U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2002:
Legal services
United States

By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Legal 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)		 Receipts
($1,000)
All firms 170,427 178,692 1,138,451 70,456,903 182,828,620
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 17,019 17,036 0 1,229,238 3,463,739
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 108,796 108,857 212,671 7,754,008 27,755,002
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 25,046 25,293 161,616 7,015,419 19,313,515
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 11,381 12,158 151,277 8,244,819 19,286,679
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 7,052 10,009 260,693 17,211,122 37,405,257
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 899 3,104 165,284 12,528,670 28,928,451
Firms with 500 employees or more 234 2,235 186,910 16,473,627 46,675,977
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 76 514 42,484 3,596,742 9,858,519
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 33 266 26,355 2,439,432 6,366,892
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 49 510 52,084 4,946,036 14,599,952
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 34 393 39,997 3,736,669 10,447,758
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 42 552 25,990 1,754,748 5,402,856

 

 

U.S. - Legal 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 178,714 4.6% 0.7% 0.2% 1,198,520 54.4% 32.6% 18.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 181,525 4.5% 0.7% 0.2% 1,206,577 53.8% 32.2% 17.6%
link to 2006 detail 2006 180,727 4.7% 0.7% 0.2% 1,219,383 54.2% 32.1% 17.0%
link to 2005 detail 2005 179,919 4.7% 0.7% 0.1% 1,199,470 54.2% 31.5% 16.2%
link to 2004 detail 2004 177,058 5.0% 0.7% 0.1% 1,218,350 54.5% 31.3% 16.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 173,308 5.0% 0.7% 0.1% 1,182,581 54.2% 30.9% 15.8%
link to 2002 detail 2002 170,427 4.8% 0.7% 0.1% 1,138,451 53.8% 30.9% 16.4%
link to 2001 detail 2001 169,239 4.7% 0.6% 0.1% 1,110,187 53.2% 30.1% 15.9%
link to 2000 detail 2000 169,204 4.8% 0.6% 0.1% 1,088,963 52.3% 28.6% 14.0%
link to 1999 detail 1999 169,613 4.8% 0.6% 0.1% 1,082,253 51.9% 27.9% 13.0%
link to 1998 detail 1998 170,467 4.7% 0.6% 0.1% 1,049,373 50.6% 26.3% 11.3%


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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13, 2011   Questions?