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 | 10,790 | 10,831 | 87,267 | 3,285,036 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 7,021 | 7,021 | 11,616 | 353,260 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,898 | 1,898 | 12,380 | 346,015 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 995 | 998 | 13,375 | 428,887 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 721 | 728 | 27,663 | 1,063,619 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 89 | 92 | 12,591 | 568,251 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 66 | 94 | 9,642 | 525,004 |
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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 | 10,790 | 8.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 87,267 | 57.2% | 25.5% | 11.0% |
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2007 | 11,374 | 8.3% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 91,830 | 56.2% | 23.4% | 10.3% |
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2006 | 10,688 | 8.0% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 81,656 | 54.7% | 20.8% | 8.4% |
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2005 | 9,979 | 7.3% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 70,587 | 51.8% | 19.2% | 7.4% |
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2004 | 9,291 | 7.1% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 63,944 | 51.4% | 18.8% | 7.4% |
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2003 | 8,859 | 6.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 59,616 | 49.7% | 19.1% | 8.6% |
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2002 | 8,593 | 6.9% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 58,941 | 52.3% | 21.5% | 11.3% |
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2001 | 8,233 | 7.4% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 61,911 | 54.5% | 23.2% | 9.1% |
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2000 | 8,125 | 7.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 63,964 | 55.2% | 25.1% | 10.4% |
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1999 | 7,913 | 8.1% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 63,223 | 55.8% | 23.8% | 10.0% |
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1998 | 7,786 | 7.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 58,009 | 54.4% | 22.0% | 7.2% |
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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 | 10,790 | 8.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 87,267 | 57.2% | 25.5% | 11.0% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 2,946 | 5.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 18,166 | 50.7% | 23.8% | 11.6% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 574 | 16.6% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 8,572 | 76.7% | 42.5% | 14.2% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 7,276 | 8.5% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 60,529 | 56.4% | 23.6% | 10.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |