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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
Waste management & remediation services
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Waste management & remediation services by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 13,537 16,300 287,174 9,984,152
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,388 1,390 0 67,803
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 5,974 5,976 12,735 300,089
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,570 2,579 17,032 434,642
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,724 1,767 23,224 663,122
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,529 1,712 57,609 1,846,572
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 236 559 32,669 1,128,100
Firms with 500 employees or more 116 2,317 143,905 5,543,824
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Waste management and remediation services - by Year
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 17,406 15.7% 3.1% 0.9% 367,263 80.6% 57.9% 43.4%
link to 2007 detail 2007 17,156 15.1% 3.0% 0.9% 355,193 80.4% 58.4% 44.3%
link to 2006 detail 2006 16,189 15.4% 3.0% 0.9% 345,334 80.6% 58.9% 44.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 15,850 14.8% 2.9% 0.9% 333,343 80.6% 59.3% 45.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 15,535 15.0% 2.9% 0.8% 343,600 81.7% 61.2% 47.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 14,914 15.2% 2.9% 0.9% 340,217 82.1% 62.1% 49.2%
link to 2002 detail 2002 14,184 14.0% 2.6% 0.8% 300,580 81.2% 61.5% 49.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 13,591 14.7% 2.7% 0.9% 300,536 82.1% 61.8% 50.0%
link to 2000 detail 2000 12,999 14.1% 2.7% 0.9% 291,483 82.3% 63.1% 51.6%
link to 1999 detail 1999 13,537 13.9% 2.6% 0.9% 287,174 81.5% 61.5% 50.1%
link to 1998 detail 1998 14,162 13.9% 2.5% 0.8% 287,400 80.8% 59.7% 48.3%

 

 

Waste management & remediation services by State
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
United States 13,537 13.9% 2.6% 0.9% 287,174 81.5% 61.5% 50.1%
Alabama 191 20.9% 9.9% 4.7% 3,627 83.8% 61.6% 50.7%
Alaska 69 17.4% 5.8% 5.8% 791 72.6% 39.7% 39.7%
Arizona 197 18.8% 7.1% 3.0% 3,053 78.7% 50.8% 35.3%
Arkansas 152 13.2% 4.6% 2.6% 2,129 73.2% D 37.7%
California 1,074 25.6% 7.1% 2.3% 33,101 87.8% 64.0% 44.0%
Colorado 270 15.2% 8.9% 7.0% 6,455 84.4% 74.7% 67.8%
Connecticut 293 22.5% 6.5% 3.8% 4,611 76.5% 42.6% 28.7%
Delaware 55 16.4% 10.9% 5.5% 967 80.9% 64.3% 54.9%
District of Columbia 16 37.5% 12.5% 12.5% 207 77.8% D D
Florida 545 14.7% 5.3% 3.5% 12,723 85.8% 70.3% 65.4%
Georgia 394 17.0% 6.9% 5.3% 6,083 80.1% 57.6% 51.4%
Hawaii 72 25.0% 12.5% 8.3% 937 69.9% 39.8% 32.1%
Idaho 117 15.4% 6.8% 5.1% 1,069 57.3% D 30.5%
Illinois 608 16.6% 6.6% 4.3% 13,982 84.4% 67.3% 58.0%
Indiana 306 19.3% 6.5% 4.6% 6,505 81.9% 63.6% 52.9%
Iowa 254 11.4% 3.1% 1.6% 2,579 57.3% 36.6% 25.2%
Kansas 197 11.7% 5.6% 4.6% 2,843 76.9% D 61.1%
Kentucky 171 15.2% 5.8% 4.7% 3,238 79.0% D 57.0%
Louisiana 199 28.1% 10.1% 5.0% 5,183 88.0% 62.2% 50.6%
Maine 162 9.3% 2.5% 2.5% 1,276 54.5% 32.7% 32.7%
Maryland 313 24.9% 6.7% 5.1% 7,063 80.3% 50.6% 42.8%
Massachusetts 371 19.4% 4.6% 3.2% 7,543 81.2% 55.7% 49.7%
Michigan 462 13.9% 4.8% 2.8% 10,596 82.8% 68.6% 58.2%
Minnesota 444 12.2% 3.2% 2.5% 4,836 64.3% 34.8% 31.0%
Mississippi 101 12.9% 5.9% 3.0% 1,741 79.8% D D
Missouri 337 15.4% 7.1% 5.3% 4,918 77.0% 59.0% 55.6%
Montana 66 12.1% 3.0% 3.0% 585 54.7% D D
Nebraska 181 9.4% 3.3% 2.2% 1,640 57.6% D 32.3%
Nevada 68 27.9% 11.8% 7.4% 2,965 91.8% 81.0% 79.0%
New Hampshire 112 11.6% 5.4% 3.6% 1,376 69.8% D D
New Jersey 519 21.4% 6.7% 4.0% 11,327 81.2% 52.5% 36.8%
New Mexico 97 19.6% 9.3% 6.2% 2,373 88.8% 72.6% 67.2%
New York 947 16.9% 4.4% 2.2% 17,703 78.3% 53.9% 39.0%
North Carolina 373 15.5% 6.2% 4.0% 7,380 83.4% 64.6% 57.7%
North Dakota 64 3.1% 3.1% 1.6% 492 D D D
Ohio 613 15.2% 6.0% 2.4% 14,201 81.3% 67.5% 54.0%
Oklahoma 192 17.7% 7.3% 4.2% 2,416 70.3% 41.9% 30.4%
Oregon 297 16.8% 5.4% 3.0% 3,876 63.4% 37.0% 21.2%
Pennsylvania 657 18.6% 6.5% 3.5% 12,989 80.2% 59.0% 42.6%
Rhode Island 80 12.5% 8.8% 6.3% 1,249 77.0% D 60.5%
South Carolina 172 15.1% 13.4% 9.9% 3,859 82.0% 78.4% 64.9%
South Dakota 98 9.2% 2.0% 0.0% 718 53.6% D 0.0%
Tennessee 241 19.9% 7.9% 4.6% 6,357 88.3% 71.6% 61.4%
Texas 708 17.7% 7.5% 3.8% 18,968 87.3% 72.4% 54.9%
Utah 103 23.3% 10.7% 6.8% 2,285 86.4% 69.7% 58.4%
Vermont 71 7.0% 2.8% 2.8% 712 68.5% D D
Virginia 320 17.5% 7.2% 3.4% 7,921 84.4% 70.5% 58.9%
Washington 299 21.4% 8.7% 5.0% 9,725 87.9% 71.3% 64.0%
West Virginia 132 15.9% 4.5% 3.8% 1,875 64.5% D 35.1%
Wisconsin 326 16.3% 3.7% 3.4% 5,865 81.1% D 56.6%
Wyoming 47 10.6% 8.5% 8.5% 261 D 28.7% 28.7%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?