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 | 105,117 | 112,737 | 1,189,159 | 87,854,273 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 75,199 | 75,228 | 113,127 | 7,040,743 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 14,025 | 14,083 | 91,549 | 5,057,292 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 7,667 | 7,863 | 101,628 | 6,385,634 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 5,823 | 6,838 | 206,371 | 15,626,719 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,387 | 2,521 | 148,697 | 11,635,702 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,016 | 6,204 | 527,787 | 42,108,183 |
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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 | 105,117 | 7.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1,189,159 | 74.2% | 56.9% | 44.4% |
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2007 | 107,417 | 8.0% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1,223,556 | 74.5% | 57.1% | 44.0% |
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2006 | 104,998 | 8.1% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1,224,939 | 75.1% | 57.1% | 44.2% |
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2005 | 101,277 | 7.9% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1,192,324 | 75.7% | 58.6% | 46.2% |
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2004 | 97,079 | 8.2% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1,239,251 | 77.1% | 61.0% | 49.3% |
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2003 | 94,396 | 8.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1,159,053 | 76.0% | 58.8% | 46.9% |
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2002 | 93,996 | 8.5% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,130,867 | 75.4% | 57.4% | 44.0% |
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2001 | 90,577 | 9.0% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,177,669 | 76.5% | 57.8% | 43.8% |
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2000 | 88,543 | 8.7% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1,061,160 | 74.8% | 55.5% | 41.9% |
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1999 | 84,819 | 8.3% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 975,340 | 73.7% | 54.9% | 42.9% |
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1998 | 82,608 | 8.1% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 923,236 | 73.3% | 54.9% | 42.4% |
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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 + | ||
| 54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 105,117 | 7.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1,189,159 | 74.2% | 56.9% | 44.4% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 105,117 | 7.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1,189,159 | 74.2% | 56.9% | 44.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |