U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2006:
NAICS 5417 - Scientific research & development services
United States

By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Scientific research & development services - 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 13,455 17,153 672,666 58,862,191
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 7,215 7,230 11,018 1,267,518
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 1,862 1,873 12,248 775,002
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,381 1,447 18,464 1,249,154
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,678 1,998 67,612 5,281,540
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 606 1,016 85,116 6,935,405
Firms with 500 employees or more 713 3,589 478,208 43,353,572
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 87 333 26,000 2,298,871
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 55 127 15,484 1,217,093
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 78 282 29,282 2,764,763
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 98 279 27,569 2,218,144
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 395 2,568 379,873 34,854,701

 

 

U.S. - Scientific research and development services - 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 13,371 22.1% 9.5% 5.2% 633,928 93.3% 82.9% 70.4%
link to 2007 detail 2007 14,009 21.7% 9.3% 5.1% 688,052 93.8% 83.8% 72.0%
link to 2006 detail 2006 13,455 22.3% 9.8% 5.3% 672,666 93.8% 83.7% 71.1%
link to 2005 detail 2005 13,010 22.3% 9.8% 5.4% 660,520 93.9% 83.9% 71.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 12,637 22.8% 10.0% 5.4% 640,936 93.9% 83.8% 70.9%
link to 2003 detail 2003 12,205 24.0% 10.7% 5.7% 615,740 93.8% 83.1% 69.0%
link to 2002 detail 2002 11,418 20.9% 7.9% 3.3% 399,213 91.1% 75.8% 54.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 11,198 20.7% 7.3% 2.9% 387,067 90.4% 74.7% 53.6%
link to 2000 detail 2000 10,431 20.3% 6.9% 2.9% 359,097 90.5% 74.4% 55.6%
link to 1999 detail 1999 10,019 20.3% 6.9% 2.8% 338,346 90.2% 74.0% 55.1%
link to 1998 detail 1998 9,886 19.1% 6.7% 2.5% 309,851 89.5% 73.7% 53.1%


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