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 | 21,280 | 21,555 | 213,662 | 8,794,318 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 13,637 | 13,638 | 22,605 | 722,865 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,449 | 3,456 | 22,680 | 734,173 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,092 | 2,093 | 28,040 | 986,345 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,714 | 1,736 | 64,860 | 2,735,276 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 230 | 279 | 35,622 | 1,558,456 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 158 | 353 | 39,855 | 2,057,203 |
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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 | 21,280 | 9.9% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 213,662 | 65.7% | 35.3% | 18.7% |
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2007 | 23,076 | 9.5% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 223,138 | 64.3% | 33.5% | 17.3% |
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2006 | 22,785 | 9.7% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 213,778 | 64.1% | 31.6% | 14.6% |
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2005 | 22,228 | 9.2% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 201,496 | 63.5% | 32.1% | 15.5% |
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2004 | 21,370 | 9.6% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 198,234 | 63.8% | 30.8% | 14.3% |
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2003 | 20,760 | 9.4% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 195,255 | 64.1% | 33.1% | 17.6% |
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2002 | 20,165 | 9.5% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 186,665 | 63.4% | 31.5% | 16.8% |
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2001 | 20,010 | 9.9% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 194,679 | 64.1% | 32.4% | 15.3% |
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2000 | 20,274 | 10.2% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 202,322 | 64.4% | 32.3% | 15.5% |
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1999 | 19,834 | 10.0% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 189,794 | 63.2% | 30.7% | 14.0% |
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1998 | 19,405 | 9.3% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 174,785 | 61.6% | 28.9% | 13.5% |
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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 + | ||
| 23 | Construction | 21,280 | 9.9% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 213,662 | 65.7% | 35.3% | 18.7% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 6,334 | 7.4% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 45,142 | 59.8% | 29.4% | 15.7% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,706 | 18.2% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 35,908 | 81.8% | 56.4% | 36.7% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 13,254 | 10.1% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 132,612 | 63.3% | 31.6% | 14.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |