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 | 23,020 | 23,326 | 207,520 | 10,017,754 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 14,991 | 14,991 | 24,038 | 916,538 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,863 | 3,863 | 25,451 | 934,909 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,203 | 2,208 | 29,421 | 1,271,703 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,618 | 1,670 | 59,859 | 2,987,386 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 216 | 285 | 31,756 | 1,743,783 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 129 | 309 | 36,995 | 2,163,435 |
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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 | 23,020 | 8.5% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 207,520 | 62.0% | 33.1% | 17.8% |
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2007 | 24,493 | 8.5% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 213,271 | 60.3% | 30.1% | 14.9% |
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2006 | 25,144 | 8.7% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 218,662 | 58.8% | 26.8% | 13.0% |
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2005 | 26,043 | 8.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 214,948 | 57.3% | 26.0% | 12.9% |
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2004 | 26,368 | 8.7% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 227,414 | 58.9% | 26.8% | 14.2% |
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2003 | 26,333 | 8.4% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 221,152 | 58.3% | 26.9% | 14.2% |
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2002 | 26,064 | 8.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 219,686 | 58.0% | 26.6% | 13.5% |
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2001 | 26,154 | 8.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 228,802 | 57.8% | 26.1% | 13.4% |
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2000 | 27,064 | 9.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 247,794 | 59.3% | 26.7% | 12.4% |
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1999 | 27,095 | 8.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 227,310 | 56.3% | 22.9% | 9.8% |
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1998 | 27,311 | 8.5% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 222,649 | 55.5% | 23.4% | 9.7% |
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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 | 23,020 | 8.5% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 207,520 | 62.0% | 33.1% | 17.8% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 6,455 | 7.0% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 47,010 | 56.0% | 28.0% | 12.4% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,342 | 16.2% | 4.9% | 2.0% | 24,166 | 78.6% | 56.4% | 32.7% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 15,244 | 8.6% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 136,344 | 61.1% | 30.8% | 17.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |