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 | 15,696 | 15,854 | 144,370 | 6,754,169 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 9,998 | 10,000 | 16,932 | 513,684 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,832 | 2,834 | 18,647 | 594,936 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,491 | 1,494 | 19,872 | 781,898 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,126 | 1,156 | 40,868 | 2,020,526 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 155 | 195 | 22,527 | 1,259,001 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 94 | 175 | 25,524 | 1,584,124 |
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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 | 15,696 | 8.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 144,370 | 61.6% | 33.3% | 17.7% |
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2007 | 16,623 | 8.7% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 148,239 | 59.8% | 29.7% | 16.4% |
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2006 | 16,865 | 8.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 154,628 | 60.3% | 30.2% | 15.6% |
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2005 | 16,913 | 8.6% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 148,881 | 60.0% | 29.7% | 15.4% |
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2004 | 16,457 | 9.0% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 148,242 | 60.4% | 30.0% | 14.5% |
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2003 | 15,859 | 8.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 141,280 | 60.2% | 29.5% | 15.5% |
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2002 | 15,337 | 9.0% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 137,265 | 60.8% | 30.2% | 15.1% |
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2001 | 15,087 | 8.9% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 137,383 | 60.6% | 30.6% | 15.4% |
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2000 | 15,486 | 9.2% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 142,349 | 59.7% | 28.4% | 14.8% |
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1999 | 15,500 | 8.2% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 131,626 | 57.3% | 26.6% | 13.3% |
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1998 | 15,451 | 7.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 120,864 | 54.8% | 24.5% | 11.4% |
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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 | 15,696 | 8.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 144,370 | 61.6% | 33.3% | 17.7% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 4,416 | 6.2% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 33,589 | 59.5% | 37.3% | 27.8% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,065 | 17.6% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 20,825 | 81.7% | 56.9% | 37.7% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 10,235 | 9.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 89,956 | 57.7% | 26.3% | 9.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |