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 | 36,782 | 43,355 | 1,130,605 | 37,252,866 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 21,669 | 21,691 | 36,411 | 1,446,761 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,813 | 5,851 | 38,228 | 1,234,152 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,720 | 3,780 | 50,274 | 1,718,636 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,752 | 4,190 | 151,118 | 5,054,964 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,121 | 1,792 | 174,478 | 5,083,310 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 707 | 6,051 | 680,096 | 22,715,043 |
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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 | 36,782 | 15.2% | 5.0% | 1.9% | 1,130,605 | 89.0% | 75.6% | 60.2% |
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2007 | 36,770 | 15.3% | 5.0% | 1.9% | 1,127,043 | 89.1% | 75.6% | 59.4% |
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2006 | 36,241 | 15.6% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 1,153,010 | 89.6% | 76.6% | 59.9% |
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2005 | 35,772 | 15.2% | 4.9% | 1.9% | 1,061,489 | 89.0% | 75.1% | 58.2% |
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2004 | 34,733 | 15.8% | 5.1% | 1.8% | 981,640 | 88.1% | 73.2% | 53.9% |
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2003 | 34,273 | 16.2% | 5.2% | 1.9% | 980,716 | 88.1% | 72.8% | 54.4% |
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2002 | 33,540 | 15.9% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 980,573 | 88.5% | 74.0% | 56.4% |
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2001 | 36,428 | 15.5% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 1,108,895 | 88.8% | 74.7% | 58.4% |
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2000 | 35,304 | 15.5% | 4.9% | 1.9% | 1,161,377 | 89.5% | 76.7% | 61.7% |
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1999 | 35,183 | 15.1% | 4.6% | 1.7% | 1,049,453 | 88.4% | 74.4% | 58.5% |
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1998 | 35,787 | 14.5% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 992,288 | 87.9% | 73.4% | 56.3% |
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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 + | ||
| 56 | Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs | 36,782 | 15.2% | 5.0% | 1.9% | 1,130,605 | 89.0% | 75.6% | 60.2% |
| 561 | Administrative and support services | 35,435 | 14.8% | 4.9% | 1.9% | 1,084,539 | 89.0% | 76.0% | 60.7% |
| 562 | Waste management and remediation services | 1,358 | 25.8% | 7.9% | 3.1% | 46,066 | 87.8% | 66.5% | 47.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 56 |