U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
NAICS 54171 - Research & development in the phys, engineering & life sciences
United States

By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Research & development in the phys, engineering & life sciences - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 10,569 13,780 587,016 47,761,178
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,403 1,404 0 170,899
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 4,016 4,022 8,244 459,678
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 1,506 1,518 9,936 591,500
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,087 1,128 14,541 978,609
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,413 1,713 57,102 4,368,033
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 517 891 74,036 5,792,351
Firms with 500 employees or more 627 3,104 423,157 35,400,108
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 71 234 20,051 1,720,761
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 46 166 14,972 1,392,685
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 62 218 21,499 1,440,012
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 92 243 28,134 1,922,211
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 356 2,243 338,501 28,924,439

 

 

U.S. - Physical, engineering, and biological research - by Year
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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 11,479 23.8% 10.5% 5.9% 594,218 93.8% 83.7% 71.4%
link to 2007 detail 2007 11,686 23.2% 10.3% 5.7% 631,475 94.3% 84.8% 73.0%
link to 2006 detail 2006 11,367 23.5% 10.6% 5.8% 615,400 94.3% 84.7% 72.0%
link to 2005 detail 2005 10,900 23.6% 10.6% 5.9% 602,877 94.4% 84.8% 72.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 10,569 24.2% 10.8% 5.9% 587,016 94.4% 84.7% 72.1%
link to 2003 detail 2003 10,288 25.5% 11.6% 6.2% 561,184 94.3% 84.0% 69.8%
link to 2002 detail 2002 9,339 21.8% 8.6% 3.7% 355,085 91.9% 77.5% 56.6%
link to 2001 detail 2001 9,202 21.4% 7.9% 3.2% 343,690 91.2% 76.3% 55.8%
link to 2000 detail 2000 8,524 21.0% 7.3% 3.2% 319,453 91.3% 75.9% 58.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 8,153 21.0% 7.3% 3.1% 301,353 91.1% 75.8% 57.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 8,049 19.8% 7.1% 2.8% 275,141 90.3% 75.3% 55.8%


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