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 | 13,980 | 14,100 | 97,399 | 4,339,226 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 9,645 | 9,645 | 15,409 | 463,089 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,252 | 2,252 | 14,711 | 448,963 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,117 | 1,119 | 14,910 | 553,959 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 794 | 827 | 29,793 | 1,408,764 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 95 | 113 | 11,426 | 613,755 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 77 | 144 | 11,150 | 850,696 |
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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 | 13,980 | 6.9% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 97,399 | 53.8% | 23.2% | 11.4% |
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2007 | 14,898 | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 100,753 | 51.6% | 20.1% | 11.0% |
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2006 | 14,397 | 7.1% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 96,718 | 53.0% | 20.2% | 9.6% |
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2005 | 13,744 | 6.4% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 85,319 | 49.4% | 18.3% | 7.6% |
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2004 | 12,956 | 6.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 77,808 | 48.8% | 17.2% | 8.7% |
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2003 | 12,411 | 6.2% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 76,029 | 50.5% | 19.8% | 12.1% |
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2002 | 12,093 | 5.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 72,614 | 49.4% | 20.2% | 11.5% |
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2001 | 12,053 | 6.3% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 79,282 | 52.5% | 23.8% | 14.5% |
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2000 | 12,440 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 80,012 | 50.1% | 19.3% | 10.3% |
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1999 | 12,395 | 6.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 77,745 | 49.3% | 18.5% | 6.9% |
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1998 | 12,491 | 6.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 78,793 | 49.6% | 18.6% | 8.6% |
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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 | 13,980 | 6.9% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 97,399 | 53.8% | 23.2% | 11.4% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 4,810 | 4.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 23,266 | 42.9% | 16.3% | 6.6% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 823 | 13.4% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 10,212 | 71.3% | 42.8% | 26.0% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 8,359 | 7.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 63,921 | 54.9% | 22.6% | 10.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |