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 | 55,652 | 58,518 | 582,925 | 45,524,464 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 40,054 | 40,069 | 60,408 | 3,747,346 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,127 | 7,146 | 46,117 | 2,609,545 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,910 | 3,981 | 51,195 | 3,290,226 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,143 | 3,500 | 109,673 | 8,011,720 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 801 | 1,164 | 84,464 | 6,586,406 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 617 | 2,658 | 231,068 | 21,279,221 |
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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 | 55,652 | 8.2% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 582,925 | 72.9% | 54.1% | 39.6% |
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2007 | 56,869 | 8.2% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 598,086 | 73.2% | 54.8% | 41.4% |
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2006 | 55,999 | 8.1% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 599,549 | 73.5% | 55.3% | 41.5% |
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2005 | 55,476 | 7.9% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 578,103 | 73.3% | 55.0% | 41.0% |
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2004 | 54,371 | 8.0% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 564,633 | 72.7% | 54.1% | 40.3% |
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2003 | 53,232 | 8.1% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 552,947 | 72.5% | 54.1% | 40.1% |
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2002 | 53,195 | 8.0% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 531,735 | 71.5% | 51.9% | 37.7% |
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2001 | 51,303 | 8.4% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 554,444 | 72.9% | 52.7% | 38.2% |
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2000 | 50,842 | 8.3% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 535,845 | 72.5% | 52.3% | 37.9% |
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1999 | 49,364 | 8.1% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 514,993 | 72.1% | 52.4% | 38.4% |
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1998 | 48,485 | 7.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 485,251 | 71.1% | 51.6% | 37.5% |
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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 | 55,652 | 8.2% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 582,925 | 72.9% | 54.1% | 39.6% |
| 541 | Professional, scientific, and technical services | 55,652 | 8.2% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 582,925 | 72.9% | 54.1% | 39.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 54 |