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 | 5,900 | 5,981 | 112,494 | 5,762,604 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 2,889 | 2,889 | 4,741 | 222,637 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,053 | 1,054 | 7,023 | 254,206 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 808 | 808 | 10,954 | 439,761 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 850 | 859 | 33,664 | 1,457,069 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 185 | 194 | 26,887 | 1,322,995 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 115 | 177 | 29,225 | 2,065,936 |
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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 | 5,900 | 19.5% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 112,494 | 79.8% | 49.9% | 26.0% |
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2007 | 6,109 | 20.6% | 5.7% | 1.7% | 129,929 | 81.9% | 53.6% | 23.3% |
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2006 | 5,858 | 21.2% | 5.6% | 1.8% | 139,482 | 83.7% | 57.0% | 28.5% |
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2005 | 5,654 | 20.3% | 5.4% | 1.7% | 122,231 | 82.6% | 55.3% | 25.0% |
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2004 | 5,302 | 19.2% | 5.2% | 1.6% | 104,335 | 80.4% | 52.0% | 22.6% |
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2003 | 5,043 | 18.5% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 93,327 | 79.3% | 50.6% | 22.2% |
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2002 | 4,800 | 18.7% | 5.1% | 1.6% | 86,937 | 79.2% | 50.0% | 19.2% |
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2001 | 4,663 | 19.1% | 4.7% | 1.4% | 80,298 | 77.8% | 44.5% | 12.3% |
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2000 | 4,701 | 19.0% | 4.7% | 1.4% | 82,401 | 77.8% | 45.4% | 13.0% |
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1999 | 4,753 | 18.7% | 5.0% | 1.4% | 87,447 | 78.9% | 49.1% | 16.2% |
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1998 | 4,725 | 18.0% | 4.2% | 1.4% | 77,694 | 77.0% | 43.3% | 15.0% |
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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 | 5,900 | 19.5% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 112,494 | 79.8% | 49.9% | 26.0% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 1,607 | 13.1% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 20,545 | 70.9% | 43.6% | 31.7% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 321 | 26.8% | 11.2% | 5.3% | 9,239 | 87.3% | 66.8% | 42.5% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 3,979 | 21.6% | 5.3% | 1.7% | 82,710 | 81.2% | 49.5% | 22.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |