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 | 41,154 | 42,063 | 633,006 | 29,557,998 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 23,578 | 23,582 | 40,512 | 1,699,593 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,509 | 7,513 | 49,540 | 1,686,466 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,638 | 4,641 | 62,196 | 2,376,833 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 4,360 | 4,445 | 171,978 | 7,306,767 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 778 | 1,030 | 132,306 | 6,128,103 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 291 | 852 | 176,474 | 10,360,236 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 41,154 | 13.2% | 2.6% | 0.7% | 633,006 | 75.9% | 48.8% | 27.9% |
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2007 | 41,428 | 12.5% | 2.4% | 0.6% | 602,317 | 74.8% | 47.5% | 27.3% |
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2006 | 39,939 | 12.4% | 2.4% | 0.6% | 553,834 | 73.5% | 45.0% | 24.4% |
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2005 | 38,997 | 11.7% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 501,694 | 71.1% | 42.3% | 22.3% |
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2004 | 38,600 | 11.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 490,170 | 70.7% | 40.9% | 21.2% |
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2003 | 38,215 | 11.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 493,158 | 71.0% | 41.4% | 22.8% |
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2002 | 37,220 | 12.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 507,798 | 72.5% | 44.1% | 25.8% |
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2001 | 37,263 | 12.4% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 523,117 | 72.9% | 44.3% | 26.1% |
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2000 | 37,896 | 12.7% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 519,727 | 72.3% | 42.5% | 23.5% |
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1999 | 37,459 | 12.3% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 491,536 | 70.9% | 40.3% | 22.2% |
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1998 | 37,414 | 11.6% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 457,095 | 69.3% | 39.0% | 21.4% |
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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 | 41,154 | 13.2% | 2.6% | 0.7% | 633,006 | 75.9% | 48.8% | 27.9% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 10,998 | 8.9% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 107,710 | 68.6% | 41.5% | 26.5% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 4,006 | 25.6% | 7.9% | 2.3% | 161,510 | 90.9% | 72.1% | 47.3% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 26,192 | 13.2% | 2.3% | 0.6% | 363,786 | 71.5% | 40.6% | 19.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |