Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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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 | 15,414 | 15,599 | 208,256 | 8,344,304 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 8,787 | 8,788 | 15,077 | 493,167 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,740 | 2,744 | 17,944 | 541,404 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,793 | 1,793 | 24,070 | 772,863 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,672 | 1,685 | 66,193 | 2,476,953 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 270 | 309 | 39,323 | 1,577,037 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 152 | 280 | 45,649 | 2,482,880 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 15,414 | 13.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 208,256 | 72.6% | 40.8% | 21.9% |
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2007 | 16,606 | 14.4% | 3.0% | 0.9% | 237,252 | 74.1% | 42.6% | 19.4% |
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2006 | 15,905 | 15.4% | 3.2% | 1.0% | 249,417 | 76.8% | 45.5% | 20.2% |
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2005 | 14,927 | 14.0% | 2.9% | 0.9% | 211,584 | 74.2% | 43.0% | 18.5% |
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2004 | 13,923 | 13.6% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 184,901 | 72.1% | 39.3% | 16.5% |
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2003 | 13,422 | 13.1% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 164,914 | 69.8% | 36.3% | 14.8% |
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2002 | 12,952 | 13.2% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 165,875 | 71.4% | 38.7% | 19.3% |
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2001 | 12,548 | 13.8% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 168,416 | 72.4% | 39.4% | 16.2% |
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2000 | 12,537 | 13.8% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 167,401 | 71.6% | 38.7% | 16.8% |
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1999 | 12,199 | 13.9% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 160,496 | 71.6% | 37.9% | 14.1% |
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1998 | 11,897 | 12.8% | 2.3% | 0.8% | 143,411 | 69.1% | 34.9% | 11.9% |
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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 | 15,414 | 13.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 208,256 | 72.6% | 40.8% | 21.9% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 4,315 | 8.2% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 38,811 | 63.7% | 40.0% | 32.2% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 941 | 27.7% | 8.0% | 2.7% | 28,900 | 88.4% | 60.2% | 35.2% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 10,169 | 14.6% | 2.6% | 0.7% | 140,545 | 71.8% | 37.0% | 16.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |