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 | 19,322 | 19,490 | 172,519 | 7,928,327 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 13,411 | 13,411 | 20,248 | 748,602 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,761 | 2,762 | 18,180 | 664,594 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,576 | 1,577 | 21,130 | 892,450 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,244 | 1,261 | 47,192 | 2,127,901 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 193 | 225 | 27,990 | 1,404,488 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 137 | 254 | 37,779 | 2,090,292 |
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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 | 19,322 | 8.1% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 172,519 | 65.5% | 38.1% | 21.9% |
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2007 | 19,966 | 8.0% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 169,210 | 64.0% | 35.8% | 19.2% |
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2006 | 19,597 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 167,527 | 64.5% | 34.1% | 15.6% |
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2005 | 19,013 | 8.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 152,212 | 62.3% | 31.3% | 15.4% |
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2004 | 18,408 | 8.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 147,767 | 62.1% | 31.9% | 15.8% |
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2003 | 18,060 | 8.1% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 149,856 | 63.0% | 34.3% | 16.9% |
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2002 | 17,679 | 8.4% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 151,106 | 63.0% | 33.2% | 17.7% |
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2001 | 17,387 | 9.1% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 161,531 | 64.4% | 34.7% | 16.1% |
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2000 | 17,434 | 9.1% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 158,367 | 63.8% | 33.6% | 15.4% |
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1999 | 16,577 | 8.7% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 143,076 | 60.8% | 30.6% | 12.7% |
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1998 | 15,918 | 8.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 132,931 | 60.4% | 29.5% | 12.2% |
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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 | 19,322 | 8.1% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 172,519 | 65.5% | 38.1% | 21.9% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 5,523 | 5.5% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 35,632 | 60.1% | 38.0% | 23.0% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,084 | 19.6% | 6.3% | 2.4% | 29,164 | 87.1% | 67.2% | 45.3% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 12,724 | 8.4% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 107,723 | 61.4% | 30.3% | 15.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |