| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | domestic total and r&d employment, by company size: 2008-15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | company size | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 4 | total employment for r&d performing companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5 | all companies | 18516 | 17787 | 18636 | 19286 | 18293 | 20046 | 21540 | 18913 |
| 6 | micro companiesa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | 5-9 | 72 | 129 | 124 | 129 | 130 | 167 | 118 | 99 |
| 8 | small companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 9 | 10-19 | 208 | 208 | 233 | 214 | 239 | 293 | 219 | 220 |
| 10 | 20-49 | 373 | 532 | 599 | 584 | 558 | 685 | 521 | 534 |
| 11 | medium companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 12 | 50-99 | 462 | 602 | 561 | 543 | 542 | 790 | 573 | 575 |
| 13 | 100-249 | 1039 | 853 | 1020 | 1057 | 993 | 986 | 953 | 855 |
| 14 | large companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 15 | 250-499 | 710 | 721 | 732 | 1109 | 738 | 842 | 710 | 805 |
| 16 | 500-999 | 669 | 795 | 745 | 750 | 755 | 762 | 822 | 801 |
| 17 | 1,000-4,999 | 2587 | 2349 | 2628 | 3064 | 2583 | 2537 | 2593 | 2676 |
| 18 | 5,000-9,999 | 1464 | 1603 | 1651 | 1916 | 1557 | 1599 | 1524 | 1668 |
| 19 | 10,000-24,999 | 3903 | 2679 | 2555 | 2689 | 2590 | 2903 | 3848 | 2935 |
| 20 | 25,000 or more | 7029 | 7316 | 7788 | 7231 | 7608 | 8482 | 9659 | 7745 |
| 21 | r&d employment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 22 | all companies | 1424 | 1425 | 1412 | 1471 | 1468 | 1496 | 1514 | 1544 |
| 23 | micro companiesa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 24 | 5-9 | 28 | 43 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 26 |
| 25 | small companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 26 | 10-19 | 64 | 51 | 59 | 48 | 53 | 49 | 47 | 50 |
| 27 | 20-49 | 81 | 103 | 96 | 103 | 90 | 86 | 87 | 91 |
| 28 | medium companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 29 | 50-99 | 70 | 99 | 79 | 86 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 83 |
| 30 | 100-249 | 106 | 91 | 102 | 113 | 101 | 112 | 100 | 100 |
| 31 | large companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 32 | 250-499 | 61 | 72 | 70 | 94 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 86 |
| 33 | 500-999 | 63 | 64 | 58 | 61 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 77 |
| 34 | 1,000-4,999 | 224 | 204 | 217 | 233 | 226 | 240 | 254 | 254 |
| 35 | 5,000-9,999 | 125 | 112 | 130 | 113 | 138 | 141 | 150 | 147 |
| 36 | 10,000-24,999 | 191 | 212 | 176 | 204 | 198 | 201 | 219 | 228 |
| 37 | 25,000 or more | 411 | 374 | 390 | 379 | 401 | 403 | 403 | 402 |
| 38 | r&d employment % of total employment in r&d performing companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 39 | micro companiesa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 40 | 5-9 | 38.9 | 33.3 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 21.6 | 22.9 | 26.3 |
| 41 | small companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 42 | 10-19 | 30.8 | 24.5 | 25.3 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 16.7 | 21.5 | 22.7 |
| 43 | 20-49 | 21.7 | 19.4 | 16 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 16.7 | 17 |
| 44 | medium companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 45 | 50-99 | 15.2 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
| 46 | 100-249 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| 47 | large companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 48 | 250-499 | 8.6 | 10 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| 49 | 500-999 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.6 |
| 50 | 1,000-4,999 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| 51 | 5,000-9,999 | 8.5 | 7 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 52 | 10,000-24,999 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 7.8 |
| 53 | 25,000 or more | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.2 |

Question: according to brdis, what was the total number of employees at r&d-performing companies in 2015?
Answer: 18913