Industry and Market Data
Number of PC sales in the US and world growing | |
| Projected number of PCs sales in the United States and the World (2005) |
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Source: Computer Industry Almanac, Inc, http://www.c-i-a.com | |
Number of PCs in use in the US and world growing | |
| Number of PCs in use in the United States and the World (year-end 2004) |
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| Source: Computer Industry Almanac, Inc, http://www.c-i-a.com | |
Number of computer support specialists in the U.S. to grow by over 50 percent | |
| Number of computer support specialists in 2002 | 86,000 |
| Projected number of computer support specialists in 2012 | 131,000 |
| Project growth rate of computer support specialists 2002-2012 | 52.6% |
| Note: Does not include systems analysts, database administrators or network administrators. | |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics,http://stats.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs033.htm#nature | |
| US Home broadband access* | |
| Number of people in the U.S. with broadband Internet access at home | |
| 120,847,000 (42%) |
| 103,764,000 (36%) |
| *Percentages based on the US Census Bureau's estimate of 290 million persons living in US. | |
“Nielsen//NetRatings NetSpeed Report”, September 2005 , http://www.netratings.com | |
| Web usage in the US | |
| Average monthly Web usage in the United States (month of September 2005) | |
| Sessions/visits per person: | 33 |
| Domains visited per person: | 60 |
| PC Time per person: | 28 hours and 53 minutes |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, | |
| Growing number of sole proprietorships in US | |
| Number of sole proprietorships in the United States | |
| 2003 | 18,684,200 |
| 2002 | 18,336,500 |
| 2001 | 17,904,900 |
| 2000 | 17,570,500 |
Source: U.S. Small Business Association, “The Small Business Economy, 2004”, http://www.sba.gov | |
| Growing number of self-employed individuals in the U.S. * | |
| Number of sole proprietorships in the United States | |
| 2003 | 10,295,000 |
| 2002 | 9,926,000 |
| * Self-employment is based on primary occupation unincorporated status. | |
Source: Small Business Association, “The Small Business Economy, 2004”, http://www.sba.gov | |
| Most firms in US have fewer than 20 employees | |
| Private Firms, Establishments, Employment, Annual Payroll and Receipts by Firm Size, 2001 | |
| 0-19: | 5,036,845 |
| 20-99: | 518,258 |
| 100-499: | 85,304 |
| 500 | 17,367 |
Source: Small Business Association, “The Small Business Economy, 2004”, http://www.sba.gov | |
| Identity theft incidents on the rise | |
| Number of identity theft complaints filed with the FTC and other organizations in the US and Canada . | |
| 2004 | 246,570 |
| 2003 | 215,093 |
| 2002 | 161,896 |
| * Includes identity theft complaints received by the FTC, and complaints filed with over 100 different U.S. and Canadian federal, state, and non-governmental organizations. | |
| Source: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel, ”Total identity theft records by calendar year”, http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel/2004%20Reports/ total_idtrecord%20by%20calendar%20year.pdf. | |
| Value of e-commerce sales high* | |
| Seasonally adjusted value of ecommerce sales for 2004 | $68.99 billion |
| * E-commerce sales are sales of goods and services where an order is placed by the buyer or price and terms of sale are negotiated over an Internet, extranet, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, electronic mail, or other online system. Payment may or may not be made online. | |
| Source: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel, ”Total identity theft records by calendar year”, http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html. | |
| Value of e-commerce sales growing | |
| Growth of seasonally adjusted value of ecommerce sales in 2004 compared to 2003 | 24 percent |
| * E-commerce sales are sales of goods and services where an order is placed by the buyer or price and terms of sale are negotiated over an Internet, extranet, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, electronic mail, or other online system. Payment may or may not be made online. | |
| Source: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel, ”Total identity theft records by calendar year”, http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html. | |