# Employer firms in Ada County

Employer firms in Ada County was 12,549 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-16001`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/ada-county-idaho
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-16001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12,549 |
| 2022 | 12,439 |
| 2021 | 12,021 |
| 2020 | 11,468 |
| 2019 | 11,077 |
| 2018 | 10,622 |
| 2017 | 10,219 |
| 2016 | 10,031 |
| 2015 | 9,718 |
| 2014 | 9,519 |
| 2013 | 9,217 |
| 2012 | 9,119 |
| 2011 | 9,053 |
| 2010 | 9,208 |
| 2009 | 9,376 |
| 2008 | 9,947 |
| 2007 | 10,150 |
| 2006 | 9,775 |
| 2005 | 8,988 |
| 2004 | 8,485 |
| 2003 | 8,129 |
| 2002 | 7,853 |
| 2001 | 7,683 |
| 2000 | 7,493 |
| 1999 | 7,289 |
| 1998 | 7,132 |
| 1997 | 6,887 |
| 1996 | 6,653 |
| 1995 | 6,447 |
| 1994 | 6,208 |
| 1993 | 5,769 |
| 1992 | 5,530 |
| 1991 | 5,314 |
| 1990 | 5,205 |
| 1989 | 4,898 |
| 1988 | 4,706 |
| 1987 | 4,618 |
| 1986 | 4,599 |
| 1985 | 4,540 |
| 1984 | 4,446 |
| 1983 | 4,148 |
| 1982 | 4,025 |
| 1981 | 4,067 |
| 1980 | 4,166 |
| 1979 | 4,140 |
| 1978 | 4,012 |