U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
NAICS 5621 - Waste collection
United States


By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Waste collection - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
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ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 7,906 9,999 195,111 8,734,805
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 3,921 3,923 7,382 248,602
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 1,636 1,646 10,822 335,761
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,110 1,124 14,902 530,247
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,017 1,140 37,641 1,548,058
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 164 327 21,700 1,018,559
Firms with 500 employees or more 58 1,839 102,664 5,053,578
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 12 63 3,856 179,740
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 7 57 2,632 140,826
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 7 30 3,450 144,928
Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees 5 46 (2500-4999) D
Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees 3 66 (2500-4999) D
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 9 225 6,054 307,494
Firms with 5,000 employees or more 15 1,352 79,526 3,924,882

 

 

U.S. - Waste collection - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 7,906 15.7% 2.8% 0.7% 195,111 83.0% 63.7% 52.6%
link to 2007 detail 2007 7,717 15.1% 2.7% 0.7% 185,047 82.7% 63.7% 53.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 7,157 15.2% 2.6% 0.7% 176,912 82.6% 64.1% 54.0%
link to 2005 detail 2005 7,029 14.5% 2.5% 0.7% 171,847 82.7% 64.5% 55.5%
link to 2004 detail 2004 6,918 15.0% 2.5% 0.7% 179,485 84.0% 66.7% 57.4%
link to 2003 detail 2003 6,701 15.0% 2.6% 0.7% 177,699 84.2% 67.1% 57.0%
link to 2002 detail 2002 6,253 12.9% 1.9% 0.5% 141,892 81.9% 64.4% 55.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 6,033 13.4% 1.8% 0.6% 139,864 82.4% 63.9% 56.3%
link to 2000 detail 2000 6,041 12.8% 1.9% 0.6% 146,032 82.9% 66.5% 58.7%
link to 1999 detail 1999 6,464 13.0% 1.9% 0.5% 149,111 82.0% 64.3% 56.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 7,047 12.9% 1.8% 0.5% 151,562 80.7% 62.0% 53.2%


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