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 | 8,667 | 8,762 | 78,878 | 3,191,366 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 5,381 | 5,381 | 9,360 | 276,738 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,545 | 1,545 | 10,142 | 295,286 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 897 | 900 | 11,971 | 414,440 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 683 | 705 | 26,309 | 1,165,569 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 106 | 117 | 14,438 | 711,553 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 55 | 114 | 6,658 | 327,780 |
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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 | 8,667 | 9.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 78,878 | 60.1% | 26.7% | 8.4% |
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2007 | 9,135 | 9.8% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 83,290 | 60.2% | 26.1% | 8.8% |
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2006 | 9,175 | 9.8% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 85,789 | 59.8% | 26.9% | 9.7% |
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2005 | 9,242 | 9.5% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 82,815 | 58.6% | 25.2% | 8.5% |
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2004 | 9,068 | 9.7% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 81,444 | 59.3% | 25.3% | 8.2% |
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2003 | 8,935 | 9.7% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 77,683 | 58.7% | 24.2% | 6.7% |
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2002 | 8,773 | 9.9% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 79,186 | 59.8% | 26.0% | 9.1% |
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2001 | 8,968 | 10.0% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 82,964 | 59.7% | 25.3% | 7.2% |
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2000 | 9,340 | 10.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 85,359 | 58.0% | 22.6% | 5.9% |
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1999 | 9,422 | 9.7% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 81,996 | 57.0% | 21.4% | 4.9% |
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1998 | 9,331 | 9.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 77,192 | 54.8% | 18.7% | 3.7% |
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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 | 8,667 | 9.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 78,878 | 60.1% | 26.7% | 8.4% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 2,272 | 7.6% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 17,003 | 56.2% | 27.2% | 9.9% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 625 | 19.2% | 6.1% | 2.9% | 11,060 | 78.6% | 49.5% | 26.3% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 5,779 | 9.7% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 50,815 | 57.4% | 21.7% | 4.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |