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 | 15,723 | 15,906 | 112,171 | 5,993,633 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 10,942 | 10,943 | 17,435 | 693,577 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,509 | 2,509 | 16,264 | 649,091 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,232 | 1,236 | 16,246 | 761,846 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 874 | 916 | 31,610 | 1,784,400 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 94 | 140 | 14,033 | 998,071 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 72 | 162 | 16,583 | 1,106,648 |
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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 | 15,723 | 6.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 112,171 | 55.5% | 27.3% | 14.8% |
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2007 | 16,526 | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 117,145 | 54.5% | 25.7% | 13.4% |
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2006 | 16,865 | 6.8% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 120,114 | 52.8% | 23.1% | 10.2% |
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2005 | 17,223 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 119,663 | 52.0% | 22.1% | 10.4% |
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2004 | 16,951 | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 122,822 | 53.0% | 23.1% | 11.3% |
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2003 | 16,520 | 6.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 117,557 | 52.5% | 23.6% | 10.7% |
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2002 | 16,235 | 6.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 117,141 | 53.6% | 24.6% | 13.1% |
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2001 | 15,949 | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 119,934 | 53.5% | 25.7% | 11.5% |
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2000 | 16,119 | 7.1% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 123,412 | 53.7% | 24.8% | 10.9% |
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1999 | 15,866 | 6.9% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 116,946 | 52.5% | 23.1% | 9.0% |
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1998 | 15,612 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 107,037 | 49.8% | 20.5% | 7.0% |
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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 | 15,723 | 6.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 112,171 | 55.5% | 27.3% | 14.8% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 4,407 | 5.8% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 31,041 | 58.0% | 34.4% | 22.6% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 780 | 13.5% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 9,963 | 73.9% | 47.0% | 23.0% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 10,548 | 6.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 71,167 | 51.8% | 21.4% | 10.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |