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 | 29,369 | 30,811 | 330,843 | 24,865,111 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 20,906 | 20,914 | 32,968 | 1,803,857 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,714 | 3,727 | 24,385 | 1,328,003 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,105 | 2,144 | 27,503 | 1,806,070 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,647 | 1,789 | 56,750 | 4,108,854 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 507 | 663 | 49,826 | 3,753,300 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 490 | 1,574 | 139,411 | 12,065,027 |
| 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 | 29,369 | 9.0% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 330,843 | 74.4% | 57.2% | 42.1% |
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2007 | 30,463 | 9.0% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 309,851 | 71.8% | 52.4% | 36.9% |
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2006 | 30,289 | 8.7% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 295,055 | 70.8% | 51.3% | 36.5% |
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2005 | 30,333 | 8.7% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 304,803 | 72.3% | 53.8% | 40.4% |
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2004 | 29,983 | 8.7% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 293,046 | 71.1% | 52.5% | 37.9% |
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2003 | 29,819 | 8.8% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 287,450 | 70.8% | 51.6% | 37.4% |
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2002 | 30,271 | 8.6% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 260,901 | 67.8% | 46.3% | 30.9% |
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2001 | 29,483 | 8.8% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 282,874 | 71.0% | 49.7% | 35.1% |
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2000 | 29,160 | 8.4% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 262,672 | 69.4% | 47.6% | 33.1% |
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1999 | 28,525 | 8.3% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 251,175 | 68.5% | 46.9% | 31.9% |
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1998 | 27,948 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 234,874 | 67.6% | 45.6% | 31.7% |
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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 | 29,369 | 9.0% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 330,843 | 74.4% | 57.2% | 42.1% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 29,369 | 9.0% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 330,843 | 74.4% | 57.2% | 42.1% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |