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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2001:
Special trade contractors
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Special trade contractors 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 438,162 442,616 3,973,814 142,452,866
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 61,749 61,751 0 2,246,566
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 213,658 213,671 449,396 11,511,340
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 78,506 78,524 514,273 14,192,831
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 45,705 45,752 611,712 19,484,573
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 34,130 34,462 1,286,563 48,350,280
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,883 4,587 658,786 26,934,340
Firms with 500 employees or more 531 3,869 453,084 19,732,936
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Special trade contractors - 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 +
  2002 438,835 8.6% 0.9% 0.1% 3,865,341 59.8% 27.2% 11.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 438,162 8.8% 1.0% 0.1% 3,973,814 60.4% 28.0% 11.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 449,380 9.0% 1.0% 0.1% 4,066,900 59.1% 26.1% 10.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 438,685 8.8% 0.9% 0.1% 3,815,174 57.7% 24.2% 8.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 432,271 8.3% 0.8% 0.1% 3,560,660 55.9% 22.4% 7.9%

 

 

Special trade contractors 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 438,162 8.8% 1.0% 0.1% 3,973,814 60.4% 28.0% 11.4%
Alabama 5,624 10.4% 1.3% 0.5% 53,535 58.4% 23.1% 11.0%
Alaska 1,324 5.4% 1.1% 0.6% 6,424 38.0% 9.4% 2.2%
Arizona 8,229 14.2% 2.5% 0.6% 114,264 72.9% 39.6% 13.4%
Arkansas 3,448 7.7% 1.0% 0.4% 24,496 47.2% 13.5% 3.2%
California 42,208 12.8% 1.9% 0.3% 529,866 69.4% 36.1% 13.3%
Colorado 11,315 9.1% 1.5% 0.5% 98,802 61.3% 28.9% 10.8%
Connecticut 6,117 6.4% 1.0% 0.5% 40,745 50.7% 22.9% 10.1%
Delaware 1,542 10.0% 1.6% 0.6% 13,264 57.1% 19.6% 4.5%
District of Columbia 128 26.6% 6.3% 2.3% 2,267 77.5% 36.3% 3.3%
Florida 25,946 9.1% 1.2% 0.3% 231,159 62.3% 27.4% 11.4%
Georgia 12,164 9.9% 1.6% 0.5% 114,937 61.3% 28.1% 10.8%
Hawaii 1,443 11.4% 1.8% 0.9% 12,852 55.4% 18.8% 4.3%
Idaho 3,548 5.2% 0.7% 0.3% 20,340 42.3% D D
Illinois 18,834 9.6% 1.5% 0.4% 174,799 61.6% 28.9% 10.1%
Indiana 9,740 9.1% 1.3% 0.4% 86,136 56.2% 23.6% 9.5%
Iowa 5,231 7.2% 1.2% 0.4% 36,455 51.3% 20.3% 2.9%
Kansas 4,692 8.2% 1.2% 0.6% 36,597 53.7% 21.2% 10.9%
Kentucky 5,763 9.1% 1.5% 0.5% 49,723 56.4% 23.7% 6.9%
Louisiana 4,993 11.8% 2.1% 0.8% 62,927 68.1% 39.0% 22.2%
Maine 2,974 4.6% 0.6% 0.3% 15,851 45.0% 16.2% 10.7%
Maryland 9,204 12.3% 1.9% 0.5% 104,886 66.7% 32.0% 12.5%
Massachusetts 10,606 7.4% 1.1% 0.3% 81,322 56.5% 25.1% 9.5%
Michigan 16,513 7.5% 0.9% 0.3% 125,067 53.2% 21.4% 8.0%
Minnesota 9,848 7.4% 1.1% 0.5% 73,304 57.6% 26.2% 10.6%
Mississippi 2,815 9.1% 1.1% 0.6% 23,339 53.7% 18.5% 9.8%
Missouri 9,629 9.0% 1.4% 0.5% 85,157 58.6% 27.1% 12.5%
Montana 2,242 3.6% 0.5% 0.4% 9,230 30.6% D D
Nebraska 3,590 7.0% 1.3% 0.6% 24,858 49.2% 19.7% 8.5%
Nevada 2,995 20.7% 5.0% 1.2% 55,525 78.9% 44.1% 8.5%
New Hampshire 2,651 6.3% 0.6% 0.3% 15,306 44.5% D D
New Jersey 15,470 6.5% 1.0% 0.3% 107,403 52.8% 24.0% 8.2%
New Mexico 2,744 10.1% 1.5% 0.7% 23,567 57.5% 19.5% 5.2%
New York 26,814 7.4% 1.0% 0.2% 210,087 57.7% 26.6% 10.9%
North Carolina 15,381 8.2% 1.2% 0.4% 133,793 55.9% 26.7% 13.3%
North Dakota 1,284 6.6% 1.2% 0.5% 7,721 47.8% 17.5% 4.0%
Ohio 16,937 8.7% 1.1% 0.4% 142,523 55.8% 22.3% 10.1%
Oklahoma 4,950 7.4% 1.2% 0.5% 36,932 51.1% 21.6% 8.1%
Oregon 6,986 6.8% 0.9% 0.5% 49,432 53.8% 24.5% 15.7%
Pennsylvania 17,762 8.3% 1.2% 0.4% 146,581 57.8% 25.7% 11.2%
Rhode Island 2,051 5.3% 0.9% 0.5% 12,934 50.8% D D
South Carolina 6,769 8.7% 1.0% 0.4% 58,309 53.6% 21.2% 11.7%
South Dakota 1,637 5.7% 0.9% 0.6% 9,086 42.4% 12.2% 5.1%
Tennessee 6,539 12.1% 2.1% 0.7% 72,912 65.8% 30.5% 11.5%
Texas 23,905 12.1% 1.8% 0.5% 291,890 67.4% 34.8% 18.0%
Utah 5,093 7.6% 1.0% 0.5% 37,004 51.5% 18.5% 7.3%
Vermont 1,580 4.2% 0.8% 0.1% 7,712 39.6% D D
Virginia 12,453 9.8% 1.3% 0.4% 118,591 61.0% 27.6% 11.6%
Washington 11,869 7.8% 1.0% 0.4% 88,904 56.2% 22.3% 10.9%
West Virginia 2,157 5.8% 1.5% 0.7% 12,851 45.2% 19.7% 8.5%
Wisconsin 10,620 6.5% 1.0% 0.3% 75,374 50.4% 21.7% 7.6%
Wyoming 1,455 4.5% 0.5% 0.3% 6,775 32.5% D 1.2%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?