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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2001:
Administrative & support services
United States
By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Administrative & support 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 294,974 345,916 8,761,451 210,071,758
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 47,742 47,812 0 2,805,110
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 136,093 136,235 278,451 7,233,821
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 46,455 46,774 304,069 7,512,303
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 27,991 28,717 374,639 9,715,748
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 26,022 28,956 1,042,240 26,393,957
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 7,578 12,875 1,376,027 30,165,006
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,093 44,547 5,386,025 126,245,813
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Administrative and support 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 314,877 12.3% 3.7% 1.1% 9,857,294 89.9% 78.9% 63.9%
link to 2007 detail 2007 311,675 12.4% 3.8% 1.2% 9,628,468 89.9% 78.6% 63.4%
link to 2006 detail 2006 307,185 12.5% 3.9% 1.2% 9,658,292 90.0% 79.0% 63.3%
link to 2005 detail 2005 304,491 12.2% 3.8% 1.1% 8,946,939 89.6% 78.0% 61.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 294,814 12.6% 3.8% 1.1% 8,364,452 89.0% 76.6% 59.3%
link to 2003 detail 2003 284,555 12.8% 3.9% 1.1% 8,170,921 89.1% 76.6% 59.7%
link to 2002 detail 2002 275,183 12.6% 3.8% 1.1% 7,998,637 89.3% 77.2% 60.8%
link to 2001 detail 2001 294,974 12.4% 3.6% 1.0% 8,761,451 89.1% 77.2% 61.5%
link to 2000 detail 2000 286,393 12.5% 3.7% 1.1% 8,846,617 89.3% 77.9% 62.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 285,898 12.1% 3.6% 1.0% 8,079,349 88.4% 76.3% 60.0%
link to 1998 detail 1998 288,762 11.8% 3.5% 1.0% 7,487,633 87.7% 74.9% 57.3%

 

 

Administrative & support 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 294,974 12.4% 3.6% 1.0% 8,761,451 89.1% 77.2% 61.5%
Alabama 3,374 17.6% 9.4% 5.8% 119,430 90.7% 81.7% 66.6%
Alaska 797 13.9% 8.3% 6.0% 10,430 76.9% D 46.7%
Arizona 6,108 17.6% 8.1% 4.7% 185,968 89.6% 77.1% 60.2%
Arkansas 1,903 16.6% 8.7% 5.4% 60,700 90.4% 80.8% 66.5%
California 35,372 15.2% 4.7% 1.8% 1,074,734 88.8% 75.0% 58.9%
Colorado 6,467 14.8% 6.4% 4.1% 177,430 89.0% 76.8% 64.7%
Connecticut 4,692 13.9% 6.5% 4.1% 99,537 86.2% 73.5% 56.7%
Delaware 1,071 20.5% 12.1% 9.0% 29,330 88.7% 77.6% 60.1%
District of Columbia 842 34.4% 21.5% 11.4% 31,345 92.2% D D
Florida 24,471 10.3% 4.1% 2.1% 1,029,861 93.1% 87.4% 79.9%
Georgia 8,753 16.5% 7.8% 4.5% 328,208 91.9% 82.7% 69.9%
Hawaii 1,473 18.9% 8.8% 4.8% 33,252 84.7% 67.0% 43.1%
Idaho 1,503 14.0% 6.7% 4.7% 29,009 84.2% D D
Illinois 13,551 16.6% 6.8% 3.3% 462,558 91.0% 79.6% 63.6%
Indiana 5,789 15.7% 6.8% 3.9% 139,516 86.3% 72.5% 57.7%
Iowa 2,652 15.5% 7.7% 4.7% 59,817 86.8% D 57.3%
Kansas 2,904 17.6% 8.6% 5.6% 62,459 86.0% D 53.6%
Kentucky 3,104 17.0% 8.7% 5.1% 71,699 85.3% 72.0% 47.7%
Louisiana 3,716 18.4% 8.3% 4.7% 100,247 87.1% 72.4% 51.0%
Maine 1,528 12.6% 5.8% 3.9% 26,041 82.6% D 52.0%
Maryland 6,447 17.3% 7.4% 4.0% 159,005 86.7% 70.7% 51.5%
Massachusetts 8,035 15.3% 6.4% 3.3% 204,057 88.2% 74.5% 54.8%
Michigan 10,074 16.5% 6.8% 2.6% 287,476 89.2% 75.4% 51.0%
Minnesota 5,835 14.7% 6.2% 3.7% 140,287 87.9% 73.4% 57.5%
Mississippi 1,854 17.5% 8.5% 5.4% 46,239 87.1% D 57.9%
Missouri 5,736 14.8% 7.1% 4.1% 146,477 87.5% 76.2% 58.8%
Montana 1,156 10.1% 4.5% 3.1% 11,717 71.2% D D
Nebraska 1,965 15.3% 7.8% 5.2% 49,287 87.8% D 63.7%
Nevada 3,019 17.1% 8.0% 5.0% 65,306 85.8% 70.4% 52.2%
New Hampshire 1,697 15.3% 6.9% 4.9% 39,962 87.3% D 62.2%
New Jersey 11,765 13.3% 5.5% 2.8% 299,942 88.3% 76.4% 59.6%
New Mexico 1,580 16.5% 9.7% 7.1% 34,171 85.7% 74.0% 57.3%
New York 20,010 13.5% 5.2% 2.2% 473,854 87.7% 73.5% 53.2%
North Carolina 8,787 14.0% 6.2% 3.4% 226,651 87.5% 75.9% 59.1%
North Dakota 654 13.8% 7.3% 5.0% 10,478 79.9% D D
Ohio 11,538 16.0% 6.1% 3.1% 324,986 88.5% 74.9% 58.4%
Oklahoma 3,298 15.9% 8.1% 4.9% 87,733 88.5% 76.8% 58.1%
Oregon 3,914 14.4% 6.4% 4.1% 77,091 83.4% 68.2% 52.6%
Pennsylvania 11,567 15.3% 6.3% 3.2% 280,619 87.0% 72.7% 53.4%
Rhode Island 1,500 13.9% 8.1% 5.3% 26,128 84.5% D 47.4%
South Carolina 4,171 15.9% 7.7% 4.6% 134,740 90.1% 80.5% 66.0%
South Dakota 733 14.3% 7.4% 5.3% 9,671 77.7% D D
Tennessee 5,047 18.6% 9.0% 5.2% 173,824 90.4% 79.7% 66.2%
Texas 18,864 17.1% 6.5% 3.0% 757,143 91.7% 81.4% 67.1%
Utah 2,606 15.1% 8.0% 5.8% 75,685 90.2% 81.2% 70.9%
Vermont 798 11.5% 6.0% 4.1% 7,164 69.5% D D
Virginia 7,960 17.5% 7.7% 4.3% 219,922 88.1% 74.8% 56.4%
Washington 7,080 12.7% 5.1% 3.1% 113,975 80.7% 64.6% 49.8%
West Virginia 1,167 17.9% 9.2% 6.7% 27,954 86.1% D 58.8%
Wisconsin 5,312 15.9% 7.0% 4.0% 112,374 85.3% D 48.3%
Wyoming 640 11.3% 6.1% 4.8% 5,962 66.5% D 39.6%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?