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 | 23,554 | 23,824 | 219,552 | 9,339,545 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 14,940 | 14,940 | 26,026 | 837,785 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,101 | 4,102 | 26,910 | 867,029 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,308 | 2,309 | 31,182 | 1,201,040 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,822 | 1,859 | 68,548 | 2,965,358 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 261 | 334 | 40,840 | 1,931,194 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 122 | 280 | 26,046 | 1,537,139 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 23,554 | 9.4% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 219,552 | 61.7% | 30.5% | 11.9% |
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2007 | 24,950 | 9.3% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 228,059 | 61.2% | 29.3% | 12.3% |
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2006 | 24,860 | 9.8% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 241,953 | 62.7% | 30.9% | 13.3% |
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2005 | 24,312 | 9.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 229,405 | 62.1% | 30.6% | 13.1% |
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2004 | 23,228 | 9.7% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 218,483 | 61.7% | 28.4% | 12.4% |
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2003 | 21,839 | 9.5% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 200,448 | 60.9% | 27.8% | 11.9% |
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2002 | 20,765 | 9.7% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 197,068 | 61.6% | 29.5% | 13.2% |
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2001 | 20,236 | 10.0% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 199,037 | 62.6% | 30.4% | 12.8% |
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2000 | 20,368 | 10.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 198,862 | 61.9% | 29.2% | 11.6% |
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1999 | 20,076 | 9.8% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 184,490 | 60.1% | 26.0% | 8.7% |
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1998 | 20,040 | 9.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 178,067 | 59.1% | 24.9% | 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 | 23,554 | 9.4% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 219,552 | 61.7% | 30.5% | 11.9% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 7,744 | 5.9% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 49,622 | 50.2% | 24.4% | 11.1% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,459 | 20.6% | 5.4% | 2.0% | 28,516 | 78.2% | 45.6% | 18.4% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 14,368 | 10.2% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 141,414 | 62.4% | 29.6% | 10.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |