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There were nine businesses in Delaware with more than 1,000 employees in 2019, according to the County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

CBP data indicates there were 25,799 total businesses in Delaware.

The following table gives a breakdown of businesses in Delaware by total employees in 2019.

Total employees	Total businesses	Percent of Delaware total
0 to 4	14,134	54.8%
5 to 9	4,512	17.5%
10 to 19	3,235	12.5%
20 to 49	2,433	9.4%
50 to 99	790	3.1%
100 to 249	412	1.6%
250 to 499	70	0.3%
500 to 999	17	less than 0.1%
more than 1,000	9	less than 0.1%