1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Construction

United States
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Dollar value of
business done
($1,000)
23 Construction 2,546,680 945,682,437 1,890,246 87,101,391 656,434 858,581,046
233 Building, developing, & general contracting 611,859 421,524,009 412,573 34,598,055 199,286 386,925,954
2331 Land subdivision & land development 50,815 20,155,552 42,630 5,745,797 8,185 14,409,755
2332 Residential building construction 474,745 189,076,291 328,353 25,829,315 146,392 163,246,976
2333 Nonresidential building construction 86,299 212,292,166 41,590 3,022,943 44,709 209,269,223
234 Heavy construction 80,319 132,719,653 37,765 1,925,132 42,554 130,794,521
2341 Highway, street, bridge, & tunnel construction 18,423 59,947,827 5,976 337,624 12,447 59,610,203
2349 Other heavy construction 61,896 72,771,826 31,789 1,587,508 30,107 71,184,318
235 Special trade contractors 1,854,502 391,438,775 1,439,908 50,578,204 414,594 340,860,571
2351 Plumbing, heating, & air-conditioning contractors 192,291 93,337,394 107,415 4,909,949 84,876 88,427,445
2352 Painting & wall covering contractors 250,067 18,472,644 212,588 5,405,346 37,479 13,067,298
2353 Electrical contractors 155,147 67,937,939 93,733 3,022,871 61,414 64,915,068
2354 Masonry, drywall, insulation, & tile contractors 188,980 43,793,980 139,064 5,334,627 49,916 38,459,353
2355 Carpentry & floor contractors 471,304 40,266,088 414,369 12,807,717 56,935 27,458,371
2356 Roofing, siding, & sheet metal contractors 118,490 27,880,506 87,933 3,727,155 30,557 24,153,351
2357 Concrete contractors 71,611 27,839,714 41,195 1,673,101 30,416 26,166,613
2358 Water well drilling contractors 7,952 2,442,799 4,090 220,577 3,862 2,222,222
2359 Other special trade contractors 398,660 69,467,711 339,521 13,476,861 59,139 55,990,850
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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