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 | 20,694 | 22,341 | 256,261 | 16,396,559 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 14,104 | 14,110 | 21,748 | 1,059,516 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,868 | 2,882 | 18,823 | 887,207 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,649 | 1,697 | 21,705 | 1,157,175 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,237 | 1,480 | 44,751 | 2,657,765 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 404 | 647 | 41,902 | 2,322,112 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 432 | 1,525 | 107,332 | 8,312,784 |
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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 | 20,694 | 10.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 256,261 | 75.7% | 58.2% | 41.9% |
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2007 | 21,312 | 10.2% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 268,711 | 76.6% | 59.0% | 42.5% |
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2006 | 21,094 | 10.3% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 302,222 | 79.2% | 63.5% | 48.2% |
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2005 | 21,120 | 9.9% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 291,171 | 78.4% | 62.9% | 46.7% |
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2004 | 20,831 | 10.3% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 294,303 | 78.3% | 62.4% | 46.9% |
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2003 | 20,628 | 10.2% | 3.8% | 1.8% | 299,637 | 78.9% | 64.0% | 49.1% |
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2002 | 20,726 | 9.6% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 220,283 | 71.0% | 51.3% | 32.1% |
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2001 | 20,262 | 9.7% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 212,598 | 70.2% | 48.4% | 30.1% |
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2000 | 20,119 | 9.7% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 208,560 | 69.8% | 48.1% | 29.1% |
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1999 | 19,872 | 9.2% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 202,469 | 69.4% | 48.7% | 31.7% |
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1998 | 19,687 | 9.0% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 192,285 | 68.3% | 47.8% | 31.3% |
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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 | 20,694 | 10.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 256,261 | 75.7% | 58.2% | 41.9% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 20,694 | 10.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 256,261 | 75.7% | 58.2% | 41.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |