 26,159 67,499 38,916 289,480 93,598 Management of companies & enterprises 1,641 1,500 1,203 1,305 5,876 14,485 24,369 ( 22,728)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv ( 200,675) 102,083 23,056 10,570 50,745 15,356 201,810 ( 402,485)

Educational services 88,204 11,734 9,868 7,644 19,267 16,180 64,693 23,511 Health care & social assistance 389,096 88,434 46,615 33,403 71,130 38,614 278,196 110,900 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 34,231 14,892 5,821 369 ( 6,495) 12,379 26,966 7,265 Accommodation & foodservices 69,768 52,729 20,886 13,325 ( 11,828) ( 10,949) 64,163 5,605 Other services ( except public administration) 91,025 74,743 6,668 ( 1,610) ( 4,845) 8,337 83,293 7,732 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,248 ( 12) 14 ( 20) 280 2,110 2,372 ( 1,124)

Unclassified 10,162 12,688 597 ( 2,508) ( 615) 0 10,162 0 Percent change in empl. Total 0.9 15.2 3.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 2.0 ( 0.3)

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 0.2) 15.4 ( 0.6) ( 3.5) 0.6 ( 3.6) 1.1 ( 9.7)

Mining 5.7 19.9 9.5 11.7 7.4 1.5 7.6 4.3 Utilities ( 0.5) 13.0 5.5 ( 1.5) 1.1 0.6 1.9 ( 1.0)

Construction 1.1 16.6 1.0 ( 1.3) ( 1.9) ( 2.9) 0.7 3.5 Manufacturing ( 3.2) 15.0 2.2 ( 0.6) ( 2.7) ( 4.0) ( 2.2) ( 3.9)

Wholesale trade 0.5 11.2 1.1 ( 0.5) ( 0.9) ( 0.8) 0.4 0.5 Retail Trade 0.3 10.4 0.6 ( 1.8) ( 1.9) ( 0.8) 0.2 0.4 Transportation & Warehousing ( 1.2) 14.5 2.3 0.2 ( 1.8) ( 0.4) 0.9 ( 2.6)

Information 5.2 18.9 9.5 6.3 2.8 4.9 5.7 5.1 Finance & insurance 4.9 13.1 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.3 3.6 5.5 Real estate & rental & leasing 3.4 9.2 0.4 ( 0.5) 0.4 1.2 2.3 6.0 Professional, scientific, & technical services 5.6 16.9 5.6 3.7 4.9 4.0 6.6 3.9 Management of companies & enterprises 0.1 23.7 26.9 16.1 8.8 6.5 7.9 ( 0.9)

Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv ( 2.2) 35.7 7.2 2.7 4.8 1.1 5.8 ( 7.1)

Educational services 3.5 25.9 16.3 7.4 4.0 3.2 5.4 1.8 Health care & social assistance 2.8 17.2 5.7 3.7 3.7 1.5 4.1 1.5 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2.0 19.4 6.4 0.3 ( 1.3) 3.3 2.3 1.3 Accommodation & foodservices 0.7 17.8 4.0 1.4 ( 0.4) ( 0.8) 1.1 0.1 Other services ( except public administration) 1.7 9.7 0.8 ( 0.2) ( 0.3) 1.3 1.8 1.0 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 0.1 ( 15.2) 7.5 ( 3.2) 2.6 4.6 4.1 ( 0.1)

Unclassified 10.9 25.4 2.5 ( 22.2) ( 7.4) 0.0 10.9 0.0 Source: Office of Advocacy, U. S. Small Business Administration, from longitudinal data ( establishments with some first quarter payroll) provided by the U. S. Census Bureau, Statistics of U. S. Business. Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Initial year establishments Total 6,248,411 2,680,704 1,025,517 641,990 668,254 302,453 5,318,918 929,493 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 22,516 12,976 4,768 2,468 1,414 340 21,966 550 Mining 21,574 9,101 2,940 2,215 2,604 1,138 17,998 3,576 Utilities 15,910 3,354 1,019 540 1,386 1,009 7,308 8,602 Construction 598,427 337,466 123,187 71,331 53,476 7,266 592,726 5,701 Manufacturing 336,282 96,488 57,426 49,656 68,096 25,746 297,412 38,870 Wholesale trade 412,468 160,964 66,406 48,253 56,722 24,249 356,594 55,874 Retail Trade 1,021,546 342,410 157,674 96,829 99,110 51,017 747,040 274,506 Transportation & Warehousing 164,964 75,537 23,594 16,428 17,957 8,073 141,589 23,375 Information 110,718 31,654 12,219 9,262 10,181 5,330 68,646 42,072 Finance & insurance 387,583 130,950 33,420 19,030 32,139 25,045 240,584 146,999 Real estate & rental & leasing 262,877 148,111 33,804 17,744 17,979 9,832 227,470 35,407 Professional, scientific, & technical services 607,759 370,249 96,257 53,248 43,627 14,404 577,785 29,974 Management of companies & enterprises 44,334 3,710 837 1,147 5,693 8,557 19,944 24,390 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 302,269 140,199 48,414 29,499 29,231 13,142 260,485 41,784 Educational services 59,152 21,733 8,958 7,494 12,469 5,126 55,780 3,372 Health care & social assistance 604,908 233,492 125,043 68,652 67,175 50,431 544,793 60,115 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 83,812 38,589 13,781 10,536 12,898 3,285 79,089 4,723 Accommodation & foodservices 482,353 130,939 78,892 70,286 84,486 31,528 396,131 86,222 Other services ( except public administration) 663,690 366,061 133,382 66,451 50,290 14,920 631,104 32,586 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 14,293 55 86 187 1,156 2,014 3,498 10,795 Unclassified 30,976 26,666 3,410 734 165 1 30,976 0 Births, original locations Total 574,300 429,342 81,828 36,860 23,529 2,464 574,023 277 ( new firms) Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 2,604 2,014 387 119 74 10 2,604 0 Mining 1,628 1,213 215 109 84 6 1,627 1 Utilities 638 425 129 52 28 3 637 1 Construction 79,463 61,969 11,436 4,177 1,754 121 79,457 6 Manufacturing 21,584 13,548 3,775 2,155 1,802 277 21,557 27 Wholesale trade 29,187 22,792 3,758 1,576 944 109 29,179 8 Retail Trade 70,542 51,973 11,676 4,474 2,239 172 70,534 8 Transportation & Warehousing 19,955 16,019 2,296 962 623 48 19,948 7 Information 11,277 7,307 1,871 1,091 896 99 11,264 13 Finance & insurance 22,347 18,596 2,231 885 534 85 22,331 16 Real estate & rental & leasing 24,796 20,587 2,527 979 620 77 24,790 6 Professional, scientific, & technical services 73,522 61,426 7,439 2,812 1,624 195 73,496 26 Management of companies & enterprises 1,396 824 137 108 172 110 1,351 45 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 33,300 24,403 4,556 2,167 1,772 350 33,248 52 Educational services 5,832 4,040 851 526 384 26 5,827 5 Health care & social assistance 40,486 27,381 7,413 3,288 2,054 321 40,457 29 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,131 6,261 1,365 785 656 62 9,129 2 Accommodation & foodservices 44,724 21,437 9,553 7,426 5,954 336 44,706 18 Other services ( except public administration) 50,464 40,912 6,446 2,156 892 55 50,461 3 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 10 0 0 1 3 2 6 4 Unclassified 31,414 26,215 3,767 1,012 420 0 31,414 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Births, secondary locations Total 134,779 613 543 927 5,658 22,277 30,018 104,761 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 68 0 0 4 2 41 47 21 Mining 524 2 2 3 36 85 128 396 Utilities 1,082 2 1 0 9 63 75 1,007 Construction 1,027 5 8 15 71 252 351 676 Manufacturing 2,582 11 16 15 316 722 1,080 1,502 Wholesale trade 7,692 34 50 81 557 1,579 2,301 5,391 Retail Trade 27,270 93 116 219 1,058 3,719 5,205 22,065 Transportation & Warehousing 3,464 5 10 16 109 480 620 2,844 Information 9,102 15 17 51 203 757 1,043 8,059 Finance & insurance 27,142 19 43 49 448 2,371 2,930 24,212 Real estate & rental & leasing 6,046 24 22 49 287 1,176 1,558 4,488 Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,953 47 47 63 356 1,517 2,030 4,923 Management of companies & enterprises 4,686 19 15 14 127 571 746 3,940 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 7,398 26 39 59 226 1,077 1,427 5,971 Educational services 684 3 6 2 84 238 333 351 Health care & social assistance 12,181 71 88 146 745 3,900 4,950 7,231 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 527 7 4 2 44 124 181 346 Accommodation & foodservices 9,483 33 30 63 571 2,293 2,990 6,493 Other services ( except public administration) 5,283 190 29 70 357 1,080 1,726 3,557 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,585 7 0 6 52 232 297 1,288 Deaths, original locations Total 542,831 404,116 73,695 36,431 25,124 3,008 542,374 457 ( firm deaths) Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 2,939 2,334 377 140 81 6 2,938 1 Mining 1,838 1,394 210 109 109 12 1,834 4 Utilities 387 283 52 23 24 5 387 0 Construction 71,070 54,461 9,849 4,289 2,296 159 71,054 16 Manufacturing 25,757 15,379 4,283 2,838 2,764 457 25,721 36 Wholesale trade 32,423 24,275 4,058 2,118 1,742 204 32,397 26 Retail Trade 72,511 53,535 11,351 4,775 2,598 224 72,483 28 Transportation & Warehousing 19,226 15,059 2,152 1,098 807 98 19,214 12 Information 9,033 6,099 1,270 843 704 97 9,013 20 Finance & insurance 21,326 17,380 2,077 934 789 122 21,302 24 Real estate & rental & leasing 24,547 20,405 2,528 987 563 59 24,542 5 Professional, scientific, & technical services 63,488 53,607 5,522 2,447 1,661 222 63,459 29 Management of companies & enterprises 1,149 555 95 96 213 134 1,093 56 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 34,474 25,188 4,517 2,344 1,915 425 34,389 85 Educational services 4,805 3,556 614 355 261 14 4,800 5 Health care & social assistance 37,935 26,568 6,081 2,849 2,005 362 37,865 70 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 8,543 5,903 1,237 745 607 47 8,539 4 Accommodation & foodservices 46,145 24,538 9,652 6,795 4,846 291 46,122 23 Other services ( except public administration) 50,526 41,053 6,110 2,276 1,025 56 50,520 6 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 66 10 7 3 26 13 59 7 Unclassified 14,643 12,534 1,653 367 88 1 14,643 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Deaths, secondary locations Total 117,626 1,411 1,888 3,145 10,973 15,638 33,055 84,571 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 108 5 1 6 8 22 42 66 Mining 458 10 10 9 34 75 138 320 Utilities 656 0 1 5 13 46 65 591 Construction 683 14 9 25 106 137 291 392 Manufacturing 3,229 40 44 49 437 763 1,333 1,896 Wholesale trade 7,989 150 171 291 1,017 1,185 2,814 5,175 Retail Trade 25,099 372 542 856 2,646 3,151 7,567 17,532 Transportation & Warehousing 3,070 27 22 56 284 499 888 2,182 Information 5,445 25 34 64 270 480 873 4,572 Finance & insurance 24,434 98 162 232 922 1,622 3,036 21,398 Real estate & rental & leasing 5,419 123 173 258 653 842 2,049 3,370 Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,814 73 104 151 540 779 1,647 3,167 Management of companies & enterprises 3,604 48 47 63 236 402 796 2,808 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 6,262 46 53 94 362 704 1,259 5,003 Educational services 390 6 10 16 97 109 238 152 Health care & social assistance 11,103 158 176 298 1,118 2,237 3,987 7,116 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 669 12 12 16 75 102 217 452 Accommodation & foodservices 7,828 86 133 313 1,352 1,657 3,541 4,287 Other services ( except public administration) 5,072 107 173 327 740 681 2,028 3,044 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,294 11 11 16 63 145 246 1,048 Establishment expansions Total 1,864,611 589,112 338,021 244,753 274,267 117,213 1,563,366 301,245 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 6,028 2,846 1,510 847 555 127 5,885 143 Mining 6,272 1,797 983 875 1,057 425 5,137 1,135 Utilities 4,318 660 295 213 507 325 2,000 2,318 Construction 195,721 91,619 44,288 29,598 24,259 3,549 193,313 2,408 Manufacturing 121,212 24,036 19,916 19,986 30,647 11,706 106,291 14,921 Wholesale trade 121,088 32,937 21,825 18,412 22,988 9,019 105,181 15,907 Retail Trade 320,360 79,046 50,861 34,520 37,941 18,153 220,521 99,839 Transportation & Warehousing 50,870 16,057 8,162 6,626 7,619 3,339 41,803 9,067 Information 32,268 6,977 4,160 3,665 4,330 2,132 21,264 11,004 Finance & insurance 95,174 23,596 9,020 6,217 10,767 8,281 57,881 37,293 Real estate & rental & leasing 59,692 23,926 9,526 5,779 6,041 3,165 48,437 11,255 Professional, scientific, & technical services 159,023 71,172 32,637 21,220 18,951 6,120 150,100 8,923 Management of companies & enterprises 13,071 419 211 296 1,625 3,098 5,649 7,422 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 91,833 33,701 16,150 11,309 12,299 5,569 79,028 12,805 Educational services 22,094 5,182 3,436 3,301 6,083 2,443 20,445 1,649 Health care & social assistance 192,033 53,017 41,971 26,820 28,853 20,169 170,830 21,203 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 27,365 8,801 4,939 4,228 5,823 1,482 25,273 2,092 Accommodation & foodservices 160,731 32,925 25,973 26,137 33,230 12,148 130,413 30,318 Other services ( except public administration) 176,680 76,851 41,525 24,532 20,328 5,262 168,498 8,182 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 4,444 6 8 29 339 701 1,083 3,361 Unclassified 4,334 3,541 625 143 25 0 4,334 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Establishment contractions Total 1,585,051 345,173 346,380 245,522 247,002 103,476 1,287,553 297,498 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 5,692 1,792 1,821 1,139 617 119 5,488 204 Mining 5,347 975 936 780 994 417 4,102 1,245 Utilities 4,548 356 279 138 354 315 1,442 3,106 Construction 153,685 49,582 45,660 29,530 23,952 3,094 151,818 1,867 Manufacturing 107,576 13,921 19,194 19,323 28,363 10,725 91,526 16,050 Wholesale trade 101,380 19,665 21,308 17,482 18,782 7,539 84,776 16,604 Retail Trade 278,757 47,474 53,131 36,755 33,204 16,357 186,921 91,836 Transportation & Warehousing 40,467 9,382 8,143 6,203 6,808 2,721 33,257 7,210 Information 26,830 3,723 3,866 3,293 3,577 1,597 16,056 10,774 Finance & insurance 89,372 16,221 11,394 6,468 8,228 6,795 49,106 40,266 Real estate & rental & leasing 53,315 16,619 11,902 6,748 5,767 2,764 43,800 9,515 Professional, scientific, & technical services 125,388 43,399 32,638 20,155 15,685 4,927 116,804 8,584 Management of companies & enterprises 11,574 239 210 271 1,394 2,827 4,941 6,633 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 78,321 19,022 17,527 11,770 11,763 4,968 65,050 13,271 Educational services 15,189 2,739 2,917 2,581 4,274 1,601 14,112 1,077 Health care & social assistance 147,402 27,195 37,742 24,856 22,120 16,280 128,193 19,209 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 21,302 4,699 4,670 4,064 5,258 1,346 20,037 1,265 Accommodation & foodservices 160,248 19,404 27,190 27,878 36,918 13,889 125,279 34,969 Other services ( except public administration) 151,714 46,933 45,053 25,861 18,655 4,606 141,108 10,606 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 4,091 5 12 34 244 589 884 3,207 Unclassified 2,853 1,828 787 193 45 0 2,853 0 Change in establishments Total 48,622 24,428 6,788 ( 1,789) ( 6,910) 6,095 28,612 20,010 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 375) ( 325) 9 ( 23) ( 13) 23 ( 329) ( 46)

