Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
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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 | 74,296 | 75,151 | 865,810 | 39,863,707 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 45,268 | 45,269 | 69,014 | 3,089,961 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 12,577 | 12,579 | 82,915 | 2,971,115 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,079 | 8,091 | 108,498 | 4,312,098 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 7,001 | 7,070 | 272,476 | 12,296,848 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,085 | 1,239 | 187,321 | 8,850,589 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 286 | 903 | 145,586 | 8,343,096 |
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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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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 | 74,296 | 11.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 865,810 | 69.9% | 38.5% | 16.8% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 24,838 | 7.7% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 199,627 | 60.1% | 29.8% | 13.8% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 3,978 | 21.5% | 4.7% | 1.6% | 87,197 | 83.1% | 52.3% | 30.3% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 45,527 | 12.4% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 578,986 | 71.3% | 39.3% | 15.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |