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 | 16,099 | 16,233 | 182,309 | 8,944,257 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 9,878 | 9,878 | 17,003 | 610,481 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,659 | 2,661 | 17,408 | 650,831 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,696 | 1,696 | 22,717 | 985,184 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,486 | 1,499 | 56,664 | 2,785,853 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 267 | 300 | 41,572 | 2,186,602 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 113 | 199 | 26,945 | 1,725,306 |
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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 | 16,099 | 11.6% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 182,309 | 68.7% | 37.6% | 14.8% |
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2007 | 16,920 | 11.2% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 186,782 | 67.7% | 35.9% | 14.8% |
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2006 | 16,974 | 11.7% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 196,688 | 69.1% | 38.0% | 15.9% |
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2005 | 16,751 | 11.1% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 181,735 | 67.3% | 34.9% | 14.6% |
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2004 | 16,187 | 11.5% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 178,787 | 66.9% | 34.3% | 14.1% |
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2003 | 15,658 | 11.0% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 164,876 | 65.3% | 32.9% | 13.9% |
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2002 | 14,973 | 11.3% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 162,891 | 66.0% | 34.2% | 14.2% |
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2001 | 14,747 | 11.3% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 159,338 | 65.7% | 32.9% | 13.8% |
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2000 | 14,723 | 11.5% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 159,216 | 65.3% | 32.2% | 13.6% |
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1999 | 14,631 | 11.0% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 148,082 | 63.5% | 29.7% | 12.8% |
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1998 | 14,689 | 10.5% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 142,696 | 62.0% | 28.4% | 12.0% |
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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 | 16,099 | 11.6% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 182,309 | 68.7% | 37.6% | 14.8% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 5,391 | 6.6% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 39,238 | 56.7% | 32.0% | 16.9% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 839 | 24.3% | 6.6% | 3.1% | 16,746 | 80.5% | 45.4% | 19.7% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 9,881 | 13.3% | 2.6% | 0.6% | 126,325 | 70.8% | 38.3% | 13.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |