U.S. - Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2006	323,282	12.6%	3.8%	1.1%	10,003,626	89.7%	78.3%	62.7%
	2005	320,252	12.3%	3.7%	1.1%	9,280,282	89.3%	77.3%	61.0%
	2004	310,261	12.7%	3.7%	1.1%	8,708,052	88.7%	76.0%	58.9%
	2003	299,383	12.9%	3.8%	1.1%	8,511,138	88.8%	76.0%	59.3%
	2002	289,303	12.6%	3.7%	1.1%	8,299,217	89.0%	76.6%	60.4%
	2001	308,502	12.5%	3.6%	1.0%	9,061,987	88.8%	76.7%	61.1%
	2000	299,329	12.5%	3.7%	1.1%	9,138,100	89.1%	77.4%	61.9%
	1999	299,367	12.2%	3.5%	1.0%	8,366,523	88.2%	75.8%	59.6%
	1998	302,863	11.9%	3.4%	0.9%	7,775,033	87.5%	74.3%	56.9%

Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	299,367	12.2%	3.5%	1.0%	8,366,523	88.2%	75.8%	59.6%
	Alabama	3,526	17.4%	8.7%	5.1%	111,948	89.8%	79.3%	65.3%
	Alaska	867	12.7%	7.5%	5.2%	9,260	69.8%	51.9%	35.1%
	Arizona	6,076	17.2%	7.8%	4.2%	186,152	89.5%	77.5%	59.8%
	Arkansas	1,947	15.8%	7.8%	4.9%	56,244	89.2%	79.3%	66.3%
	California	35,183	15.1%	4.6%	1.7%	1,049,453	88.4%	74.4%	58.5%
	Colorado	6,501	14.9%	7.0%	4.2%	156,259	87.0%	74.7%	59.4%
	Connecticut	4,861	14.2%	6.4%	3.9%	106,462	86.2%	73.1%	58.5%
	Delaware	1,105	21.3%	12.3%	9.0%	29,006	88.5%	76.1%	58.7%
	District of Columbia	909	33.1%	20.2%	10.7%	31,282	91.9%	79.1%	49.8%
	Florida	24,421	10.1%	4.1%	2.1%	788,656	90.7%	83.6%	74.2%
	Georgia	8,842	16.0%	7.6%	4.3%	310,614	91.4%	82.0%	68.2%
	Hawaii	1,477	18.4%	8.1%	5.0%	31,299	83.4%	64.4%	45.3%
	Idaho	1,502	14.2%	7.0%	4.7%	27,242	83.0%	69.6%	58.6%
	Illinois	13,944	16.3%	6.8%	3.1%	441,437	90.0%	78.0%	60.2%
	Indiana	5,847	15.4%	6.7%	3.8%	140,081	86.0%	72.6%	57.5%
	Iowa	2,803	15.5%	7.5%	4.5%	59,642	84.9%	71.8%	54.1%
	Kansas	3,003	17.3%	8.4%	5.5%	65,142	85.9%	70.9%	54.0%
	Kentucky	3,182	17.3%	8.5%	4.9%	75,212	86.2%	72.8%	51.0%
	Louisiana	3,788	18.9%	8.4%	4.7%	97,089	86.7%	70.0%	48.7%
	Maine	1,622	11.9%	5.6%	3.8%	24,625	80.5%	64.9%	45.3%
	Maryland	6,549	17.0%	7.2%	4.0%	163,256	86.6%	71.4%	54.0%
	Massachusetts	8,351	14.4%	6.0%	3.1%	188,040	86.1%	71.8%	51.6%
	Michigan	10,053	16.7%	6.7%	2.7%	285,768	88.9%	75.2%	52.3%
	Minnesota	6,003	15.0%	6.1%	3.5%	150,105	88.0%	74.0%	59.5%
	Mississippi	1,895	16.3%	8.2%	4.9%	49,490	87.3%	76.0%	60.5%
	Missouri	6,001	14.4%	6.5%	3.8%	136,684	86.0%	72.8%	55.7%
	Montana	1,124	10.5%	4.6%	3.5%	11,987	70.5%	51.7%	37.0%
	Nebraska	2,057	14.6%	7.5%	4.7%	50,374	87.4%	75.9%	61.0%
	Nevada	2,901	17.0%	8.4%	5.2%	60,030	85.3%	70.4%	51.5%
	New Hampshire	1,751	14.3%	6.9%	4.5%	30,136	82.4%	64.8%	47.7%
	New Jersey	11,942	13.0%	5.6%	2.7%	266,593	86.6%	73.3%	53.9%
	New Mexico	1,656	16.2%	9.5%	6.9%	32,470	83.9%	71.0%	55.2%
	New York	20,789	13.2%	4.9%	2.0%	480,165	87.2%	73.1%	53.0%
	North Carolina	8,688	13.7%	6.1%	3.3%	227,055	87.8%	76.4%	60.4%
	North Dakota	697	12.6%	7.3%	4.7%	9,987	76.9%	61.9%	42.0%
	Ohio	11,924	15.2%	6.0%	2.9%	317,994	87.7%	74.3%	57.2%
	Oklahoma	3,350	15.7%	8.0%	4.8%	85,269	87.5%	76.4%	59.8%
	Oregon	4,203	13.9%	6.2%	3.7%	85,642	83.1%	69.2%	51.9%
	Pennsylvania	11,753	15.6%	6.4%	3.2%	289,706	87.0%	72.6%	54.9%
	Rhode Island	1,518	14.1%	8.0%	5.1%	29,455	86.0%	74.5%	51.7%
	South Carolina	4,178	15.0%	7.5%	4.4%	133,438	89.8%	80.8%	66.4%
	South Dakota	773	13.7%	7.0%	4.9%	8,677	73.6%	53.0%	41.1%
	Tennessee	5,303	18.4%	8.7%	4.8%	167,022	89.7%	77.9%	60.2%
	Texas	18,754	16.8%	6.5%	3.1%	729,820	91.4%	80.9%	67.3%
	Utah	2,438	16.6%	9.0%	5.8%	89,094	92.0%	84.3%	72.3%
	Vermont	855	10.6%	5.3%	3.7%	7,119	67.1%	43.8%	31.0%
	Virginia	8,076	16.6%	7.5%	4.0%	211,476	87.1%	73.9%	56.1%
	Washington	7,177	12.1%	5.2%	3.0%	126,213	81.6%	66.9%	53.9%
	West Virginia	1,294	17.5%	8.7%	6.0%	23,196	80.4%	63.0%	47.3%
	Wisconsin	5,403	16.3%	6.5%	3.5%	117,491	85.5%	68.2%	46.9%
	Wyoming	668	11.1%	6.1%	5.1%	5,666	65.7%	48.3%	42.2%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services by Subsector
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Industry detail	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 +
	56	Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services	299,367	12.2%	3.5%	1.0%	8,366,523	88.2%	75.8%	59.6%
	561	Administrative & support services	285,898	12.1%	3.6%	1.0%	8,079,349	88.4%	76.3%	60.0%
	562	Waste management & remediation services	13,537	13.9%	2.6%	0.9%	287,174	81.5%	61.5%	50.1%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services by Industry
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

More data	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 +
	561	Administrative & support services				285,898	12.1%	3.6%	1.0%	8,079,349	88.4%	76.3%	60.0%
	5611		Office administrative services			23,853	18.4%	7.5%	3.2%	437,967	83.4%	61.7%	36.0%
	5612		Facilities support services			1,254	47.3%	23.7%	11.5%	115,780	97.1%	86.3%	65.6%
	5613		Employment services			22,833	39.9%	18.7%	5.3%	3,993,443	98.6%	92.7%	76.5%
	56131			Employment placement agencies		7,618	20.3%	6.6%	1.7%	257,875	91.7%	74.1%	49.1%
	56132			Temporary help services		11,376	50.5%	25.9%	7.0%	2,725,800	99.1%	93.9%	77.1%
	56133			Employee leasing services		4,022	50.0%	24.6%	9.7%	1,009,768	99.0%	94.2%	81.9%
	5614		Business support services			29,737	12.2%	3.0%	1.1%	671,035	84.7%	69.3%	55.9%
	56141			Document preparation services		4,481	6.3%	1.3%	0.6%	38,481	70.5%	48.6%	36.4%
	56142			Telephone call centers		4,928	25.3%	7.9%	2.9%	323,553	94.0%	83.5%	69.9%
	561421				Telephone answering services	2,642	19.4%	3.1%	1.5%	64,127	79.9%	56.9%	47.8%
	561422				Telemarketing bureaus	2,294	32.3%	13.7%	4.9%	259,426	97.5%	90.0%	75.4%
	56143			Business service centers		8,544	7.7%	1.4%	0.4%	117,525	73.8%	57.6%	47.2%
	561431				Private mail centers	4,502	3.3%	0.6%	0.2%	24,017	39.8%	23.1%	8.9%
	561439				Other business service centers (including copy shops)	4,042	12.6%	2.2%	0.7%	93,508	82.5%	66.5%	57.1%
	56144			Collection agencies		4,568	19.6%	5.0%	2.1%	91,556	78.8%	51.7%	32.1%
	56145			Credit bureaus		1,047	19.5%	4.2%	1.7%	37,837	88.9%	74.2%	67.0%
	56149			Other business support services		6,251	6.8%	1.8%	0.7%	62,083	71.9%	53.5%	39.3%
	561491				Repossession services	1,146	5.5%	0.9%	0.5%	7,230	43.6%	D	D
	561492				Court reporting & stenotype services	3,700	3.3%	0.4%	0.1%	15,256	37.9%	D	D
	561499				All other business support services	1,406	17.2%	6.5%	2.6%	39,597	90.1%	75.0%	58.4%
	5615		Travel arrangement & reservation services			26,365	6.3%	1.5%	0.5%	300,645	67.3%	51.7%	37.5%
	56151			Travel agencies		20,674	4.8%	1.1%	0.4%	184,912	58.1%	43.1%	32.3%
	56152			Tour operators		3,122	11.5%	2.6%	0.9%	40,638	71.7%	46.4%	27.2%
	56159			Other travel arrangement & reservation services		2,675	15.1%	5.9%	2.3%	75,095	87.7%	75.5%	56.0%
	561591				Convention & visitors bureaus	931	12.7%	2.7%	0.3%	10,609	68.9%	D	D
	561599				All other travel arrangement & reservation services	1,744	16.5%	7.6%	3.4%	64,486	90.8%	D	D
	5616		Investigation & security services			17,423	17.7%	5.0%	1.3%	707,187	91.5%	78.2%	61.0%
	56161			Investigation, guard, & armored car services		9,785	25.1%	7.8%	1.8%	571,619	94.4%	81.4%	62.0%
	561611				Investigation services	4,831	11.6%	2.2%	0.7%	52,312	69.2%	36.0%	13.7%
	561612				Security guards & patrol services	4,751	39.2%	13.7%	3.3%	487,689	96.9%	85.5%	65.9%
	561613				Armored car services	244	31.1%	14.8%	5.3%	31,618	97.9%	92.6%	80.8%
	56162			Security systems services		7,661	8.5%	1.7%	0.7%	135,568	79.3%	65.0%	57.0%
	561621				Security systems services (except locksmiths)	3,890	14.6%	3.0%	1.3%	119,925	87.4%	72.9%	64.2%
	561622				Locksmiths	3,773	2.2%	0.5%	0.2%	15,643	16.5%	5.1%	1.6%
	5617		Services to buildings & dwellings			140,497	7.1%	1.1%	0.2%	1,464,752	68.8%	47.3%	31.9%
	56171			Exterminating & pest control services		9,358	5.9%	0.7%	0.2%	91,330	61.4%	42.5%	35.5%
	56172			Janitorial services		51,527	11.3%	2.3%	0.4%	903,635	79.2%	59.3%	39.7%
	56173			Landscaping Services		64,683	4.6%	0.4%	0.1%	393,575	52.7%	27.9%	18.7%
	56174			Carpet & upholstery cleaning services		8,892	4.3%	0.4%	0.1%	45,983	36.6%	11.6%	3.8%
	56179			Other services to buildings & dwellings		6,085	4.3%	0.4%	0.2%	30,229	37.3%	10.6%	5.6%
	5619		Other support services			24,507	11.2%	3.0%	1.2%	388,540	78.7%	59.0%	43.8%
	56191			Packaging & labeling services		2,224	24.1%	7.4%	2.1%	60,707	87.3%	61.3%	31.3%
	56192			Convention & trade show organizers		3,772	13.0%	3.3%	1.1%	66,346	80.5%	58.8%	40.0%
	56199			All other support services		18,528	9.3%	2.5%	1.2%	261,487	76.3%	58.5%	47.7%
More data	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 +
	562	Waste management & remediation services				13,537	13.9%	2.6%	0.9%	287,174	81.5%	61.5%	50.1%
	5621		Waste collection			6,464	13.0%	1.9%	0.5%	149,111	82.0%	64.3%	56.2%
	562111				Solid waste collection	5,447	13.1%	1.7%	0.4%	133,707	82.6%	65.6%	58.3%
	562112				Hazardous waste collection	306	21.9%	8.8%	4.6%	8,740	85.2%	67.3%	49.6%
	562119				Other waste collection	737	11.9%	2.8%	1.6%	6,664	65.8%	33.5%	23.0%
	5622		Waste treatment & disposal			1,668	19.4%	7.0%	3.5%	51,801	88.3%	74.3%	58.9%
	562211				Hazardous waste treatment & disposal	398	33.9%	17.6%	10.1%	18,475	93.5%	80.4%	57.2%
	562212				Solid waste landfill	1,013	16.1%	5.7%	2.8%	26,075	85.1%	71.7%	58.9%
	562213				Solid waste combustors & incinerators	88	26.1%	12.5%	10.2%	3,221	D	D	72.6%
	562219				Other nonhazardous waste treatment & disposal	209	19.6%	7.7%	5.3%	4,030	D	D	56.2%
	5629		Remediation & other waste management services			5,498	14.7%	3.3%	1.3%	86,262	76.7%	48.9%	34.2%
	56291			Remediation services		1,581	31.6%	7.8%	3.2%	46,693	88.1%	54.7%	36.1%
	56292			Materials recovery facility		703	18.1%	6.3%	3.6%	13,113	80.2%	58.7%	45.9%
	56299			All other waste management services		3,235	6.2%	1.1%	0.4%	26,456	55.0%	34.0%	25.1%
	562991				Septic tank & related services	3,023	5.3%	0.8%	0.4%	23,376	51.5%	32.1%	24.6%
	562998				All other miscellaneous waste management services	216	20.8%	6.5%	2.3%	3,080	81.9%	47.9%	28.9%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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