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 | 76,454 | 77,476 | 841,116 | 41,875,066 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 46,264 | 46,266 | 76,127 | 2,988,640 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 13,199 | 13,203 | 87,447 | 3,296,325 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,536 | 8,549 | 114,578 | 4,941,733 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 7,230 | 7,329 | 278,803 | 13,774,250 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 970 | 1,228 | 159,453 | 8,503,470 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 255 | 901 | 124,708 | 8,370,648 |
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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 | 76,454 | 11.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 841,116 | 66.9% | 33.8% | 14.8% |
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2007 | 79,269 | 11.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 920,542 | 68.9% | 36.2% | 15.7% |
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2006 | 76,848 | 12.0% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 958,436 | 71.5% | 39.9% | 17.0% |
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2005 | 74,296 | 11.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 865,810 | 69.9% | 38.5% | 16.8% |
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2004 | 71,014 | 11.7% | 1.9% | 0.4% | 834,742 | 69.6% | 37.6% | 15.3% |
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2003 | 69,576 | 11.7% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 808,013 | 68.4% | 35.7% | 15.0% |
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2002 | 68,354 | 11.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 767,826 | 67.1% | 33.7% | 13.7% |
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2001 | 66,874 | 12.0% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 795,840 | 68.4% | 35.6% | 14.8% |
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2000 | 67,189 | 11.5% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 755,180 | 66.6% | 33.0% | 13.1% |
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1999 | 64,998 | 11.4% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 705,552 | 65.6% | 31.1% | 12.2% |
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1998 | 63,631 | 10.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 621,816 | 63.3% | 29.2% | 12.1% |
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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 | 76,454 | 11.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 841,116 | 66.9% | 33.8% | 14.8% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 25,002 | 7.6% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 195,972 | 57.9% | 27.5% | 14.3% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 3,961 | 21.4% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 87,532 | 82.3% | 51.6% | 31.5% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 47,546 | 12.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 557,612 | 67.7% | 33.2% | 12.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |