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 | 26,965 | 27,325 | 239,555 | 9,040,036 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 16,969 | 16,969 | 29,621 | 881,705 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,879 | 4,879 | 31,946 | 934,215 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,777 | 2,779 | 37,191 | 1,217,926 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,951 | 1,982 | 72,814 | 2,758,352 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 244 | 315 | 35,207 | 1,494,246 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 145 | 401 | 32,776 | 1,753,592 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 26,965 | 8.7% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 239,555 | 58.8% | 28.4% | 13.7% |
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2007 | 28,391 | 8.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 247,496 | 58.7% | 27.5% | 13.5% |
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2006 | 27,550 | 8.6% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 242,148 | 58.5% | 27.4% | 14.4% |
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2005 | 26,905 | 8.0% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 221,783 | 56.0% | 25.6% | 12.5% |
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2004 | 25,986 | 8.4% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 216,086 | 56.6% | 24.8% | 12.5% |
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2003 | 25,200 | 8.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 209,292 | 56.6% | 26.2% | 14.0% |
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2002 | 25,010 | 7.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 210,905 | 56.6% | 27.8% | 15.3% |
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2001 | 25,086 | 8.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 225,740 | 58.7% | 29.2% | 16.4% |
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2000 | 25,908 | 8.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 225,013 | 57.4% | 26.7% | 13.3% |
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1999 | 25,776 | 8.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 220,307 | 56.6% | 26.0% | 12.2% |
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1998 | 25,384 | 7.6% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 205,786 | 55.6% | 25.4% | 11.9% |
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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 | 26,965 | 8.7% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 239,555 | 58.8% | 28.4% | 13.7% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 8,555 | 5.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 52,193 | 47.8% | 21.7% | 9.7% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,932 | 17.0% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 38,861 | 79.6% | 52.9% | 33.3% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 16,496 | 9.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 148,501 | 57.2% | 24.3% | 9.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |