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 | 15,175 | 15,326 | 139,637 | 6,680,845 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 9,618 | 9,620 | 16,249 | 536,904 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,761 | 2,762 | 17,965 | 587,241 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,480 | 1,481 | 19,805 | 780,332 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,064 | 1,084 | 39,953 | 1,934,708 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 159 | 198 | 23,687 | 1,374,602 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 93 | 181 | 21,978 | 1,467,058 |
| More data |
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 | 15,175 | 8.7% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 139,637 | 61.3% | 32.7% | 15.7% |
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2007 | 16,027 | 8.4% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 143,158 | 59.0% | 30.7% | 13.7% |
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2006 | 16,202 | 8.6% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 146,907 | 58.9% | 30.0% | 15.1% |
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2005 | 16,303 | 8.3% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 139,661 | 57.6% | 29.0% | 12.6% |
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2004 | 16,222 | 8.8% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 140,808 | 57.7% | 26.9% | 11.6% |
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2003 | 15,979 | 8.5% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 133,159 | 56.4% | 25.4% | 11.6% |
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2002 | 15,650 | 9.0% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 137,090 | 57.8% | 26.9% | 11.7% |
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2001 | 15,701 | 9.0% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 141,380 | 58.0% | 27.1% | 11.6% |
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2000 | 16,315 | 9.3% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 151,813 | 58.4% | 27.2% | 10.9% |
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1999 | 16,483 | 8.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 142,986 | 56.4% | 25.8% | 9.8% |
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1998 | 16,417 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 138,327 | 55.2% | 25.2% | 9.2% |
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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 | 15,175 | 8.7% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 139,637 | 61.3% | 32.7% | 15.7% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 4,644 | 6.8% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 34,669 | 58.1% | 30.9% | 11.7% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 912 | 15.0% | 5.3% | 2.6% | 14,525 | 77.1% | 53.2% | 30.6% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 9,630 | 9.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 90,443 | 60.0% | 30.1% | 14.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |