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 | 43,506 | 43,992 | 403,621 | 13,676,214 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 7,486 | 7,486 | 0 | 280,405 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 21,209 | 21,209 | 42,586 | 1,054,904 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 6,481 | 6,481 | 42,741 | 1,139,844 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,206 | 4,209 | 56,331 | 1,640,403 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,486 | 3,520 | 133,539 | 4,403,488 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 471 | 568 | 67,743 | 2,604,412 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 167 | 519 | 60,681 | 2,552,758 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 52,577 | 8.2% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 435,084 | 63.4% | 32.4% | 14.1% |
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2007 | 58,814 | 8.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 511,280 | 65.4% | 33.7% | 14.1% |
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2006 | 59,388 | 9.1% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 542,849 | 67.7% | 35.3% | 15.3% |
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2005 | 56,822 | 8.4% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 477,670 | 65.6% | 32.8% | 14.0% |
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2004 | 51,907 | 8.6% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 437,383 | 65.4% | 31.7% | 14.1% |
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2003 | 43,506 | 9.5% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 403,621 | 64.9% | 31.8% | 15.0% |
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2002 | 40,945 | 9.1% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 379,018 | 65.2% | 33.5% | 17.2% |
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2001 | 38,601 | 9.6% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 369,059 | 65.0% | 31.9% | 14.8% |
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2000 | 38,793 | 9.8% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 371,252 | 64.4% | 31.3% | 14.5% |
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1999 | 37,961 | 9.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 357,962 | 63.1% | 30.1% | 14.6% |
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1998 | 37,825 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 341,712 | 61.1% | 27.7% | 12.5% |
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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 | 43,506 | 9.5% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 403,621 | 64.9% | 31.8% | 15.0% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 11,166 | 7.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 89,324 | 61.9% | 36.8% | 23.1% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 3,061 | 18.9% | 4.5% | 1.4% | 55,549 | 81.3% | 49.0% | 24.2% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 29,299 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 258,748 | 62.4% | 26.4% | 10.3% |
| 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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