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 | 17,076 | 17,197 | 119,776 | 6,787,122 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 12,672 | 12,675 | 17,736 | 799,265 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,314 | 2,314 | 15,000 | 644,761 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,087 | 1,088 | 14,230 | 740,121 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 806 | 828 | 30,223 | 1,789,727 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 112 | 131 | 17,000 | 1,102,554 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 85 | 161 | 25,587 | 1,710,694 |
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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 | 17,076 | 5.9% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 119,776 | 60.8% | 35.6% | 21.4% |
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2007 | 17,830 | 5.9% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 121,532 | 58.9% | 32.3% | 19.2% |
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2006 | 18,090 | 6.2% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 126,560 | 58.0% | 30.6% | 15.4% |
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2005 | 18,177 | 6.1% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 123,782 | 57.7% | 29.8% | 14.7% |
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2004 | 17,864 | 6.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 122,029 | 56.7% | 27.8% | 14.0% |
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2003 | 17,221 | 6.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 118,294 | 57.6% | 27.2% | 11.4% |
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2002 | 16,218 | 6.9% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 117,308 | 58.8% | 28.7% | 15.6% |
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2001 | 15,316 | 7.4% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 117,506 | 59.3% | 29.1% | 15.7% |
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2000 | 15,074 | 7.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 119,657 | 59.4% | 29.6% | 14.0% |
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1999 | 14,591 | 7.2% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 107,864 | 56.3% | 25.2% | 10.3% |
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1998 | 14,124 | 6.9% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 98,542 | 54.9% | 24.0% | 8.4% |
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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 | 17,076 | 5.9% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 119,776 | 60.8% | 35.6% | 21.4% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 4,971 | 4.2% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 27,945 | 53.8% | 32.5% | 23.5% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,066 | 10.9% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 19,499 | 83.4% | 68.4% | 56.4% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 11,047 | 6.2% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 72,332 | 57.4% | 27.9% | 11.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |