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 | 15,762 | 16,554 | 146,747 | 8,562,709 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 11,526 | 11,530 | 15,559 | 766,899 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,826 | 1,833 | 11,876 | 559,110 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,070 | 1,111 | 14,286 | 755,777 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 797 | 937 | 27,281 | 1,829,696 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 237 | 320 | 19,909 | 1,474,925 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 306 | 823 | 57,836 | 3,176,302 |
| More data |
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 | 15,762 | 8.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 146,747 | 71.6% | 53.0% | 39.4% |
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2007 | 16,262 | 8.7% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 141,196 | 69.9% | 49.6% | 34.0% |
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2006 | 15,948 | 8.6% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 138,683 | 69.6% | 48.6% | 33.1% |
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2005 | 15,785 | 8.3% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 127,953 | 67.8% | 46.4% | 31.4% |
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2004 | 15,392 | 8.5% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 124,194 | 66.6% | 45.7% | 29.7% |
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2003 | 15,078 | 8.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 124,672 | 67.3% | 46.9% | 31.1% |
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2002 | 14,900 | 8.5% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 119,240 | 66.2% | 43.1% | 27.7% |
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2001 | 14,508 | 8.5% | 3.1% | 1.8% | 123,646 | 67.2% | 44.4% | 28.4% |
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2000 | 14,409 | 8.5% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 122,574 | 67.5% | 45.0% | 27.8% |
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1999 | 13,951 | 8.6% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 115,887 | 67.1% | 43.9% | 26.9% |
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1998 | 13,565 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 1.6% | 110,702 | 65.9% | 43.1% | 26.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 15,762 | 8.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 146,747 | 71.6% | 53.0% | 39.4% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 15,762 | 8.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 146,747 | 71.6% | 53.0% | 39.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |