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	691,110	8.8%	1.1%	0.1%	6,491,994	62.3%	31.4%	14.9%
	Alabama	9,213	11.8%	1.8%	0.6%	102,471	65.6%	32.5%	15.2%
	Alaska	2,298	6.0%	1.4%	0.8%	15,183	53.7%	29.7%	19.6%
	Arizona	12,548	13.8%	2.6%	0.8%	168,416	72.4%	39.4%	16.2%
	Arkansas	5,580	9.1%	1.3%	0.5%	43,998	53.3%	17.6%	4.7%
	California	66,874	12.0%	1.8%	0.4%	795,840	68.4%	35.6%	14.8%
	Colorado	17,387	9.1%	1.7%	0.6%	161,531	64.4%	34.7%	16.1%
	Connecticut	9,111	6.6%	1.1%	0.5%	67,404	55.2%	29.4%	17.9%
	Delaware	2,366	10.4%	1.9%	0.9%	21,263	59.2%	21.5%	7.7%
	District of Columbia	332	25.6%	7.8%	4.2%	6,370	82.2%	44.9%	20.4%
	Florida	38,601	9.6%	1.5%	0.4%	369,059	65.0%	31.9%	14.8%
	Georgia	20,010	9.9%	1.7%	0.6%	194,679	64.1%	32.4%	15.3%
	Hawaii	2,367	12.5%	2.4%	1.1%	24,238	63.2%	28.3%	8.9%
	Idaho	5,651	5.6%	0.7%	0.3%	41,023	54.5%	30.7%	22.9%
	Illinois	29,364	8.9%	1.4%	0.4%	258,993	60.8%	29.5%	11.6%
	Indiana	15,701	9.0%	1.4%	0.5%	141,380	58.0%	27.1%	11.6%
	Iowa	8,463	7.3%	1.2%	0.4%	58,895	52.5%	20.4%	3.9%
	Kansas	7,387	8.9%	1.5%	0.7%	64,308	58.5%	27.1%	13.4%
	Kentucky	8,968	10.0%	1.6%	0.5%	82,964	59.7%	25.3%	7.2%
	Louisiana	7,976	13.0%	2.5%	0.9%	122,317	74.2%	48.3%	30.1%
	Maine	4,746	4.7%	0.7%	0.4%	28,113	47.0%	22.2%	16.3%
	Maryland	14,747	11.3%	1.9%	0.6%	159,338	65.7%	32.9%	13.8%
	Massachusetts	16,296	7.5%	1.3%	0.4%	130,246	58.1%	29.1%	12.7%
	Michigan	26,361	7.0%	0.9%	0.3%	190,975	52.3%	21.4%	8.2%
	Minnesota	15,316	7.4%	1.1%	0.5%	117,506	59.3%	29.1%	15.7%
	Mississippi	4,711	10.9%	1.6%	0.7%	48,334	63.2%	29.5%	16.8%
	Missouri	15,087	8.9%	1.4%	0.6%	137,383	60.6%	30.6%	15.4%
	Montana	3,946	4.3%	0.6%	0.3%	18,607	39.1%	D	D
	Nebraska	5,522	7.4%	1.3%	0.6%	40,004	52.7%	22.7%	11.2%
	Nevada	4,663	19.1%	4.7%	1.4%	80,298	77.8%	44.5%	12.3%
	New Hampshire	4,135	6.6%	0.8%	0.3%	26,572	48.7%	16.4%	8.8%
	New Jersey	22,792	6.7%	1.1%	0.4%	167,978	55.0%	27.3%	11.8%
	New Mexico	4,768	9.9%	1.9%	0.7%	45,732	62.6%	31.1%	9.8%
	New York	40,629	7.5%	1.0%	0.2%	317,282	58.1%	27.0%	10.9%
	North Carolina	25,086	8.3%	1.2%	0.4%	225,740	58.7%	29.2%	16.4%
	North Dakota	2,028	7.6%	1.2%	0.6%	13,814	51.6%	D	D
	Ohio	26,154	8.8%	1.2%	0.4%	228,802	57.8%	26.1%	13.4%
	Oklahoma	7,557	8.2%	1.5%	0.6%	63,282	56.7%	27.0%	10.9%
	Oregon	12,053	6.3%	1.0%	0.5%	79,282	52.5%	23.8%	14.5%
	Pennsylvania	27,682	8.5%	1.2%	0.4%	243,523	60.0%	29.3%	14.6%
	Rhode Island	3,107	5.3%	1.0%	0.4%	19,681	50.1%	25.4%	11.2%
	South Carolina	10,973	9.2%	1.3%	0.6%	112,862	62.4%	34.1%	24.9%
	South Dakota	2,733	6.0%	1.0%	0.5%	16,318	45.3%	15.5%	7.8%
	Tennessee	10,767	12.1%	2.1%	0.8%	126,821	68.0%	35.3%	17.1%
	Texas	37,263	12.4%	2.2%	0.6%	523,117	72.9%	44.3%	26.1%
	Utah	8,233	7.4%	1.2%	0.5%	61,911	54.5%	23.2%	9.1%
	Vermont	2,663	4.2%	0.6%	0.2%	14,093	41.6%	17.5%	8.5%
	Virginia	20,236	10.0%	1.6%	0.5%	199,037	62.6%	30.4%	12.8%
	Washington	20,886	7.2%	1.1%	0.4%	153,098	56.9%	24.9%	11.3%
	West Virginia	4,266	6.4%	1.3%	0.7%	27,540	48.3%	19.2%	9.0%
	Wisconsin	15,949	6.7%	1.0%	0.4%	119,934	53.5%	25.7%	11.5%
	Wyoming	2,455	6.1%	0.8%	0.4%	14,439	42.1%	10.5%	6.0%

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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	691,110	8.8%	1.1%	0.1%	6,491,994	62.3%	31.4%	14.9%
	233	Building, developing, & general contracting	214,120	6.7%	0.8%	0.2%	1,616,973	56.3%	28.0%	14.9%
	234	Heavy construction	39,210	20.8%	3.8%	0.7%	901,207	81.9%	52.7%	30.1%
	235	Special trade contractors	438,162	8.8%	1.0%	0.1%	3,973,814	60.4%	28.0%	11.4%

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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				214,120	6.7%	0.8%	0.2%	1,616,973	56.3%	28.0%	14.9%
	2331		Land subdivision & land development			13,175	6.8%	1.7%	0.8%	88,993	57.5%	30.9%	15.4%
	2332		Residential building construction			154,774	3.3%	0.3%	0.1%	735,386	36.7%	15.3%	8.1%
	23321			Single-family housing construction		146,056	2.9%	0.3%	0.1%	661,414	34.0%	14.1%	7.7%
	23322			Multifamily housing construction		8,730	9.6%	1.2%	0.4%	73,972	60.2%	25.7%	11.4%
	2333		Nonresidential building construction			46,268	18.2%	2.5%	0.5%	792,594	74.4%	39.4%	21.1%
	23331			Mfg & industrial building construction		5,821	11.8%	2.6%	1.1%	114,021	78.7%	61.4%	50.0%
	23332			Commercial & institutional building construction		40,490	19.2%	2.6%	0.5%	678,573	73.6%	35.7%	16.2%
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				39,210	20.8%	3.8%	0.7%	901,207	81.9%	52.7%	30.1%
	2341		Highway, street, bridge, & tunnel construction			11,595	26.5%	5.9%	0.9%	311,019	85.3%	54.0%	23.2%
	23411			Highway & street construction		10,837	25.5%	5.6%	0.9%	275,191	84.4%	52.6%	21.9%
	23412			Bridge & tunnel construction		778	42.0%	13.1%	3.5%	35,828	92.2%	64.9%	33.0%
	2349		Other heavy construction			27,672	18.7%	3.1%	0.8%	590,188	80.1%	52.1%	33.7%
	23491			Water, sewer, & pipeline construction		8,987	26.5%	3.5%	0.5%	193,347	77.4%	35.5%	12.3%
	23492			Power & communication transmission line construction		3,837	24.4%	5.2%	1.3%	114,999	86.0%	60.4%	39.0%
	23493			Industrial nonbuilding structure construction		582	35.7%	19.9%	10.5%	105,367	98.3%	94.5%	85.4%
	23499			All other heavy construction		14,321	11.8%	2.0%	0.7%	176,475	68.4%	39.5%	22.9%
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				438,162	8.8%	1.0%	0.1%	3,973,814	60.4%	28.0%	11.4%
	2351		Plumbing, heating, & air-conditioning contractors			88,519	10.1%	1.0%	0.1%	898,440	60.5%	27.3%	13.5%
	2352		Painting & wall covering contractors			40,322	5.0%	0.4%	0.0%	220,433	43.1%	12.4%	2.3%
	2353		Electrical contractors			64,890	12.1%	1.7%	0.3%	831,895	68.8%	37.5%	18.3%
	2354		Masonry, drywall, insulation, & tile contractors			50,444	10.6%	1.5%	0.1%	529,521	66.8%	32.8%	9.8%
	23541			Masonry & stone contractors		23,630	7.7%	0.9%	0.1%	178,820	55.5%	D	D
	23542			Drywall, plastering, acoustical, & insulation contractors		19,940	14.9%	2.7%	0.3%	300,984	75.9%	43.2%	14.9%
	23543			Tile, marble, terrazzo, & mosaic contractors		6,877	8.1%	0.7%	0.0%	49,717	52.2%	D	D
	2355		Carpentry & floor contractors			57,189	4.8%	0.7%	0.1%	337,558	48.6%	23.5%	6.4%
	23551			Carpentry contractors		44,239	4.6%	0.7%	0.1%	262,936	48.8%	25.4%	6.8%
	23552			Floor laying & other floor contractors		12,953	5.5%	0.5%	0.1%	74,622	47.7%	16.9%	5.2%
	2356		Roofing, siding, & sheet metal contractors			30,127	9.4%	0.9%	0.1%	247,408	56.7%	17.4%	2.8%
	2357		Concrete contractors			30,639	10.2%	1.1%	0.1%	295,285	59.9%	24.6%	8.1%
	2358		Water well drilling contractors			3,648	5.0%	0.4%	0.1%	22,296	35.4%	11.8%	6.2%
	2359		Other special trade contractors			72,601	7.9%	1.0%	0.2%	590,978	58.4%	26.3%	11.6%
	23591			Structural steel erection contractors		4,732	20.1%	3.5%	0.6%	81,995	78.6%	38.5%	11.6%
	23592			Glass & glazing contractors		5,454	9.4%	0.8%	0.1%	47,125	51.1%	D	D
	23593			Excavation contractors		25,383	5.6%	0.5%	0.1%	144,439	47.8%	14.0%	1.8%
	23594			Wrecking & demolition contractors		1,895	16.7%	3.0%	0.4%	27,056	73.3%	D	D
	23595			Building equip & other machinery installation contractors		3,840	14.6%	2.9%	0.9%	72,616	79.9%	56.9%	43.8%
	23599			All other special trade contractors		31,320	6.5%	0.7%	0.2%	217,747	50.3%	20.9%	9.5%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?