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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
All industries
District of Columbia

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
District of Columbia - All industries - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 16,865 21,081 466,050 30,292,302
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 7,932 7,945 14,202 982,327
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,740 2,757 17,911 1,037,874
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,805 1,852 23,583 1,400,995
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 2,187 2,469 75,171 4,334,427
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 963 1,445 87,437 4,988,467
Firms with 500 employees or more 1,238 4,613 247,746 17,548,212

 
 
District of Columbia - All industries - by Year
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 16,865 26.0% 13.1% 7.3% 466,050 88.0% 71.9% 53.2%
link to 2007 detail 2007 16,925 25.4% 12.7% 7.1% 454,554 87.7% 71.7% 53.3%
link to 2006 detail 2006 17,069 24.6% 12.2% 6.9% 446,576 87.3% 70.6% 51.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 16,801 24.1% 12.1% 6.7% 439,610 87.3% 71.5% 52.1%
link to 2004 detail 2004 15,866 25.5% 12.5% 7.0% 436,865 87.7% 71.6% 52.6%
link to 2003 detail 2003 15,883 25.2% 12.3% 6.8% 422,918 87.3% 70.9% 51.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 16,377 24.8% 12.0% 6.6% 418,755 87.1% 70.4% 52.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 16,250 24.5% 11.8% 6.8% 422,549 87.4% 70.1% 51.7%
link to 2000 detail 2000 16,328 24.1% 11.6% 6.6% 414,983 87.1% 69.9% 51.5%
link to 1999 detail 1999 16,263 23.6% 11.4% 6.5% 404,372 86.8% 70.1% 51.8%
link to 1998 detail 1998 16,411 23.2% 11.2% 6.4% 402,070 86.6% 70.4% 52.2%
  1997 16,375 23.2% 11.1% 6.1% 396,328 86.4% 69.8% 51.1%
  1996 16,321 22.3% 10.5% 5.9% 387,023 86.0% 69.3% 51.2%
  1995 16,307 22.9% 10.9% 5.9% 413,532 90.1% 70.9% 53.1%
  1994 16,244 22.9% 10.9% 5.7% 411,300 86.7% 71.1% 53.1%
  1993 16,285 23.4% 10.9% 5.7% 413,740 86.9% 70.8% 52.5%
  1992 16,414 23.1% 10.8% 5.6% 407,455 86.6% 70.5% 53.2%
  1991 16,322 23.1% 10.7% 5.8% 402,220 86.4% 68.9% 51.2%

 
 
District of Columbia - All industries - by Sector
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 16,865 26.0% 13.1% 7.3% 466,050 88.0% 71.9% 53.2%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1 0.00.0 0.0 (1-19) D D D
link to industry detail 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 2 50.0% 50.0% 0.0 (1-19) D D D
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 31 90.3% 90.3% 87.1% (1000-2499) D D D
link to industry detail 23 Construction 393 22.6% 6.9% 2.8% 6,952 79.3% D D
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 121 18.2% 7.4% 4.1% 2,011 76.2% 53.7% 32.4%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale trade 338 35.2% 25.1% 18.9% 5,161 80.9% 60.6% 54.5%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 1,471 20.1% 14.3% 10.8% 20,062 76.7% 67.5% 59.8%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 149 42.3% 30.9% 20.8% 3,249 91.9% 78.4% 59.8%
link to industry detail 51 Information 481 42.6% 28.5% 20.4% 23,164 95.1% 87.0% 74.9%
link to industry detail 52 Finance and insurance 569 45.0% 30.1% 23.0% 17,246 92.4% 81.2% 73.2%
link to industry detail 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 726 21.8% 13.4% 8.1% 10,015 79.4% 59.4% 36.2%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 4,122 24.1% 13.8% 8.0% 89,366 86.6% 72.7% 57.1%
link to industry detail 55 Management of companies and enterprises 162 92.6% 83.3% 63.6% 7,938 D 96.7% 83.9%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative and support and waste mang and remediation srvs 799 41.9% 27.5% 14.9% 37,952 95.1% 83.6% 54.2%
link to industry detail 61 Educational services 491 38.9% 18.7% 7.1% 46,859 96.5% 87.3% 71.5%
link to industry detail 62 Health care and social assistance 1,744 21.0% 8.3% 3.5% 61,240 89.5% 77.4% 58.7%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 251 22.3% 11.2% 6.4% 7,610 89.5% 74.5% 48.1%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation and food services 1,646 29.8% 9.9% 5.6% 54,064 88.3% 63.4% 49.8%
link to industry detail 81 Other services (except public administration) 3,584 23.2% 7.4% 1.8% 71,216 80.1% 52.2% 21.5%
link to industry detail 99 Unclassified 52 0.00.0 0.0 (20-99) D D D

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