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 | 17,964 | 19,317 | 236,580 | 17,439,651 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 12,228 | 12,232 | 18,070 | 1,054,513 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,263 | 2,267 | 14,637 | 841,517 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,400 | 1,425 | 18,515 | 1,144,348 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,337 | 1,460 | 47,879 | 3,486,349 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 371 | 502 | 35,065 | 2,543,724 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 365 | 1,431 | 102,414 | 8,369,200 |
| 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 | 17,964 | 11.5% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 236,580 | 78.3% | 58.1% | 43.3% |
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2007 | 18,450 | 11.5% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 245,897 | 78.5% | 59.3% | 44.1% |
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2006 | 18,126 | 11.5% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 228,100 | 77.3% | 56.1% | 39.8% |
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2005 | 17,874 | 11.0% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 221,269 | 77.1% | 57.0% | 39.6% |
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2004 | 17,460 | 11.1% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 215,303 | 76.8% | 56.9% | 39.3% |
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2003 | 16,930 | 11.3% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 203,907 | 76.1% | 56.0% | 37.7% |
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2002 | 16,728 | 11.2% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 198,181 | 75.9% | 56.1% | 39.2% |
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2001 | 16,039 | 11.1% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 207,526 | 77.4% | 58.3% | 41.1% |
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2000 | 15,603 | 11.0% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 192,610 | 76.6% | 56.7% | 39.3% |
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1999 | 15,322 | 10.8% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 182,531 | 75.9% | 55.8% | 38.8% |
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1998 | 14,944 | 10.5% | 4.0% | 1.9% | 172,676 | 75.3% | 56.0% | 38.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 54 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 17,964 | 11.5% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 236,580 | 78.3% | 58.1% | 43.3% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 17,964 | 11.5% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 236,580 | 78.3% | 58.1% | 43.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |