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US Business Statistics from 1980 to 2015

Feb 20, 2023 1 minute read

Data includes: Number of Returns, Total Receipts, Business Receipts, Net Income (w/o Deficit), Net Income, and Deficit.

Business Statistics in United States (1980-2015)

Number of Returns, Total Receipts, Business Receipts, Net Income (w/o Deficit), Net Income, and Deficit.

SOURCE: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division, February 2020
Year Number of Business Tax Returns Filed in the United States Total Receipts Business Receipts Net Income (w/o Deficit)[$] Net Income [$] Deficit [$]
1980 13,021,904 7,064,487,840 6,413,930,882 316,874,165 424,569,277 107,695,112
1981 13,857,712 7,725,544,701 6,901,768,455 263,985,693 420,560,759 156,575,064
1982 14,545,660 7,754,452,966 6,842,267,893 197,592,719 396,557,182 198,964,461
1983 15,244,531 7,891,981,399 7,043,019,718 246,063,040 435,858,670 189,795,629
1984 16,076,714 8,751,940,681 7,782,861,217 300,167,182 508,725,907 208,558,725
1985 16,919,395 9,305,441,171 8,212,317,757 310,007,924 539,687,640 229,679,718
1986 17,525,167 9,626,065,304 8,422,295,127 342,583,143 599,572,585 256,989,442
1987 18,351,297 10,634,345,667 9,436,817,505 434,130,755 680,068,330 245,937,575
1988 18,896,336 11,435,215,490 10,085,772,195 563,932,180 818,548,839 254,616,660
1989 19,560,585 12,133,006,886 10,585,040,288 548,157,101 829,704,453 281,547,353
1990 20,052,917 12,659,120,980 11,074,465,157 541,253,496 n.a. n.a.
1991 20,498,855 12,664,503,877 11,161,361,183 523,452,364 818,176,732 294,724,370
1992 20,849,195 13,030,765,631 11,612,337,830 611,007,348 877,227,604 266,220,258
1993 21,280,315 13,633,127,677 12,183,757,092 733,369,871 987,904,144 254,534,273
1994 21,990,203 14,854,464,587 13,330,403,562 843,984,176 1,095,275,051 251,290,875
1995 22,478,939 16,161,117,843 14,353,779,041 1,012,514,546 1,270,904,560 258,390,016
1996 23,240,648 17,371,531,836 15,418,548,555 1,160,565,585 1,444,416,590 283,851,005
1997 23,645,197 18,729,888,900 16,473,284,387 1,311,621,607 1,628,080,417 316,458,810
1998 24,113,044 19,717,102,456 17,285,188,902 1,284,131,816 1,668,091,251 383,959,436
1999 24,448,466 21,616,705,144 18,899,080,667 1,421,748,416 1,864,354,418 442,606,001
2000 25,007,504 23,845,405,224 20,719,272,866 1,470,658,335 2,046,212,168 575,553,831
2001 25,605,898 23,752,254,090 20,799,323,834 1,142,478,029 1,851,745,212 709,267,183
2002 26,434,293 23,361,178,481 20,741,003,999 1,088,304,478 1,781,234,413 692,929,934
2003 27,486,690 24,461,950,768 21,860,208,610 1,353,802,117 1,953,107,513 599,305,395
2004 28,695,533 26,873,070,960 23,934,260,843 1,802,018,058 2,368,932,280 566,914,222
2005 29,902,447 30,281,258,889 26,303,227,923 2,842,924,288 3,346,510,748 503,586,460
2006 30,862,868 32,593,138,592 28,159,951,075 2,968,398,540 3,521,348,104 552,949,564
2007 32,087,881 34,331,159,662 29,388,832,943 2,914,239,219 3,667,455,525 753,216,306
2008 31,607,710 34,608,202,747 30,379,435,786 1,784,099,872 3,133,007,434 1,348,907,562
2009 31,653,249 29,837,347,153 26,325,598,167 1,625,230,937 2,768,736,593 1,143,505,656
2010 32,065,862 31,674,993,343 28,200,197,290 2,283,005,607 3,124,992,765 841,987,159
2011 32,535,243 34,389,273,898 30,918,156,027 2,269,484,608 3,157,457,039 887,972,433
2012 32,783,232 35,786,663,605 32,020,416,086 2,954,734,706 3,692,280,221 737,545,513
2013 33,423,187 36,982,667,392 33,260,092,484 3,065,208,464 3,826,792,224 761,583,760
2014 34,244,577 38,559,834,782 34,654,572,346 3,299,376,398 4,091,888,780 792,512,383
2015 35,060,997 37,768,805,162 33,812,762,216 3,145,991,627 4,060,918,961 914,927,334