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 | 32,336 | 32,551 | 250,157 | 13,615,634 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 21,900 | 21,901 | 31,751 | 1,440,708 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,045 | 5,045 | 32,993 | 1,380,840 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,939 | 2,948 | 39,268 | 1,865,862 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,073 | 2,095 | 76,345 | 4,370,875 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 253 | 296 | 39,858 | 2,580,989 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 126 | 266 | 29,942 | 1,976,360 |
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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 | 32,336 | 7.6% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 250,157 | 58.4% | 27.9% | 12.0% |
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2004 | 31,641 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 258,041 | 59.3% | 27.4% | 9.9% |
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2003 | 30,737 | 8.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 253,485 | 59.9% | 28.0% | 10.7% |
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2002 | 29,768 | 8.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 249,715 | 60.2% | 28.4% | 11.6% |
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2001 | 29,364 | 8.9% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 258,993 | 60.8% | 29.5% | 11.6% |
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2000 | 29,686 | 9.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 265,481 | 60.7% | 29.3% | 10.9% |
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1999 | 29,312 | 8.7% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 244,296 | 58.1% | 26.0% | 9.2% |
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1998 | 29,091 | 7.7% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 225,310 | 55.1% | 24.1% | 8.5% |
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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 | 32,336 | 7.6% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 250,157 | 58.4% | 27.9% | 12.0% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 10,535 | 4.8% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 57,362 | 48.1% | 23.5% | 13.3% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,715 | 13.8% | 3.1% | 1.3% | 25,991 | 77.1% | 49.5% | 31.4% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 20,103 | 8.6% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 166,804 | 59.1% | 26.1% | 8.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |