Employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware

Employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware was 519 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 6% from 2022. That is the 31st highest of 51 states in 2023.

2023, count519

Change on 2022-6%

Rank31st of 51US states ranked

Series high9952012

Series low5192023

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

Employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware, 2012 to 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.

All 12 values

Period	count
2023	519
2022	552
2021	563
2020	584
2019	633
2018	693
2017	720
2016	736
2015	798
2014	863
2013	931
2012	995

Compared with United States

Place	2023
Delaware	519
United States	49,556

Delaware compared with nearby places

Under 190
190 to 490
490 to 630
630 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,500
1,500 and over

Employer establishments: management of companies, 2023, count. Delaware 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: management of companies 51 places

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in management of companies and enterprises (head offices and holding companies) (NAICS 55), 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.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms (Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, 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), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms, Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, 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-management-companies/delaware. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, 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-management-companies/delaware.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms, Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-management-companies/delaware (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_employer_establishments_management_of_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms: Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, 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-management-companies/delaware. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms: Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, 2012 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/06/26
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-management-companies/delaware
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-management-companies/delaware.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/employer-establishments-management-companies/delaware" width="760" height="440" title="Employer establishments: management of companies, Delaware, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware? Cite the source.

get_value {"indicator":"cbp_establishments_management_companies","place":"us-state-10"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=cbp_establishments_management_companies&place=us-state-10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware?

Employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware was 519 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 6% from 2022. That is the 31st 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), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: management of companies in Delaware?

995 in 2012, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

Employer establishments: management of companies elsewhere in United States

Related statistics for Delaware

All statistics for Delaware | Delaware in figures