# Employer firms in Adams County

Employer firms in Adams County was 8,373 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-08001`
- 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/adams-county-colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-08001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,373 |
| 2022 | 8,208 |
| 2021 | 8,084 |
| 2020 | 7,846 |
| 2019 | 7,820 |
| 2018 | 7,693 |
| 2017 | 7,497 |
| 2016 | 7,195 |
| 2015 | 6,932 |
| 2014 | 6,680 |
| 2013 | 6,537 |
| 2012 | 6,400 |
| 2011 | 6,345 |
| 2010 | 6,293 |
| 2009 | 6,380 |
| 2008 | 6,473 |
| 2007 | 6,477 |
| 2006 | 6,395 |
| 2005 | 6,290 |
| 2004 | 6,182 |
| 2003 | 6,151 |
| 2002 | 6,070 |
| 2001 | 5,982 |
| 2000 | 5,902 |
| 1999 | 5,797 |
| 1998 | 5,707 |
| 1997 | 5,558 |
| 1996 | 5,378 |
| 1995 | 5,285 |
| 1994 | 5,141 |
| 1993 | 4,918 |
| 1992 | 4,790 |
| 1991 | 4,665 |
| 1990 | 4,580 |
| 1989 | 4,498 |
| 1988 | 4,509 |
| 1987 | 4,555 |
| 1986 | 4,513 |
| 1985 | 4,410 |
| 1984 | 4,252 |
| 1983 | 4,024 |
| 1982 | 3,883 |
| 1981 | 3,820 |
| 1980 | 3,716 |
| 1979 | 3,661 |
| 1978 | 3,498 |