Mining ( 144) ( 189) ( 3) ( 6) ( 23) 4 ( 217) 73 Utilities 677 144 77 24 0 15 260 417 Construction 8,737 7,499 1,586 ( 122) ( 577) 77 8,463 274 Manufacturing ( 4,820) ( 1,860) ( 536) ( 717) ( 1,083) ( 221) ( 4,417) ( 403)

Wholesale trade ( 3,533) ( 1,599) ( 421) ( 752) ( 1,258) 299 ( 3,731) 198 Retail Trade 202 ( 1,841) ( 101) ( 938) ( 1,947) 516 ( 4,311) 4,513 Transportation & Warehousing 1,123 938 132 ( 176) ( 359) ( 69) 466 657 Information 5,901 1,198 584 235 125 279 2,421 3,480 Finance & insurance 3,729 1,137 35 ( 232) ( 729) 712 923 2,806 Real estate & rental & leasing 876 83 ( 152) ( 217) ( 309) 352 ( 243) 1,119 Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,173 7,793 1,860 277 ( 221) 711 10,420 1,753 Management of companies & enterprises 1,329 240 10 ( 37) ( 150) 145 208 1,121 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv ( 38) ( 805) 25 ( 212) ( 279) 298 ( 973) 935 Educational services 1,321 481 233 157 110 141 1,122 199 Health care & social assistance 3,629 726 1,244 287 ( 324) 1,622 3,555 74 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 446 353 120 26 18 37 554 ( 108)

Accommodation & foodservices 234 ( 3,154) ( 202) 381 327 681 ( 1,967) 2,201 Other services ( except public administration) 149 ( 58) 192 ( 377) ( 516) 398 ( 361) 510 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 235 ( 14) ( 18) ( 12) ( 34) 76 ( 2) 237 Unclassified 16,771 13,681 2,114 645 332 ( 1) 16,771 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Percent change in estab. Total 0.8 0.9 0.7 ( 0.3) ( 1.0) 2.0 0.5 2.2 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 1.7) ( 2.5) 0.2 ( 0.9) ( 0.9) 6.8 ( 1.5) ( 8.4)

Mining ( 0.7) ( 2.1) ( 0.1) ( 0.3) ( 0.9) 0.4 ( 1.2) 2.0 Utilities 4.3 4.3 7.6 4.4 0.0 1.5 3.6 4.8 Construction 1.5 2.2 1.3 ( 0.2) ( 1.1) 1.1 1.4 4.8 Manufacturing ( 1.4) ( 1.9) ( 0.9) ( 1.4) ( 1.6) ( 0.9) ( 1.5) ( 1.0)

Wholesale trade ( 0.9) ( 1.0) ( 0.6) ( 1.6) ( 2.2) 1.2 ( 1.0) 0.4 Retail Trade 0.0 ( 0.5) ( 0.1) ( 1.0) ( 2.0) 1.0 ( 0.6) 1.6 Transportation & Warehousing 0.7 1.2 0.6 ( 1.1) ( 2.0) ( 0.9) 0.3 2.8 Information 5.3 3.8 4.8 2.5 1.2 5.2 3.5 8.3 Finance & insurance 1.0 0.9 0.1 ( 1.2) ( 2.3) 2.8 0.4 1.9 Real estate & rental & leasing 0.3 0.1 ( 0.4) ( 1.2) ( 1.7) 3.6 ( 0.1) 3.2 Professional, scientific, & technical services 2.0 2.1 1.9 0.5 ( 0.5) 4.9 1.8 5.8 Management of companies & enterprises 3.0 6.5 1.2 ( 3.2) ( 2.6) 1.7 1.0 4.6 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 0.0 ( 0.6) 0.1 ( 0.7) ( 1.0) 2.3 ( 0.4) 2.2 Educational services 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.1 0.9 2.8 2.0 5.9 Health care & social assistance 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.4 ( 0.5) 3.2 0.7 0.1 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.7 ( 2.3)

Accommodation & foodservices 0.0 ( 2.4) ( 0.3) 0.5 0.4 2.2 ( 0.5) 2.6 Other services ( except public administration) 0.0 0.0 0.1 ( 0.6) ( 1.0) 2.7 ( 0.1) 1.6 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1.6 ( 25.5) ( 20.9) ( 6.4) ( 2.9) 3.8 ( 0.1) 2.2 Unclassified 54.1 51.3 62.0 87.9 201.2 ( 100.0) 54.1 0.0 Initial year employment Total 110,671,753 5,599,002 6,644,683 8,122,404 19,693,647 15,635,448 55,695,184 54,976,569 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 192,184 26,362 ( D) ( D) 46,800 ( D) 163,069 29,115 Mining 456,638 18,062 18,692 27,314 74,649 57,327 196,044 260,594 Utilities 667,135 7,355 6,451 6,455 38,201 43,966 102,428 564,707 Construction 6,201,120 707,952 805,382 952,434 1,976,338 984,231 5,426,337 774,783 Manufacturing 16,658,144 218,527 383,802 674,293 2,667,316 2,895,615 6,839,553 9,818,591 Wholesale trade 5,971,197 339,784 430,149 599,868 1,494,143 969,508 3,833,452 2,137,745 Retail Trade 14,475,239 754,011 1,012,501 1,139,083 2,234,064 1,241,089 6,380,748 8,094,491 Transportation & Warehousing 3,627,533 146,631 153,985 213,498 570,662 439,869 1,524,645 2,102,888 Information 3,234,298 64,496 79,808 120,634 325,560 322,761 913,259 2,321,039 Finance & insurance 5,965,455 266,264 206,786 212,386 616,688 614,362 1,916,486 4,048,969 Real estate & rental & leasing 1,873,780 280,862 209,970 200,455 365,568 266,794 1,323,649 550,131 Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,431,473 710,803 622,276 680,229 1,296,583 878,798 4,188,689 2,242,784 Management of companies & enterprises 2,788,270 5,784 4,255 7,538 66,178 229,905 313,660 2,474,610 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 8,365,519 288,523 315,119 383,471 1,034,676 1,353,991 3,375,780 4,989,739 Educational services 2,431,909 44,457 58,882 99,860 461,176 479,031 1,143,406 1,288,503 Health care & social assistance 13,864,441 521,811 809,782 853,890 1,843,277 2,481,037 6,509,797 7,354,644 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,639,859 76,720 91,284 140,888 479,255 345,088 1,133,235 506,624 Accommodation & foodservices 9,635,349 301,802 525,577 936,956 2,700,537 1,381,069 5,845,941 3,789,408 Other services ( except public administration) 5,152,985 773,888 857,215 830,945 1,386,355 581,524 4,429,927 723,058 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 959,260 92 222 689 11,491 42,620 55,114 904,146 Unclassified 79,965 44,816 ( D) ( D) 4,130 ( D) 79,965 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Birth empl., org. locations Total 3,228,804 779,959 525,462 487,525 852,344 385,789 3,031,079 197,725 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 11,911 ( D) 2,509 ( D) ( D) ( D) 11,911 0 Mining 9,418 ( D) ( D) ( D) 3,054 1,045 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 4,718 ( D) ( D) 688 1,033 361 ( D) ( D)

Construction 327,583 115,010 72,392 54,774 61,153 21,105 324,434 3,149 Manufacturing 219,609 26,569 24,653 28,940 70,300 47,977 198,439 21,170 Wholesale trade 142,152 41,492 23,917 20,656 33,749 17,117 136,931 5,221 Retail Trade 337,307 98,145 74,937 58,570 78,180 24,773 334,605 2,702 Transportation & Warehousing 91,468 27,543 14,551 12,681 22,648 9,395 86,818 4,650 Information 104,922 14,034 12,077 14,546 32,582 17,336 90,575 14,347 Finance & insurance 99,533 32,299 14,109 11,660 21,226 13,672 92,966 6,567 Real estate & rental & leasing 102,908 34,396 15,981 12,800 23,141 12,987 99,305 3,603 Professional, scientific, & technical services 297,906 104,143 47,060 36,696 57,683 32,103 277,685 20,221 Management of companies & enterprises 25,301 1,362 904 1,333 5,228 8,488 17,315 7,986 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 296,666 44,333 29,627 28,707 70,153 61,752 234,572 62,094 Educational services 42,093 7,410 ( D) ( D) 13,823 3,758 37,701 4,392 Health care & social assistance 300,673 52,398 47,556 42,865 77,541 49,793 270,153 30,520 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 67,412 11,208 8,938 ( D) 24,522 9,968 ( D) ( D)

Accommodation & foodservices 471,360 45,835 63,784 100,467 212,559 43,948 466,593 4,767 Other services ( except public administration) 182,766 ( D) ( D) 27,994 29,068 8,516 178,894 3,872 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 372 0 0 ( D) ( D) ( D) 183 189 Unclassified 92,726 ( D) 23,715 13,345 ( D) 0 92,726 0 Birth empl., sec. locations Total 3,306,917 4,407 4,277 6,843 68,082 392,997 476,606 2,830,311 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 1,647 0 0 ( D) ( D) ( D) 870 777 Mining 16,493 ( D) ( D) ( D) 338 2,365 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 29,544 ( D) ( D) 0 154 751 ( D) ( D)

Construction 49,003 19 36 81 1,330 6,522 7,988 41,015 Manufacturing 204,247 53 170 163 6,993 33,140 40,519 163,728 Wholesale trade 160,773 57 925 573 6,183 22,936 30,674 130,099 Retail Trade 531,933 182 539 1,149 8,539 44,968 55,377 476,556 Transportation & Warehousing 95,346 12 17 99 1,479 8,598 10,205 85,141 Information 231,201 95 52 254 3,038 17,504 20,943 210,258 Finance & insurance 367,455 34 119 324 3,878 31,713 36,068 331,387 Real estate & rental & leasing 57,433 30 74 233 2,005 10,364 12,706 44,727 Professional, scientific, & technical services 202,706 450 246 1,094 5,260 22,898 29,948 172,758 Management of companies & enterprises 201,804 318 140 114 1,798 17,368 19,738 182,066 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 391,667 273 219 953 3,462 31,308 36,215 355,452 Educational services 10,645 7 ( D) ( D) 879 2,823 3,731 6,914 Health care & social assistance 268,249 342 1,058 931 7,798 54,164 64,293 203,956 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 22,421 28 14 ( D) 773 3,951 ( D) ( D)

Accommodation & foodservices 320,134 282 269 445 10,344 65,449 76,789 243,345 Other services ( except public administration) 60,708 ( D) ( D) 318 2,893 11,458 16,860 43,848 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 83,508 ( D) 0 ( D) ( D) ( D) 5,152 78,356 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Death empl., org. locations Total 3,176,609 704,607 473,872 475,215 881,753 410,673 2,946,120 230,489 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 13,090 3,998 ( D) ( D) 3,328 ( D) ( D) ( D)

Mining 10,682 2,341 1,314 1,421 4,212 1,187 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 2,647 505 ( D) ( D) 817 697 2,647 0 Construction 333,830 96,318 63,156 56,630 82,645 25,425 324,174 9,656 Manufacturing 291,504 28,878 28,076 38,133 107,522 69,547 272,156 19,348 Wholesale trade 189,584 42,391 25,887 27,609 59,606 24,790 180,283 9,301 Retail Trade 342,389 98,315 72,631 60,181 84,549 24,592 340,268 2,121 Transportation & Warehousing 100,436 25,126 13,938 14,369 28,611 13,947 95,991 4,445 Information 77,058 10,727 8,270 11,083 25,753 14,087 69,920 7,138 Finance & insurance 105,151 28,864 12,996 12,036 26,706 15,249 95,851 9,300 Real estate & rental & leasing 88,143 33,010 15,716 12,229 18,595 6,660 86,210 1,933 Professional, scientific, & technical services 256,489 84,315 35,159 31,860 58,569 33,114 243,017 13,472 Management of companies & enterprises 21,187 861 522 869 3,629 4,709 10,590 10,597 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 328,166 44,393 29,183 31,053 74,544 73,599 252,772 75,394 Educational services 28,507 6,110 3,992 4,569 9,636 2,441 26,748 1,759 Health care & social assistance 297,792 47,854 39,103 36,942 74,522 52,279 250,700 47,092 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 66,671 10,026 8,165 10,077 22,222 6,835 57,325 9,346 Accommodation & foodservices 403,652 50,331 63,708 90,455 161,789 32,053 398,336 5,316 Other services ( except public administration) 180,477 69,612 38,893 28,824 31,984 7,907 177,220 3,257 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 1,065 ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) 785 280 Unclassified 38,089 ( D) 10,364 ( D) ( D) ( D) 38,089 0 Death empl., sec. locations Total 2,808,205 2,186 5,432 14,412 105,195 265,102 392,327 2,415,878 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 5,066 5 ( D) ( D) 118 ( D) ( D) ( D)

Mining 15,635 10 22 27 359 2,013 ( D) ( D)

Utilities 18,937 0 ( D) ( D) 95 931 1,093 17,844 Construction 26,406 19 14 154 1,285 4,225 5,697 20,709 Manufacturing 308,480 61 181 351 8,312 37,244 46,149 262,331 Wholesale trade 155,093 229 532 1,106 8,990 17,847 28,704 126,389 Retail Trade 404,148 608 1,594 3,949 19,950 32,906 59,007 345,141 Transportation & Warehousing 95,225 39 59 246 2,891 8,409 11,644 83,581 Information 132,603 34 106 363 3,438 7,021 10,962 121,641 Finance & insurance 364,507 145 400 802 6,933 18,233 26,513 337,994 Real estate & rental & leasing 50,862 185 433 1,003 4,445 7,957 14,023 36,839 Professional, scientific, & technical services 150,735 124 293 744 5,158 13,460 19,779 130,956 Management of companies & enterprises 147,150 104 151 291 2,761 9,070 12,377 134,773 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 325,663 70 141 480 3,662 19,758 24,111 301,552 Educational services 4,582 7 16 75 1,003 1,092 2,193 2,389 Health care & social assistance 304,644 218 484 1,337 9,983 34,808 46,830 257,814 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 19,277 21 47 95 1,137 2,255 3,555 15,722 Accommodation & foodservices 186,761 127 414 1,801 18,818 37,910 59,070 127,691 Other services ( except public administration) 46,174 161 501 1,403 5,252 6,531 13,848 32,326 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 46,257 ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) ( D) 3,014 43,243 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Establishment exp., empl. Total 12,550,665 1,351,146 975,188 1,036,977 2,221,546 1,682,967 7,267,824 5,282,841 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 26,648 ( D) ( D) ( D) 5,395 3,108 24,176 2,472 Mining 56,616 4,759 3,371 4,324 9,838 5,967 28,259 28,357 Utilities 39,918 1,567 737 956 3,406 2,445 9,111 30,807 Construction 1,130,808 242,993 152,896 158,673 291,455 151,156 997,173 133,635 Manufacturing 1,294,297 59,061 59,566 84,811 262,711 244,365 710,514 583,783 Wholesale trade 676,643 70,540 60,040 66,747 147,556 97,128 442,011 234,632 Retail Trade 1,374,767 156,067 123,766 112,866 207,454 107,167 707,320 667,447 Transportation & Warehousing 453,869 37,578 25,061 29,880 61,917 47,889 202,325 251,544 Information 413,256 26,176 20,090 25,426 64,171 54,348 190,211 223,045 Finance & insurance 654,569 43,642 23,430 23,558 58,625 58,732 207,987 446,582 Real estate & rental & leasing 229,845 48,880 25,297 22,494 40,095 29,469 166,235 63,610 Professional, scientific, & technical services 952,047 150,686 96,857 94,763 184,345 125,203 651,854 300,193 Management of companies & enterprises 383,734 1,573 1,179 1,587 7,698 31,752 43,789 339,945 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 1,651,091 93,440 62,140 70,003 209,705 257,900 693,188 957,903 Educational services 203,779 13,827 10,950 14,176 42,494 40,729 122,176 81,603 Health care & social assistance 1,169,081 118,695 104,296 99,271 194,915 212,924 730,101 438,980 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 228,968 28,191 19,858 21,900 62,914 35,302 168,165 60,803 Accommodation & foodservices 930,509 96,381 81,776 114,556 236,948 119,038 648,699 281,810 Other services ( except public administration) 564,526 141,840 96,726 86,380 128,311 52,480 505,737 58,789 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 104,449 ( D) ( D) ( D) 1,433 5,865 7,548 96,901 Unclassified 11,245 ( D) ( D) 776 160 0 11,245 0 Establishment cont., empl. Total 9,742,153 433,173 688,639 780,782 1,654,696 1,374,060 4,931,350 4,810,803 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 23,056 ( D) ( D) ( D) 5,418 2,864 18,803 4,253 Mining 58,137 1,245 1,954 2,575 7,904 7,274 20,952 37,185 Utilities 63,913 422 498 368 1,298 1,877 4,463 59,450 Construction 746,066 64,694 104,167 116,901 243,285 119,986 649,033 97,033 Manufacturing 1,262,058 17,695 37,249 58,136 204,425 218,167 535,672 726,386 Wholesale trade 509,278 24,644 40,603 49,760 105,963 78,689 299,659 209,619 Retail Trade 1,126,296 58,946 100,554 104,557 157,133 103,165 524,355 601,941 Transportation & Warehousing 284,033 12,007 17,607 21,127 47,524 38,342 136,607 147,426 Information 303,835 4,788 8,190 11,551 27,730 29,615 81,874 221,961 Finance & insurance 654,056 19,695 21,929 19,986 46,017 53,948 161,575 492,481 Real estate & rental & leasing 178,682 20,556 23,566 21,287 33,047 24,250 122,706 55,976 Professional, scientific, & technical services 620,533 53,970 64,840 62,954 108,643 83,920 374,327 246,206 Management of companies & enterprises 342,570 301 455 829 5,487 26,758 33,830 308,740 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 989,548 24,644 38,737 44,397 113,610 160,102 381,490 608,058 Educational services 125,235 3,517 5,944 8,339 24,354 24,821 66,975 58,260 Health care & social assistance 898,901 33,153 66,954 69,967 127,489 175,274 472,837 426,064 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 135,266 6,090 10,644 14,764 41,868 30,559 103,925 31,341 Accommodation & foodservices 891,582 24,693 56,232 93,614 248,073 145,003 567,615 323,967 Other services ( except public administration) 430,425 57,399 82,457 74,347 104,090 45,484 363,777 66,648 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 92,689 ( D) ( D) ( D) 836 3,962 4,881 87,808 Unclassified 5,994 ( D) ( D) ( D) 502 0 5,994 0 Establishment and Employment Changes from Births and Deaths by Firm Size and Major Industry, 1999 2000 U. S., All Industries Employment Size of Firm Industry Total 1 4 5 9 10 19 20 99 100 499 < 500 500+

Change in employment Total 3,359,419 995,546 336,984 260,936 500,328 411,918 2,505,712 853,707 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 1,006) 4,709 585 ( D) ( 637) ( D) 4,264 ( 5,270)

Mining ( 1,927) 3,395 1,509 1,802 755 ( 1,097) 6,364 ( 8,291)

Utilities ( 11,317) 2,477 820 924 2,383 52 6,656 ( 17,973)

Construction 401,092 196,991 57,987 39,843 26,723 29,147 350,691 50,401 Manufacturing ( 143,889) 39,049 18,883 17,294 19,745 524 95,495 ( 239,384)

Wholesale trade 125,613 44,825 17,860 9,501 12,929 15,855 100,970 24,643 Retail Trade 371,174 96,525 24,463 3,898 32,541 16,245 173,672 197,502 Transportation & Warehousing 160,989 27,961 8,025 6,918 7,018 5,184 55,106 105,883 Information 235,883 24,756 15,653 17,229 42,870 38,465 138,973 96,910 Finance & insurance ( 2,157) 27,271 2,333 2,718 4,073 16,687 53,082 ( 55,239)

Real estate & rental & leasing 72,499 29,555 1,637 1,008 9,154 13,953 55,307 17,192 Professional, scientific, & technical services 424,902 116,870 43,871 36,995 74,918 49,710 322,364 102,538 Management of companies & enterprises 99,932 1,987 1,095 1,045 2,847 17,071 24,045 75,887 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 696,047 68,939 23,925 23,733 91,504 97,501 305,602 390,445 Educational services 98,193 11,610 6,633 8,290 22,203 18,956 67,692 30,501 Health care & social assistance 236,666 90,210 46,369 34,821 68,260 54,520 294,180 ( 57,514)

