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%
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