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 | 38,997 | 39,632 | 501,694 | 19,869,823 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 22,881 | 22,884 | 37,930 | 1,429,421 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,043 | 7,051 | 46,386 | 1,405,836 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,512 | 4,517 | 60,481 | 2,020,149 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,715 | 3,763 | 144,592 | 5,386,930 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 601 | 739 | 100,267 | 4,157,791 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 245 | 678 | 112,038 | 5,469,696 |
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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 | 38,997 | 11.7% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 501,694 | 71.1% | 42.3% | 22.3% |
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2004 | 38,600 | 11.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 490,170 | 70.7% | 40.9% | 21.2% |
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2003 | 38,215 | 11.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 493,158 | 71.0% | 41.4% | 22.8% |
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2002 | 37,220 | 12.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 507,798 | 72.5% | 44.1% | 25.8% |
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2001 | 37,263 | 12.4% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 523,117 | 72.9% | 44.3% | 26.1% |
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2000 | 37,896 | 12.7% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 519,727 | 72.3% | 42.5% | 23.5% |
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1999 | 37,459 | 12.3% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 491,536 | 70.9% | 40.3% | 22.2% |
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1998 | 37,414 | 11.6% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 457,095 | 69.3% | 39.0% | 21.4% |
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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 | 38,997 | 11.7% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 501,694 | 71.1% | 42.3% | 22.3% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 10,634 | 7.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 95,872 | 65.5% | 40.8% | 25.4% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 3,804 | 23.9% | 7.1% | 2.3% | 109,583 | 87.1% | 62.2% | 34.6% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 24,599 | 11.7% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 296,239 | 67.1% | 35.5% | 16.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |