Employer establishments: information in Tennessee

Employer establishments: information in Tennessee was 2,980 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.2% from 2022. That is the 16th highest of 51 states in 2023.

2023, count2,980

Change on 2022+0.2%

Rank16th of 51US states ranked

Series high3,0112021

Series low2,3882013

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

Employer establishments: information in Tennessee, 2012 to 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.

All 12 values

Period	count
2023	2,980
2022	2,973
2021	3,011
2020	2,951
2019	2,914
2018	2,912
2017	2,789
2016	2,696
2015	2,440
2014	2,391
2013	2,388
2012	2,445

Compared with United States

Place	2023
Tennessee	2,980
United States	160,704

Tennessee compared with nearby places

Under 800
800 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,900
1,900 to 2,600
2,600 to 4,100
4,100 and over

Employer establishments: information, 2023, count. Tennessee is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by employer establishments: information 51 places

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), 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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), 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), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms (Employer establishments: information, Tennessee, 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), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms, Employer establishments: information, Tennessee, 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-information/tennessee. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms. Employer establishments: information, Tennessee, 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-information/tennessee.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms, Employer establishments: information, Tennessee, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-information/tennessee (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_employer_establishments_information_tennessee_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms: Employer establishments: information, Tennessee, 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-information/tennessee. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), 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: information in Tennessee?

Employer establishments: information in Tennessee was 2,980 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.2% from 2022. That is the 16th 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), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: information in Tennessee?

3,011 in 2021, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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