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 | 24,828 | 24,999 | 198,559 | 10,008,743 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 16,825 | 16,825 | 27,249 | 952,921 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,936 | 3,938 | 25,746 | 912,042 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,165 | 2,166 | 29,014 | 1,194,585 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,593 | 1,633 | 59,812 | 3,079,775 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 198 | 233 | 29,566 | 1,867,972 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 111 | 204 | 27,172 | 2,001,448 |
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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 | 24,828 | 7.7% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 198,559 | 58.7% | 28.6% | 13.7% |
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2007 | 25,980 | 7.5% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 198,699 | 57.5% | 26.3% | 10.4% |
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2006 | 24,945 | 7.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 184,453 | 56.5% | 24.3% | 9.2% |
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2005 | 23,866 | 6.8% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 164,391 | 53.7% | 22.1% | 9.3% |
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2004 | 22,642 | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 152,990 | 53.6% | 22.4% | 8.9% |
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2003 | 21,850 | 6.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 149,680 | 55.2% | 25.2% | 13.1% |
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2002 | 21,319 | 6.3% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 140,941 | 54.1% | 25.6% | 11.8% |
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2001 | 20,886 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 153,098 | 56.9% | 24.9% | 11.3% |
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2000 | 21,531 | 7.2% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 157,404 | 56.3% | 25.4% | 11.3% |
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1999 | 21,268 | 7.2% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 151,336 | 55.1% | 23.6% | 10.0% |
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1998 | 21,370 | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 143,172 | 53.6% | 22.8% | 8.9% |
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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 | 24,828 | 7.7% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 198,559 | 58.7% | 28.6% | 13.7% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 8,527 | 5.2% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 51,426 | 51.1% | 23.9% | 13.1% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,355 | 15.8% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 23,107 | 77.5% | 51.2% | 24.1% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 14,962 | 8.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 124,026 | 58.4% | 26.3% | 12.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |