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 | 31,702 | 31,926 | 245,083 | 14,646,513 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 22,155 | 22,155 | 32,634 | 1,421,516 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,624 | 4,624 | 30,297 | 1,329,524 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,587 | 2,594 | 34,445 | 1,885,294 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,933 | 1,954 | 72,079 | 4,604,479 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 279 | 343 | 43,090 | 3,097,071 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 124 | 256 | 32,538 | 2,308,629 |
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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 | 31,702 | 7.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 245,083 | 60.3% | 30.9% | 13.3% |
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2007 | 32,685 | 7.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 252,093 | 58.9% | 28.4% | 11.0% |
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2006 | 32,446 | 7.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 261,871 | 60.0% | 29.5% | 12.0% |
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2005 | 32,336 | 7.6% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 250,157 | 58.4% | 27.9% | 12.0% |
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2004 | 31,641 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 258,041 | 59.3% | 27.4% | 9.9% |
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2003 | 30,737 | 8.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 253,485 | 59.9% | 28.0% | 10.7% |
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2002 | 29,768 | 8.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 249,715 | 60.2% | 28.4% | 11.6% |
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2001 | 29,364 | 8.9% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 258,993 | 60.8% | 29.5% | 11.6% |
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2000 | 29,686 | 9.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 265,481 | 60.7% | 29.3% | 10.9% |
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1999 | 29,312 | 8.7% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 244,296 | 58.1% | 26.0% | 9.2% |
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1998 | 29,091 | 7.7% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 225,310 | 55.1% | 24.1% | 8.5% |
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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 | 31,702 | 7.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 245,083 | 60.3% | 30.9% | 13.3% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 10,038 | 4.8% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 57,343 | 53.8% | 31.3% | 19.0% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,612 | 13.9% | 4.0% | 1.6% | 22,419 | 74.9% | 46.9% | 20.8% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 20,074 | 8.2% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 165,321 | 60.5% | 28.5% | 10.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |