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 | 5,872 | 5,926 | 44,005 | 1,808,142 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 4,006 | 4,006 | 6,550 | 209,605 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 920 | 920 | 6,064 | 182,490 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 509 | 510 | 6,633 | 246,526 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 338 | 345 | 12,986 | 584,536 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 57 | 76 | 6,847 | 347,599 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 42 | 69 | 4,925 | 237,386 |
| 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 | 5,872 | 7.4% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 44,005 | 56.3% | 26.8% | 11.2% |
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2007 | 5,975 | 7.1% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 41,939 | 51.9% | 21.5% | 9.4% |
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2006 | 6,008 | 7.6% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 43,114 | 52.4% | 19.6% | 8.1% |
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2005 | 6,043 | 7.6% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 43,088 | 51.9% | 19.4% | 6.5% |
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2004 | 5,944 | 7.5% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 43,247 | 52.0% | 19.9% | 7.3% |
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2003 | 5,798 | 7.1% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 41,117 | 51.9% | 22.2% | 11.3% |
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2002 | 5,688 | 7.0% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 40,392 | 51.7% | 21.4% | 10.7% |
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2001 | 5,522 | 7.4% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 40,004 | 52.7% | 22.7% | 11.2% |
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2000 | 5,663 | 8.2% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 43,189 | 53.6% | 21.6% | 10.0% |
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1999 | 5,565 | 7.3% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 41,246 | 52.4% | 22.4% | 9.7% |
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1998 | 5,457 | 7.1% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 38,299 | 50.6% | 20.5% | 7.3% |
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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 + | ||
| 23 | Construction | 5,872 | 7.4% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 44,005 | 56.3% | 26.8% | 11.2% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 1,564 | 5.3% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 9,110 | 54.6% | 29.7% | 13.3% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 404 | 13.6% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 5,335 | 67.1% | D | D |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 3,909 | 7.8% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 29,560 | 54.8% | 25.4% | 10.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |