CBP data indicates that there were 7,728,970 total businesses in the U.S. in 2016.
The following table gives a breakdown of U.S. businesses by total employees in 2016.
U.S. Businesses by total employees (2016)
Total employees | Total businesses | Percent of U.S. total |
---|---|---|
0 to 4 | 4,201,916 | 54.4% |
5 to 9 | 1,422,841 | 18.4% |
10 to 19 | 981,257 | 12.7% |
20 to 49 | 701,438 | 9.1% |
50 to 99 | 236,127 | 3.1% |
100 to 249 | 132,668 | 1.7% |
250 to 499 | 34,203 | 0.4% |
500 to 999 | 11,874 | 0.2% |
more than 1,000 | 6,646 | 0.1% |