U.S. - Construction - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	761,474	8.4%	1.1%	0.1%	7,043,631	63.3%	33.2%	15.9%
	2007	799,811	8.3%	1.1%	0.1%	7,267,883	62.6%	32.1%	14.8%
	2006	791,558	8.6%	1.1%	0.1%	7,338,799	63.2%	32.3%	14.6%
	2005	777,664	8.1%	1.0%	0.1%	6,781,327	61.4%	30.6%	13.9%
	2004	751,098	8.4%	1.0%	0.1%	6,647,641	61.6%	30.0%	13.6%
	2003	722,818	8.3%	1.0%	0.1%	6,381,404	61.2%	30.1%	14.0%
	2002	701,449	8.4%	1.0%	0.1%	6,307,370	61.7%	30.8%	15.0%
	2001	691,110	8.8%	1.1%	0.1%	6,491,994	62.3%	31.4%	14.9%
	2000	701,947	8.9%	1.1%	0.1%	6,572,800	61.6%	30.0%	13.7%
	1999	691,490	8.6%	1.0%	0.1%	6,201,626	60.2%	28.4%	12.5%
	1998	686,250	8.1%	0.9%	0.1%	5,798,942	58.6%	26.9%	11.7%

Construction by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	691,490	8.6%	1.0%	0.1%	6,201,626	60.2%	28.4%	12.5%
	Alabama	9,795	11.4%	1.7%	0.5%	105,939	64.5%	30.6%	13.6%
	Alaska	2,278	6.3%	1.1%	0.6%	13,155	46.0%	15.9%	9.7%
	Arizona	12,199	13.9%	2.6%	0.8%	160,496	71.6%	37.9%	14.1%
	Arkansas	5,661	9.0%	1.2%	0.4%	45,538	54.3%	18.2%	5.7%
	California	64,998	11.4%	1.6%	0.3%	705,552	65.6%	31.1%	12.2%
	Colorado	16,577	8.7%	1.6%	0.6%	143,076	60.8%	30.6%	12.7%
	Connecticut	9,245	6.1%	0.8%	0.4%	62,095	50.9%	24.2%	15.9%
	Delaware	2,344	10.6%	1.7%	0.6%	21,289	60.4%	21.2%	6.0%
	District of Columbia	309	23.9%	8.4%	3.6%	7,079	84.4%	54.0%	19.6%
	Florida	37,961	9.6%	1.4%	0.4%	357,962	63.1%	30.1%	14.6%
	Georgia	19,834	10.0%	1.6%	0.6%	189,794	63.2%	30.7%	14.0%
	Hawaii	2,305	11.8%	2.3%	1.2%	21,518	60.5%	27.4%	10.9%
	Idaho	5,702	5.2%	0.7%	0.3%	37,436	49.0%	24.7%	17.3%
	Illinois	29,312	8.7%	1.3%	0.3%	244,296	58.1%	26.0%	9.2%
	Indiana	16,483	8.6%	1.4%	0.4%	142,986	56.4%	25.8%	9.8%
	Iowa	8,564	7.6%	1.1%	0.4%	61,269	52.6%	19.4%	5.9%
	Kansas	7,600	8.8%	1.5%	0.6%	66,338	58.1%	27.5%	12.6%
	Kentucky	9,422	9.7%	1.4%	0.4%	81,996	57.0%	21.4%	4.9%
	Louisiana	8,413	12.9%	2.4%	0.7%	131,366	74.3%	48.6%	29.9%
	Maine	4,602	4.9%	0.7%	0.3%	26,136	46.1%	19.3%	11.3%
	Maryland	14,631	11.0%	1.7%	0.5%	148,082	63.5%	29.7%	12.8%
	Massachusetts	15,786	7.0%	1.1%	0.4%	111,489	52.0%	20.6%	7.1%
	Michigan	26,594	7.1%	0.8%	0.2%	189,303	51.0%	18.9%	5.9%
	Minnesota	14,591	7.2%	1.0%	0.4%	107,864	56.3%	25.2%	10.3%
	Mississippi	5,143	11.1%	1.6%	0.5%	56,409	65.6%	32.9%	17.5%
	Missouri	15,500	8.2%	1.2%	0.4%	131,626	57.3%	26.6%	13.3%
	Montana	3,748	4.2%	0.7%	0.2%	18,205	38.7%	14.2%	2.0%
	Nebraska	5,565	7.3%	1.2%	0.5%	41,246	52.4%	22.4%	9.7%
	Nevada	4,753	18.7%	5.0%	1.4%	87,447	78.9%	49.1%	16.2%
	New Hampshire	4,015	6.0%	0.6%	0.3%	24,253	45.4%	13.6%	5.8%
	New Jersey	22,697	6.4%	1.0%	0.3%	153,146	51.2%	21.9%	8.2%
	New Mexico	4,868	10.1%	1.6%	0.6%	44,259	61.1%	26.2%	9.3%
	New York	39,007	7.4%	0.9%	0.2%	286,380	54.9%	22.0%	7.0%
	North Carolina	25,776	8.1%	1.1%	0.4%	220,307	56.6%	26.0%	12.2%
	North Dakota	2,031	7.6%	1.2%	0.6%	13,918	49.9%	15.5%	4.3%
	Ohio	27,095	8.8%	1.1%	0.4%	227,310	56.3%	22.9%	9.8%
	Oklahoma	7,553	8.3%	1.3%	0.4%	58,446	51.9%	19.7%	7.1%
	Oregon	12,395	6.4%	0.9%	0.4%	77,745	49.3%	18.5%	6.9%
	Pennsylvania	28,160	8.3%	1.1%	0.4%	240,414	58.5%	27.5%	14.3%
	Rhode Island	3,086	4.9%	0.7%	0.3%	17,441	44.1%	16.7%	3.4%
	South Carolina	11,196	9.0%	1.2%	0.5%	115,197	62.6%	34.9%	25.5%
	South Dakota	2,643	5.8%	0.9%	0.4%	15,101	41.1%	10.7%	1.2%
	Tennessee	11,543	11.6%	2.0%	0.7%	126,818	65.7%	32.1%	12.4%
	Texas	37,459	12.3%	2.0%	0.5%	491,536	70.9%	40.3%	22.2%
	Utah	7,913	8.1%	1.2%	0.5%	63,223	55.8%	23.8%	10.0%
	Vermont	2,638	4.1%	0.5%	0.2%	13,251	40.4%	D	D
	Virginia	20,076	9.8%	1.4%	0.4%	184,490	60.1%	26.0%	8.7%
	Washington	21,268	7.2%	1.0%	0.4%	151,336	55.1%	23.6%	10.0%
	West Virginia	4,621	6.3%	0.9%	0.5%	28,527	44.7%	12.3%	6.1%
	Wisconsin	15,866	6.9%	1.0%	0.3%	116,946	52.5%	23.1%	9.0%
	Wyoming	2,288	6.1%	1.0%	0.5%	14,595	43.1%	D	D

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Construction by Subsector
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Industry detail	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
			Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	23	Construction	691,490	8.6%	1.0%	0.1%	6,201,626	60.2%	28.4%	12.5%
	233	Building, developing, & general contracting	214,670	6.2%	0.8%	0.2%	1,538,079	54.8%	27.1%	13.9%
	234	Heavy construction	38,515	21.6%	3.8%	0.8%	848,373	81.5%	49.3%	26.8%
	235	Special trade contractors	438,685	8.8%	0.9%	0.1%	3,815,174	57.7%	24.2%	8.7%

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U.S. - Construction by Industry
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More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	233	Building, developing, & general contracting				214,670	6.2%	0.8%	0.2%	1,538,079	54.8%	27.1%	13.9%
	2331		Land subdivision & land development			12,189	5.8%	1.6%	0.8%	68,024	54.4%	28.5%	11.4%
	2332		Residential building construction			159,525	3.1%	0.3%	0.1%	741,588	34.4%	13.6%	7.0%
	23321			Single-family housing construction		151,354	2.8%	0.2%	0.1%	677,065	32.0%	12.4%	6.6%
	23322			Multifamily housing construction		8,186	8.3%	1.3%	0.4%	64,523	59.0%	26.9%	11.3%
	2333		Nonresidential building construction			43,058	17.9%	2.6%	0.5%	728,467	75.6%	40.7%	21.2%
	23331			Mfg & industrial building construction		6,936	20.6%	3.5%	1.0%	166,000	82.9%	55.3%	37.0%
	23332			Commercial & institutional building construction		36,170	17.5%	2.5%	0.6%	562,467	73.4%	36.4%	16.5%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	234	Heavy construction				38,515	21.6%	3.8%	0.8%	848,373	81.5%	49.3%	26.8%
	2341		Highway, street, bridge, & tunnel construction			11,457	26.8%	5.5%	0.9%	284,368	83.9%	48.9%	19.2%
	23411			Highway & street construction		10,606	25.6%	5.1%	0.8%	248,814	83.0%	47.6%	18.4%
	23412			Bridge & tunnel construction		871	42.7%	11.8%	3.0%	35,554	90.8%	57.6%	25.1%
	2349		Other heavy construction			27,112	19.6%	3.3%	0.8%	564,005	80.3%	49.6%	30.7%
	23491			Water, sewer, & pipeline construction		7,523	26.9%	3.6%	0.6%	163,751	79.4%	36.7%	14.9%
	23492			Power & communication transmission line construction		3,281	22.4%	5.2%	1.4%	85,302	84.0%	57.9%	35.9%
	23493			Industrial nonbuilding structure construction		626	36.9%	18.8%	9.9%	98,580	98.0%	93.1%	82.5%
	23499			All other heavy construction		15,734	15.1%	2.4%	0.7%	216,372	71.4%	36.2%	17.0%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	235	Special trade contractors				438,685	8.8%	0.9%	0.1%	3,815,174	57.7%	24.2%	8.7%
	2351		Plumbing, heating, & air-conditioning contractors			88,195	9.9%	1.0%	0.1%	862,013	58.8%	25.4%	11.6%
	2352		Painting & wall covering contractors			39,728	4.8%	0.3%	0.0%	212,050	40.4%	10.8%	2.6%
	2353		Electrical contractors			65,567	11.6%	1.5%	0.2%	742,538	64.8%	31.2%	11.3%
	2354		Masonry, drywall, insulation, & tile contractors			52,303	10.9%	1.4%	0.1%	538,933	64.3%	28.0%	8.2%
	23541			Masonry & stone contractors		24,493	7.6%	0.8%	0.1%	182,702	51.6%	16.4%	2.4%
	23542			Drywall, plastering, acoustical, & insulation contractors		21,164	15.9%	2.3%	0.2%	312,683	73.9%	37.1%	12.4%
	23543			Tile, marble, terrazzo, & mosaic contractors		6,649	7.1%	0.5%	0.1%	43,548	48.3%	11.4%	3.3%
	2355		Carpentry & floor contractors			57,525	4.7%	0.5%	0.1%	327,772	45.0%	D	D
	23551			Carpentry contractors		44,282	4.6%	0.6%	0.1%	256,279	45.8%	20.8%	4.5%
	23552			Floor laying & other floor contractors		13,246	5.1%	0.3%	0.1%	71,493	42.0%	D	D
	2356		Roofing, siding, & sheet metal contractors			30,665	9.8%	0.9%	0.1%	257,629	56.7%	16.6%	3.1%
	2357		Concrete contractors			29,763	9.8%	1.0%	0.1%	269,232	57.0%	21.2%	5.6%
	2358		Water well drilling contractors			3,718	4.1%	0.2%	0.1%	20,494	31.3%	D	D
	2359		Other special trade contractors			71,434	8.4%	0.9%	0.2%	584,513	56.2%	23.3%	10.4%
	23591			Structural steel erection contractors		4,907	22.7%	3.3%	0.5%	86,642	76.8%	33.2%	9.6%
	23592			Glass & glazing contractors		5,411	8.8%	0.5%	0.1%	42,259	42.6%	6.8%	0.2%
	23593			Excavation contractors		25,031	4.9%	0.4%	0.0%	133,165	38.9%	9.5%	1.3%
	23594			Wrecking & demolition contractors		1,509	16.6%	2.7%	0.5%	19,447	72.1%	32.3%	5.7%
	23595			Building equip & other machinery installation contractors		3,582	17.9%	3.0%	0.9%	73,371	80.6%	52.6%	39.4%
	23599			All other special trade contractors		31,017	7.5%	0.8%	0.2%	229,629	51.8%	20.4%	8.9%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?