Employer establishments: finance and insurance in United States

Employer establishments: finance and insurance in the United States was 469,382 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.3% from 2022.

2023, count469,382

Change on 2022-2.3%

Series high480,5462022

Series low469,3822023

Next release: Thursday, 24 June 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Employer establishments: finance and insurance in United States, 2012 to 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.

All 12 values

Period	count
2023	469,382
2022	480,546
2021	478,891
2020	476,816
2019	476,687
2018	477,562
2017	478,224
2016	476,985
2015	470,062
2014	470,951
2013	472,242
2012	474,510

Rankings

US states by employer establishments: finance and insurance 51 places

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in finance and insurance (NAICS 52), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns. Excludes pension, health and welfare funds and trusts, estates and agency accounts (NAICS 525110, 525120, 525190 and 525920).

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), 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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms (Employer establishments: finance and insurance, United States, 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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms, Employer establishments: finance and insurance, United States, 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-finance-insurance/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms. Employer establishments: finance and insurance, United States, 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-finance-insurance/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms, Employer establishments: finance and insurance, United States, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-finance-insurance/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms: Employer establishments: finance and insurance, United States, 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-finance-insurance/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the employer establishments: finance and insurance in United States?

Employer establishments: finance and insurance in the United States was 469,382 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.3% from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: finance and insurance in United States?

480,546 in 2022, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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