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 | 8,558 | 8,609 | 76,667 | 3,098,940 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,346 | 5,346 | 8,945 | 282,006 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,516 | 1,516 | 10,008 | 292,494 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 942 | 942 | 12,613 | 429,582 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 611 | 616 | 22,576 | 909,555 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 85 | 90 | 11,626 | 482,987 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 58 | 99 | 10,899 | 702,316 |
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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 | 8,558 | 8.8% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 76,667 | 58.8% | 29.4% | 14.2% |
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2007 | 8,644 | 8.6% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 71,360 | 56.2% | 24.3% | 11.0% |
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2006 | 8,470 | 8.8% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 69,149 | 55.6% | 21.8% | 9.7% |
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2005 | 8,211 | 8.1% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 61,415 | 51.4% | 18.9% | 6.6% |
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2004 | 8,031 | 8.2% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 60,313 | 51.6% | 17.6% | 8.2% |
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2003 | 7,830 | 8.0% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 58,135 | 51.3% | 18.6% | 7.5% |
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2002 | 7,590 | 8.3% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 61,606 | 55.5% | 25.1% | 11.4% |
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2001 | 7,557 | 8.2% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 63,282 | 56.7% | 27.0% | 10.9% |
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2000 | 7,750 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 63,039 | 54.0% | 22.2% | 9.8% |
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1999 | 7,553 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 58,446 | 51.9% | 19.7% | 7.1% |
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1998 | 7,325 | 8.2% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 54,903 | 52.3% | 19.3% | 9.3% |
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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 | 8,558 | 8.8% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 76,667 | 58.8% | 29.4% | 14.2% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 2,054 | 5.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 12,813 | 49.4% | 23.3% | 12.9% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 832 | 19.1% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 17,885 | 81.4% | 54.6% | 33.6% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 5,676 | 8.5% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 45,969 | 52.7% | 21.3% | 7.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |