U.S. - Collection agencies - 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	4,322	23.8%	7.4%	2.5%	150,671	88.5%	69.8%	45.8%
	2007	4,417	23.2%	7.0%	2.6%	141,274	87.3%	66.8%	42.0%
	2006	4,455	23.3%	6.9%	2.6%	143,356	87.3%	66.8%	43.6%
	2005	4,546	22.5%	6.4%	2.4%	138,228	86.8%	65.7%	42.2%
	2004	4,530	23.2%	5.9%	2.5%	140,836	87.1%	64.5%	44.7%
	2003	4,544	23.2%	6.1%	2.7%	139,876	86.9%	65.2%	46.4%
	2002	4,492	21.1%	5.5%	2.3%	119,078	84.5%	61.9%	41.2%
	2001	4,420	20.5%	5.4%	2.3%	111,822	83.5%	60.9%	40.9%
	2000	4,377	19.9%	5.0%	2.2%	100,066	81.1%	56.3%	37.0%
	1999	4,568	19.6%	5.0%	2.1%	91,556	78.8%	51.7%	32.1%
	1998	4,696	19.5%	4.6%	2.1%	88,882	77.8%	48.9%	29.7%