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 | 47,494 | 47,719 | 350,934 | 20,332,332 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 33,367 | 33,367 | 51,010 | 2,085,384 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 6,796 | 6,798 | 44,598 | 1,897,738 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,897 | 3,901 | 52,242 | 2,655,422 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,931 | 2,958 | 109,479 | 6,707,190 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 404 | 444 | 65,591 | 4,642,503 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 99 | 251 | 28,014 | 2,344,095 |
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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 | 47,494 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 350,934 | 57.9% | 26.7% | 8.0% |
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2007 | 47,800 | 6.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 328,933 | 55.2% | 23.7% | 7.2% |
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2006 | 46,871 | 6.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 319,107 | 54.1% | 22.5% | 6.5% |
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2005 | 46,232 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 308,934 | 54.5% | 23.1% | 7.2% |
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2004 | 44,872 | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 315,692 | 56.1% | 23.9% | 8.1% |
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2003 | 43,144 | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 307,202 | 56.3% | 24.8% | 7.8% |
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2002 | 41,281 | 7.3% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 307,421 | 57.1% | 25.9% | 9.3% |
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2001 | 40,629 | 7.5% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 317,282 | 58.1% | 27.0% | 10.9% |
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2000 | 40,308 | 7.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 317,993 | 57.6% | 25.6% | 9.3% |
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1999 | 39,007 | 7.4% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 286,380 | 54.9% | 22.0% | 7.0% |
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1998 | 38,566 | 6.9% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 272,149 | 53.7% | 22.2% | 6.9% |
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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 | 47,494 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 350,934 | 57.9% | 26.7% | 8.0% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 16,246 | 5.2% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 89,972 | 49.5% | 20.0% | 7.2% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,672 | 16.7% | 4.2% | 1.4% | 26,795 | 77.9% | 48.7% | 21.1% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 29,596 | 7.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 234,167 | 58.8% | 26.7% | 6.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |