Hello Cgreen23,
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Definitions
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C Corporation:
Any legally incorporated business, except subchapter S, under state
laws.
Subchapter S corporation:
A legally incorporated business under state laws. A subchapter S
corporation is a special IRS designation for legally incorporated
businesses with 75 or fewer shareholders who, because of tax
advantages, elect to be taxed as individual shareholders rather than
as corporations.
Individual proprietorship:
An unincorporated business owned by an individual. Also included in
this category are self-employed persons. The business may be the only
occupation of an individual or the secondary activity of an individual
who works full time for someone else.
Partnership:
An unincorporated business owned by two or more persons.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/Appendix.htm
In 1992 there were 3,597,000 legally incorporated firms.
All U. S. Firms by Legal Form of Organization: 1992
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Legal form of organization
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All firms 19,286,000
Individual proprietorships 14,599,000
Partnerships 1,090,000
Subchapter S corporations 1,564,000
"C" corporations 2,033,000
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/1992/www/c_corp.htm
In 1997 there were 4,368,000 legally incorporated firms.
In 1997 there were 20.8 million firms. (Page 15)
Percent Distribution of All U.S. Firms by Legal Form
of Organization: 1997 (Page 18)
Individual proprietorships 73% 15,184,000
Partnerships 6% 1,248,000
Subchapter S corporations 10% 2,080,000
"C" corporations 11% 2,288,000
Source: 1997 Economic Census: Company Statistics Series
Issued September 2001
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec97/e97cs-1.pdf
Total Number of U.S. Corporations
“The number of active U.S. corporations is nearing 5 million, and they
account for over $ 17 trillion in annual revenue - a figure that has
been growing at a rate of about 2% annually.”
Source: BizStats.com
http://www.bizstats.com/numbercorps.htm
In 2000 there were 5,045,274 legally incorporated firms.
Type of Entity Total Number 2000
Sole Proprietorships 17,904,731
Corporations 5,045,274
Partnerships 1,338,796
Limited Liability Companies 718,704
Totals 25,007,505
http://www.bizstats.com/businesses.htm
Estimates of the number of active corporations.
Tax Year 1997: 4,710,083
Tax Year 1998: 4,848,888
Tax Year 1999: 4,935,904
Tax Year 2000: 5,045,274
Source: IRS
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/00cosec3.pdf
“There are about 5 million corporations in the United States today.
The 500 biggest corporations take in 60 percent of all revenue, the
biggest five, 20 percent.”
Global Exchange: April 30, 2003
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/sweatshops/nike/668.html
Search Strategy:
U.S. Census Bureau
Incorporated companies by year
Corporations by year
Legally incorporated firms by year
I hope you this information helps you in your research. If anything
is unclear with my answer, please ask for clarification.
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