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 | 46,232 | 46,448 | 308,934 | 15,792,641 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 32,811 | 32,811 | 47,516 | 1,956,309 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 6,688 | 6,690 | 43,550 | 1,713,441 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,712 | 3,718 | 49,592 | 2,304,746 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,622 | 2,641 | 96,947 | 5,181,483 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 314 | 344 | 48,934 | 3,111,344 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 85 | 244 | 22,395 | 1,525,318 |
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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 | 47,494 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 350,934 | 57.9% | 26.7% | 8.0% |
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2007 | 47,800 | 6.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 328,933 | 55.2% | 23.7% | 7.2% |
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2006 | 46,871 | 6.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 319,107 | 54.1% | 22.5% | 6.5% |
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2005 | 46,232 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 308,934 | 54.5% | 23.1% | 7.2% |
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2004 | 44,872 | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 315,692 | 56.1% | 23.9% | 8.1% |
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2003 | 43,144 | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 307,202 | 56.3% | 24.8% | 7.8% |
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2002 | 41,281 | 7.3% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 307,421 | 57.1% | 25.9% | 9.3% |
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2001 | 40,629 | 7.5% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 317,282 | 58.1% | 27.0% | 10.9% |
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2000 | 40,308 | 7.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 317,993 | 57.6% | 25.6% | 9.3% |
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1999 | 39,007 | 7.4% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 286,380 | 54.9% | 22.0% | 7.0% |
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1998 | 38,566 | 6.9% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 272,149 | 53.7% | 22.2% | 6.9% |
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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 | 46,232 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 308,934 | 54.5% | 23.1% | 7.2% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 15,022 | 5.0% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 79,369 | 47.5% | 17.0% | 6.2% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,845 | 15.0% | 3.8% | 1.1% | 25,536 | 74.9% | 44.2% | 14.0% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 29,381 | 6.9% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 204,029 | 54.6% | 22.8% | 6.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |