U.S. - Telephone answering 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	1,574	27.0%	6.4%	3.7%	59,950	86.4%	67.1%	54.4%
	2007	1,631	27.3%	7.1%	4.2%	61,721	86.6%	67.5%	58.6%
	2006	1,730	26.6%	5.7%	3.5%	57,940	85.1%	63.0%	54.8%
	2005	1,770	26.7%	5.4%	3.1%	61,529	85.6%	64.6%	55.8%
	2004	1,823	25.2%	5.0%	3.0%	60,241	84.3%	63.0%	54.4%
	2003	1,876	25.6%	4.5%	2.8%	59,900	83.9%	60.6%	52.8%
	2002	1,936	24.4%	4.0%	2.1%	59,170	82.8%	59.7%	50.2%
	2001	2,259	21.7%	3.6%	1.8%	62,150	82.5%	60.0%	50.2%
	2000	2,413	20.1%	3.2%	1.5%	64,855	81.8%	60.8%	50.7%
	1999	2,642	19.4%	3.1%	1.5%	64,127	79.9%	56.9%	47.8%
	1998	2,859	18.6%	2.7%	1.2%	62,604	78.0%	53.7%	44.8%