TABLE A-2. Unit response rates, by industry and company size: 2008
Industry and company size
NAICS code
Active
companiesa
Companies that met
response criteriab
% of companies that met
response criteria
All companies
All industries
Manufacturing industries
Food
Beverage and tobacco products
Textiles, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resin, synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation
Paint, coating, adhesive, and other chemical
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agricultural implements
Semiconductor machinery
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment
Other machinery
Computer and electronic products
Communications equipment
Semiconductor and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control
instruments
Electromedical, electrotherapeutic, and irradiation
apparatus
Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical,
and nautical system and instruments
Other measuring and controlling instruments
Computer and peripheral equipment and other computer
and electronic products
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Automobiles, bodies, trailers, and parts
Aerospace products and parts
Aircraft, aircraft engine, and aircraft parts
Guided missile, space vehicle, and related parts
Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank components
Other transportation equipment
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Medical equipment and supplies
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing industries
Mining, extraction, and support activities
Utilities
Construction
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
21–23, 31–33, 42–81
31–33
311
312
313–316
321
322
323
324
325
3251
3252
3253
3254
3256
3255, 3259
326
327
331
332
333
33311
333295
3336
other 333
334
3342
3344
38,551
17,241
1,048
269
722
664
298
616
210
1,693
321
203
59
480
212
418
1,070
654
447
1,706
1,525
97
50
78
1,300
2,138
348
673
28,586
12,680
744
209
488
510
213
463
144
1,280
235
148
55
388
152
302
790
491
329
1,300
1,133
69
38
67
959
1,489
237
483
74.2
73.5
71.0
77.7
67.6
76.8
71.5
75.2
68.6
75.6
73.2
72.9
93.2
80.8
71.7
72.2
73.8
75.1
73.6
76.2
74.3
71.1
76.0
85.9
73.8
69.6
68.1
71.8
3345
617
437
70.8
334510, 334517
129
81
62.8
80.5
71.3
334511
87
70
other 3345
401
286
other 334
500
332
335
336
3361–3363
3364
336411–336413
336414, 336415, 336419
336992
other 336
337
339
3391
3399
727
1,078
545
233
211
22
12
288
787
1,589
679
910
529
763
378
174
155
19
7
204
595
1,210
525
685
66.4
72.8
70.8
69.4
74.7
73.5
86.4
58.3
70.8
75.6
76.1
77.3
75.3
21–23, 42–81
21
22
23
42
44, 45
21,310
709
334
1,526
3,670
1,557
15,906
538
253
1,216
2,679
1,183
74.6
75.9
75.7
79.7
73.0
76.0
TABLE A-2. Unit response rates, by industry and company size: 2008
Industry and company size
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
Other retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Information
Publishing
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
Software publishers
Telecommunications
Internet service providers, Web search portals, and data
processing services
Other information
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Scientific R&D services
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
Health care services
Other nonmanufacturing
NAICS code
Active
companiesa
Companies that met
response criteriab
% of companies that met
response criteria
4541
other 44, 45
48, 49
51
511
5111
5112
517
290
1,267
552
2,896
1,304
415
889
433
205
978
437
2,038
967
309
658
283
70.7
77.2
79.2
70.4
74.2
74.5
74.0
65.4
518
676
457
other 51
52
53
54
5413
5415
5417
other 54
621–623
55, 56, 61, 624, 71, 72, 81
483
721
365
4,571
1,022
1,462
980
1,107
1,467
2,942
331
540
293
3,414
833
1,011
688
882
1,206
2,109
67.6
68.5
74.9
80.3
74.7
81.5
69.2
70.2
79.7
82.2
71.7
Form BRDI-1 companies
All industries
Manufacturing industries
Food
Beverage and tobacco products
Textile, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resin, synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparations
Paint, coating, adhesive, and other chemicals
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agricultural implements
Semiconductor machinery
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment
Other machinery
Computer and electronic products
Communications equipment
Semiconductor and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control
instruments
Electromedical, electrotherapeutic, and irradiation
apparatus
Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical,
and nautical system and instruments
Other measuring and controlling instruments
21–23, 31–33, 42–81
31–33
311
312
313–316
321
322
323
324
325
3251
3252
3253
3254
3256
3255, 3259
326
327
331
332
333
33311
333295
3336
other 333
334
3342
3344
4,848
2,819
92
21
41
15
44
11
13
471
95
26
6
262
34
48
143
50
43
134
302
19
31
19
233
715
145
214
3,565
2,179
74
19
28
11
32
8
9
393
67
23
6
230
29
38
111
41
35
101
224
12
24
17
171
528
106
172
73.5
77.3
80.4
90.0
68.3
73.3
72.7
72.7
69.2
83.4
70.5
88.5
100.0
3345
233
158
67.8
334510, 334517
58
36
62.1
85.4
64.9
334511
41
35
other 3345
134
87
87.8
85.3
79.2
77.6
82.0
81.4
75.4
74.2
63.2
77.4
89.5
73.4
73.8
73.1
80.4
TABLE A-2. Unit response rates, by industry and company size: 2008
Industry and company size
Computer and peripheral equipment and other computer
and electronic products
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Automobiles, bodies, trailers, and parts
Aerospace products and parts
Aircraft, aircraft engine, and aircraft parts
Guided missile, space vehicle, and related parts
Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank components
Other transportation equipment
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Medical equipment and supplies
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing industries
Mining, extraction, and support activities
Utilities
Construction
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
Other retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Information
Publishing
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
Software publishers
Telecommunications
Internet service providers, Web search portals, and data
processing services
Other information
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Scientific R&D services
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
Health care services
Other nonmanufacturing
NAICS code
Active
companiesa
Companies that met
response criteriab
% of companies that met
response criteria
other 334
123
92
335
336
3361–3363
3364
336411–336413
336414, 336415, 336419
336992
other 336
337
339
3391
3399
147
256
151
66
56
10
5
34
32
289
200
89
104
210
123
57
48
9
4
26
22
229
159
70
74.8
70.7
82.0
81.5
86.4
85.7
90.0
80.0
76.5
68.8
79.2
79.5
78.7
21–23, 42–81
21
22
23
42
44, 45
4541
other 44, 45
48, 49
51
511
5111
5112
517
2,029
28
34
20
151
15
4
11
20
574
397
13
384
42
1,386
23
30
18
61
8
2
6
13
407
281
6
275
27
68.3
82.1
88.2
90.0
40.4
53.3
50.0
54.5
65.0
70.9
70.8
46.2
71.6
64.3
518
101
78
other 51
52
53
54
5413
5415
5417
other 54
621–623
55, 56, 61, 624, 71, 72, 81
34
55
8
1,007
114
314
474
105
32
85
21
44
7
697
78
199
336
84
24
54
77.2
61.8
80.0
87.5
69.2
68.4
63.4
70.9
80.0
75.0
63.5
25,021
10,501
670
190
460
499
181
455
135
887
168
125
49
158
123
74.2
72.8
70.1
76.6
67.5
76.9
71.3
75.2
68.5
72.6
74.3
70.6
92.5
72.5
69.1
Form BRDI-1A companies
All industries
Manufacturing industries
Food
Beverage and tobacco products
Textile, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resin, synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparations
21–23, 31–33, 42–81
31–33
311
312
313–316
321
322
323
324
325
3251
3252
3253
3254
3256
33,703
14,422
956
248
681
649
254
605
197
1,222
226
177
53
218
178
TABLE A-2. Unit response rates, by industry and company size: 2008
Industry and company size
Paint, coating, adhesive, and other chemicals
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agricultural implements
Semiconductor machinery
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment
Other machinery
Computer and electronic products
Communications equipment
Semiconductor and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control
instruments
Electromedical, electrotherapeutic, and irradiation
apparatus
Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical,
and nautical system and instruments
Other measuring and controlling instruments
Computer and peripheral equipment and other computer
and electronic products
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Automobiles, bodies, trailers, and parts
Aerospace products and parts
Aircraft, aircraft engine, and aircraft parts
Guided missile, space vehicle, and related parts
Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank components
Other transportation equipment
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Medical equipment and supplies
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing industries
Mining, extraction, and support activities
Utilities
Construction
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
Other retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Information
Publishing
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
Software publishers
Telecommunications
Internet service providers, Web search portals, and data
processing services
Other information
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Scientific R&D services
NAICS code
Active
companiesa
Companies that met
response criteriab
% of companies that met
response criteria
3255, 3259
326
327
331
332
333
33311
333295
3336
other 333
334
3342
3344
370
927
604
404
1,572
1,223
78
19
59
1,067
1,423
203
459
264
679
450
294
1,199
909
57
14
50
788
961
131
311
71.4
73.2
74.5
72.8
76.3
74.3
73.1
73.7
84.7
73.9
67.5
64.5
67.8
3345
384
279
72.7
334510, 334517
71
45
63.4
76.1
74.5
334511
46
35
other 3345
267
199
other 334
377
240
335
336
3361–3363
3364
336411–336413
336414, 336415, 336419
336992
other 336
337
339
3391
3399
580
822
394
167
155
12
7
254
755
1,300
479
821
425
553
255
117
107
10
3
178
573
981
366
615
63.7
73.3
67.3
64.7
70.1
69.0
83.3
42.9
70.1
75.9
75.5
76.4
74.9
21–23, 42–81
21
22
23
42
44, 45
4541
other 44, 45
48, 49
51
511
5111
5112
517
19,281
681
300
1,506
3,519
1,542
286
1,256
532
2,322
907
402
505
391
14,520
515
223
1,198
1,618
1,175
203
972
424
1,631
686
303
383
256
75.3
75.6
74.3
79.5
46.0
76.2
71.0
77.4
79.7
70.2
75.6
75.4
75.8
65.5
518
575
379
other 51
52
53
54
5413
5415
5417
449
666
357
3,564
908
1,148
506
310
496
286
2,717
755
812
352
65.9
69.0
74.5
80.1
76.2
83.1
70.7
69.6
TABLE A-2. Unit response rates, by industry and company size: 2008
Industry and company size
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
Health care services
Other nonmanufacturing
NAICS = 2002 North American Industry Classification System.
a
b
NAICS code
Active
companiesa
Companies that met
response criteriab
% of companies that met
response criteria
other 54
621–623
55, 56, 61, 624, 71, 72, 81
1,002
1,435
2,857
798
1,182
2,055
79.6
82.4
71.9
Active companies are defined as companies that are in scope of survey after all data have been processed.
Companies are considered to have fulfilled response criteria for these tables if they were located in United States and reported that they performed or funded R&D.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Business R&D and
Innovation Survey, 2008.