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 | 53,853 | 58,176 | 601,517 | 41,359,594 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 37,638 | 37,650 | 58,056 | 3,284,202 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,478 | 7,511 | 48,910 | 2,486,853 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 4,171 | 4,282 | 55,529 | 3,093,714 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,000 | 3,536 | 104,038 | 6,873,521 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 818 | 1,342 | 78,849 | 5,613,239 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 748 | 3,855 | 256,135 | 20,008,065 |
| More data |
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 | 53,853 | 8.5% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 601,517 | 73.0% | 55.7% | 42.6% |
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2007 | 54,449 | 8.6% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 592,793 | 72.7% | 54.8% | 40.9% |
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2006 | 52,767 | 8.4% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 551,673 | 71.6% | 52.8% | 38.4% |
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2005 | 51,786 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 519,075 | 70.6% | 51.4% | 37.9% |
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2004 | 50,631 | 8.4% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 515,243 | 70.4% | 51.1% | 38.7% |
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2003 | 49,402 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 499,741 | 70.1% | 50.8% | 37.6% |
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2002 | 48,860 | 8.5% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 485,623 | 69.4% | 49.8% | 36.6% |
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2001 | 46,631 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 479,969 | 69.8% | 49.5% | 36.4% |
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2000 | 45,940 | 8.4% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 445,044 | 68.1% | 46.8% | 34.7% |
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1999 | 45,347 | 8.3% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 439,664 | 68.4% | 47.9% | 36.0% |
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1998 | 44,819 | 8.0% | 2.5% | 1.3% | 413,852 | 67.2% | 47.0% | 34.5% |
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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 + | ||
| 54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 53,853 | 8.5% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 601,517 | 73.0% | 55.7% | 42.6% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 53,853 | 8.5% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 601,517 | 73.0% | 55.7% | 42.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |