U.S. - Employment placement agencies and executive search services - 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	14,414	11.7%	3.7%	1.0%	286,496	85.2%	68.5%	45.0%
	2007	7,856	21.7%	7.6%	2.0%	246,782	91.0%	71.0%	38.8%
	2006	8,213	20.4%	7.2%	1.8%	242,040	90.4%	70.5%	36.6%
	2005	7,944	20.3%	6.7%	1.8%	217,952	89.8%	67.6%	35.0%
	2004	7,802	19.0%	6.0%	1.4%	182,560	87.5%	62.3%	27.2%
	2003	7,859	18.1%	5.0%	1.4%	150,851	84.4%	54.8%	25.0%
	2002	8,708	22.2%	7.3%	1.9%	309,174	91.9%	73.6%	46.8%
	2001	9,393	21.1%	7.1%	1.7%	348,669	92.0%	75.6%	49.5%
	2000	8,506	20.6%	6.9%	1.8%	306,465	92.1%	74.5%	49.3%
	1999	7,618	20.3%	6.6%	1.7%	257,875	91.7%	74.1%	49.1%
	1998	6,841	21.4%	6.6%	1.5%	183,243	89.5%	65.7%	33.5%