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 | 23,953 | 24,073 | 172,004 | 9,794,089 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 16,751 | 16,751 | 27,612 | 1,134,853 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,614 | 3,614 | 23,579 | 1,047,136 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,954 | 1,956 | 25,719 | 1,358,703 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,360 | 1,373 | 50,533 | 3,175,975 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 176 | 190 | 26,286 | 1,704,157 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 98 | 189 | 18,275 | 1,373,265 |
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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 | 23,953 | 6.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 172,004 | 55.3% | 25.9% | 10.6% |
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2007 | 25,394 | 6.4% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 177,095 | 53.7% | 25.7% | 9.9% |
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2006 | 25,361 | 6.5% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 181,404 | 53.7% | 25.3% | 10.8% |
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2005 | 25,334 | 6.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 175,322 | 54.3% | 26.0% | 12.2% |
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2004 | 24,582 | 6.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 176,889 | 55.0% | 26.3% | 11.9% |
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2003 | 23,862 | 6.4% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 164,864 | 53.4% | 25.8% | 10.5% |
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2002 | 23,171 | 6.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 170,018 | 55.2% | 27.2% | 12.6% |
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2001 | 22,792 | 6.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 167,978 | 55.0% | 27.3% | 11.8% |
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2000 | 23,179 | 6.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 164,099 | 52.2% | 22.8% | 9.6% |
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1999 | 22,697 | 6.4% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 153,146 | 51.2% | 21.9% | 8.2% |
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1998 | 22,744 | 6.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 143,268 | 48.8% | 19.0% | 7.2% |
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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 | 23,953 | 6.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 172,004 | 55.3% | 25.9% | 10.6% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 7,167 | 4.6% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 40,536 | 48.3% | 24.1% | 16.0% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,084 | 18.5% | 4.8% | 2.0% | 18,347 | 78.0% | 45.7% | 19.8% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 15,711 | 7.1% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 113,121 | 54.1% | 23.3% | 7.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |