Employer establishments: construction in Florida

Employer establishments: construction in Florida was 68,008 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 4.2% from 2022. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2023.

2023, count68,008

Change on 2022+4.2%

Rank2nd of 51US states ranked

Series high68,0082023

Series low43,7922012

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Employer establishments: construction in Florida, 2012 to 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.

All 12 values

Period	count
2023	68,008
2022	65,238
2021	63,119
2020	60,046
2019	58,565
2018	56,574
2017	53,345
2016	50,820
2015	48,731
2014	46,585
2013	44,984
2012	43,792

Compared with United States

Place	2023
Florida	68,008
United States	814,557

Rankings

US states by employer establishments: construction 51 places

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in construction (NAICS 23), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.

County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms (Employer establishments: construction, Florida, 2012 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/

MLA 9

County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms, Employer establishments: construction, Florida, 2012 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 June 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-construction/florida. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. Employer establishments: construction, Florida, 2012 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-construction/florida.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms, Employer establishments: construction, Florida, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-construction/florida (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms: Employer establishments: construction, Florida, 2012 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-construction/florida. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the employer establishments: construction in Florida?

Employer establishments: construction in Florida was 68,008 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 4.2% from 2022. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: construction in Florida?

68,008 in 2023, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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