All

Buildings

With

Central 

Physical 

Plant

All

Buildings

With 

Central

Physical

Plant

All Buildings* .................................. 4,645 1,477 116 64,783 24,735 6,604

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 ................................... 2,552 771 Q 6,789 2,009 Q

5,001 to 10,000 ................................. 889 259 Q 6,585 1,912 Q

10,001 to 25,000 ............................... 738 263 33 11,535 4,158 520

25,001 to 50,000 ............................... 241 92 18 8,668 3,277 630

50,001 to 100,000 ............................. 129 49 13 9,057 3,381 911

100,001 to 200,000 ........................... 65 28 12 9,064 3,935 1,723

200,001 to 500,000 ........................... 25 13 5 7,176 3,568 1,438

Over 500,000 .................................... 7 3 2 5,908 2,494 1,235

Principal Building Activity

Education .......................................... 386 281 57 9,874 5,642 2,037

Food Sales ....................................... 226 Q N 1,255 Q N

Food Service ..................................... 297 27 Q 1,654 264 Q

Health Care ....................................... 129 26 4 3,163 1,899 733

 Inpatient .......................................... 8 6 2 1,905 1,508 629

 Outpatient ....................................... 121 20 Q 1,258 391 Q

Lodging ............................................. 142 69 14 5,096 2,237 726

Retail (Other Than Mall)..................... 443 66 Q 4,317 707 Q

Office ................................................ 824 240 18 12,208 4,022 1,102

Public Assembly ............................... 277 84 10 3,939 1,542 602

Public Order and Safety .................... 71 11 Q 1,090 541 Q

Religious Worship ............................. 370 121 Q 3,754 1,308 Q

Service .............................................. 622 149 Q 4,050 1,041 Q

Warehouse and Storage ................... 597 302 Q 10,078 3,874 Q

Other ................................................ 79 31 Q 1,738 842 Q

Vacant .............................................. 182 51 Q 2,567 670 Q

Year Constructed

Before 1920 ...................................... 330 59 Q 3,769 978 Q

1920 to 1945 ..................................... 527 112 12 6,871 2,874 985

1946 to 1959 ..................................... 562 147 24 7,045 2,347 669

1960 to 1969 ..................................... 579 215 26 8,101 3,956 1,166

1970 to 1979 ..................................... 731 211 11 10,772 3,787 806

1980 to 1989 ..................................... 707 251 14 10,332 4,154 1,249

1990 to 1999 ..................................... 876 318 16 12,360 4,448 1,193

2000 to 2003 ..................................... 334 163 3 5,533 2,190 235

Census Region

Northeast .......................................... 726 158 19 12,905 4,490 1,103

Midwest ............................................ 1,266 306 21 17,080 6,003 1,863

South ................................................ 1,775 617 35 23,489 9,056 2,567

West ................................................. 878 395 41 11,310 5,186 1,071

Table B21. Multibuilding Facilities, Number of Buildings and Floorspace for 

Non-Mall Buildings, 2003

All

Buildings*

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

Buildings on

Multibuilding Facilities

Number of Buildings 

(thousand)

Total Floorspace 

(million square feet)

All

Buildings*

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All

Buildings

With

Central 

Physical 

Plant

All

Buildings

With 

Central

Physical

Plant

All Buildings* .................................. 4,645 1,477 116 64,783 24,735 6,604

Table B21. Multibuilding Facilities, Number of Buildings and Floorspace for 

Non-Mall Buildings, 2003

All

Buildings*

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

Buildings on

Multibuilding Facilities

Number of Buildings 

(thousand)

Total Floorspace 

(million square feet)

All

Buildings*

Number of Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 ..................................... 2,653 882 35 15,492 5,554 870

5 to 9 ................................................ 778 184 Q 6,166 1,642 Q

10 to 19 ............................................. 563 165 15 7,803 2,602 253

20 to 49 ............................................. 398 143 27 10,989 4,084 985

50 to 99 ............................................. 147 54 16 7,934 3,408 1,167

100 to 249 ......................................... 77 36 11 6,871 3,339 1,271

250 or More ...................................... 30 13 6 9,528 4,106 1,948

Weekly Operating Hours

Fewer than 40 ................................... 1,002 341 Q 6,863 2,248 Q

40 to 48 ............................................. 1,117 366 24 11,622 4,474 864

49 to 60 ............................................. 1,062 309 27 15,723 5,574 1,689

61 to 84 ............................................. 591 155 23 10,334 3,528 1,006

85 to 167 ........................................... 400 84 10 7,092 2,728 898

Open Continuously ........................... 475 223 20 13,149 6,183 1,960

Ownership and Occupancy

Nongovernment Owned .................... 4,011 1,062 37 49,421 15,647 2,503

 Owner Occupied ............................. 1,841 446 22 23,591 7,648 1,556

 Nonowner Occupied ....................... 2,029 581 15 23,914 7,461 911

 Unoccupied ..................................... 141 35 Q 1,916 538 Q

Government Owned .......................... 635 415 79 15,363 9,088 4,101

 Federal ........................................... 46 34 Q 1,956 1,240 Q

 State ............................................... 164 127 43 3,808 3,028 2,085

 Local ............................................... 425 254 26 9,599 4,819 1,210

Vacancy Status

Completely Vacant ............................ 157 44 Q 2,161 560 Q

Mostly Vacant ................................... 25 Q N 406 Q N

Partially Vacant ................................. 548 219 19 12,382 5,092 1,311

Not At All Vacant .............................. 3,915 1,207 96 49,834 18,973 5,257

Multibuilding Facility Activity

Not Part of a Multibuilding

 Facility ............................................. 3,169 N N 40,048 N N

College or University ......................... 83 83 48 3,480 3,480 2,467

Primary or Secondary School ........... 254 254 36 3,947 3,947 871

Office Complex ................................. 111 111 4 2,712 2,712 456

Retail Complex ................................. 151 151 N 1,238 1,238 N

Religious Campus or Complex .......... 195 195 Q 2,347 2,347 Q

Health Care Complex ........................ 39 39 8 2,303 2,303 867

Lodging or Resort Complex .............. 61 61 Q 912 912 Q

Government Complex ....................... 87 87 5 2,014 2,014 Q

Other ................................................ 496 496 5 5,783 5,783 526

Central Plant that Produces

District Hot Water ............................. 59 59 59 3,321 3,321 3,321

District Steam ................................... 56 56 56 4,059 4,059 4,059

District Chilled Water ........................ 69 69 69 4,969 4,969 4,969

Electricity .......................................... 19 19 19 1,251 1,251 1,251

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All

Buildings

With

Central 

Physical 

Plant

All

Buildings

With 

Central

Physical

Plant

All Buildings* .................................. 4,645 1,477 116 64,783 24,735 6,604

Table B21. Multibuilding Facilities, Number of Buildings and Floorspace for 

Non-Mall Buildings, 2003

All

Buildings*

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

Buildings on

Multibuilding Facilities

Number of Buildings 

(thousand)

Total Floorspace 

(million square feet)

All

Buildings*

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity .......................................... 4,404 1,343 116 63,307 24,089 6,604

Natural Gas ...................................... 2,391 582 64 43,468 14,974 3,970

Fuel Oil ............................................. 451 115 14 15,157 6,961 2,244

District Heat ...................................... 67 61 58 5,443 4,241 3,909

District Chilled Water ........................ 33 29 25 2,853 2,647 2,410

Propane ............................................ 502 160 9 7,076 3,315 825

Other ................................................ 132 26 Q 1,401 537 Q

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ............ 3,982 1,147 115 60,028 22,590 6,513

Buildings with Cooling ....................... 3,625 1,031 100 56,940 20,964 5,806

Buildings with Water Heating ............ 3,472 967 94 56,478 21,176 5,834

Buildings with Cooking ...................... 801 175 19 22,237 8,521 2,563

Buildings with Manufacturing ............ 119 21 Q 3,138 1,025 Q

Buildings with Electricity 149 61 14 12,821 6,389 2,572

 Generation .......................................

Notes: ● HVAC = Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. ● Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Form EIA-871A of the 2003 Commercial 

Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. 

See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed from 

the CBECS web site - http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs.

 * Figures in this table do not include enclosed malls and strip malls. Mall buildings add an estimated 213 thousand buildings 

comprising 6.9 billion square feet.

a

 The definition for one or more of these row items has changed and may not be directly comparable with past CBECS 

estimates. See "Guide to the Tables" for discussion of the differences.

Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were 

sampled.

N=No responding cases in sample that use the particular energy source.

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