Arts, entertainment, & recreation 97,587 23,290 9,954 7,654 22,982 9,572 73,452 24,135 Accommodation & foodservices 240,008 67,347 25,475 29,598 31,171 13,469 167,060 72,948 Other services ( except public administration) 150,924 89,011 16,039 10,118 18,946 12,532 146,646 4,278 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 48,318 251 ( 56) 127 635 3,246 4,203 44,115 Unclassified 59,888 28,517 13,924 ( D) 9,308 ( D) 59,888 0 Percent change in empl. Total 3.0 17.8 5.1 3.2 2.5 2.6 4.5 1.6 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting ( 0.5) 17.9 ( D) ( D) ( 1.4) ( D) 2.6 ( 18.1)

Mining ( 0.4) 18.8 8.1 6.6 1.0 ( 1.9) 3.2 ( 3.2)

Utilities ( 1.7) 33.7 12.7 14.3 6.2 0.1 6.5 ( 3.2)

Construction 6.5 27.8 7.2 4.2 1.4 3.0 6.5 6.5 Manufacturing ( 0.9) 17.9 4.9 2.6 0.7 0.0 1.4 ( 2.4)

Wholesale trade 2.1 13.2 4.2 1.6 0.9 1.6 2.6 1.2 Retail Trade 2.6 12.8 2.4 0.3 1.5 1.3 2.7 2.4 Transportation & Warehousing 4.4 19.1 5.2 3.2 1.2 1.2 3.6 5.0 Information 7.3 38.4 19.6 14.3 13.2 11.9 15.2 4.2 Finance & insurance 0.0 10.2 1.1 1.3 0.7 2.7 2.8 ( 1.4)

Real estate & rental & leasing 3.9 10.5 0.8 0.5 2.5 5.2 4.2 3.1 Professional, scientific, & technical services 6.6 16.4 7.1 5.4 5.8 5.7 7.7 4.6 Management of companies & enterprises 3.6 34.4 25.7 13.9 4.3 7.4 7.7 3.1 Administrative & support & waste mngt. & remd. serv 8.3 23.9 7.6 6.2 8.8 7.2 9.1 7.8 Educational services 4.0 26.1 11.3 8.3 4.8 4.0 5.9 2.4 Health care & social assistance 1.7 17.3 5.7 4.1 3.7 2.2 4.5 ( 0.8)

Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6.0 30.4 10.9 5.4 4.8 2.8 6.5 4.8 Accommodation & foodservices 2.5 22.3 4.8 3.2 1.2 1.0 2.9 1.9 Other services ( except public administration) 2.9 11.5 1.9 1.2 1.4 2.2 3.3 0.6 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional mng. offices 5.0 272.8 ( 25.2) 18.4 5.5 7.6 7.6 4.9 Unclassified 74.9 63.6 ( D) ( D) 225.4 ( D) 74.9 0.0 Source: Office of Advocacy, U. S. Small Business Administration, from longitudinal data ( establishments with some first quarter payroll) provided by the U. S. Census Bureau, Statistics of U. S. Business.


[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 21294]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09855]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Commission Staff Attendance

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) hereby gives
notice that members of the Commission's staff may attend the following
meetings related to the transmission planning activities of the New
York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO):

NYISO Electric System Planning Working Group Meeting
    May 10, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (EST)

    The above-referenced meeting will be via web conference and
teleconference.
    The above-referenced meeting is open to stakeholders.
    Further information may be found at: http://www.nyiso.com/public/committees/documents.jsp?com=bic_espwg&directory=2018-05-10.

NYISO Business Issues Committee Meeting
    May 16, 2018, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (EST)

    The above-referenced meeting will be via web conference and
teleconference.
    The above-referenced meeting is open to stakeholders.
    Further information may be found at: http://www.nyiso.com/public/committees/documents.jsp?com=bic&directory=2018-05-16.

NYISO Operating Committee Meeting
    May 17, 2018, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (EST)

    The above-referenced meeting will be via web conference and
teleconference.
    The above-referenced meeting is open to stakeholders.
    Further information may be found at: http://www.nyiso.com/public/committees/documents.jsp?com=oc&directory=2018-05-17.

NYISO Electric System Planning Working Group Meeting
May 22, 2018, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (EST)

    The above-referenced meeting will be via web conference and
teleconference.
    The above-referenced meeting is open to stakeholders.
    Further information may be found at: http://www.nyiso.com/public/committees/documents.jsp?com=bic_espwg&directory=2018-05-22.

NYISO Management Committee Meeting
    May 30, 2018, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (EST)

    The above-referenced meeting will be via web conference and
teleconference.
    The above-referenced meeting is open to stakeholders.
    Further information may be found at: http://www.nyiso.com/public/committees/documents.jsp?com=mc&directory=2018-05-30.
    The discussions at the meetings described above may address matters
at issue in the following proceedings:
    New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER13-102.
    New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER15-2059.
    New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER17-2327.
    For more information, contact James Eason, Office of Energy Market
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at<PHONE_NUMBER> or
[email protected].

    Dated: May 3, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-09855 Filed 5-8-18; 8:45 am]
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