Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 69,576 | 70,333 | 808,013 | 33,304,468 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 10,024 | 10,024 | 0 | 517,762 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 31,216 | 31,218 | 66,800 | 1,928,884 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 12,274 | 12,277 | 81,155 | 2,581,532 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 7,921 | 7,926 | 107,118 | 3,828,381 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,903 | 6,994 | 264,754 | 10,858,447 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 989 | 1,155 | 167,001 | 7,144,947 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 249 | 739 | 121,185 | 6,444,515 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 76,454 | 11.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 841,116 | 66.9% | 33.8% | 14.8% |
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2007 | 79,269 | 11.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 920,542 | 68.9% | 36.2% | 15.7% |
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2006 | 76,848 | 12.0% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 958,436 | 71.5% | 39.9% | 17.0% |
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2005 | 74,296 | 11.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 865,810 | 69.9% | 38.5% | 16.8% |
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2004 | 71,014 | 11.7% | 1.9% | 0.4% | 834,742 | 69.6% | 37.6% | 15.3% |
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2003 | 69,576 | 11.7% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 808,013 | 68.4% | 35.7% | 15.0% |
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2002 | 68,354 | 11.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 767,826 | 67.1% | 33.7% | 13.7% |
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2001 | 66,874 | 12.0% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 795,840 | 68.4% | 35.6% | 14.8% |
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2000 | 67,189 | 11.5% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 755,180 | 66.6% | 33.0% | 13.1% |
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1999 | 64,998 | 11.4% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 705,552 | 65.6% | 31.1% | 12.2% |
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1998 | 63,631 | 10.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 621,816 | 63.3% | 29.2% | 12.1% |
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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 | 69,576 | 11.7% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 808,013 | 68.4% | 35.7% | 15.0% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 22,132 | 8.0% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 181,887 | 58.7% | 28.7% | 13.6% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 4,057 | 21.6% | 4.5% | 1.6% | 90,695 | 82.7% | 52.5% | 32.9% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 43,434 | 12.8% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 535,431 | 69.3% | 35.2% | 12.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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