# Employer firms in Alabama

Employer firms in Alabama was 71,429 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-01`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/alabama
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/alabama.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-01

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 71,429 |
| 2022 | 70,912 |
| 2021 | 69,639 |
| 2020 | 68,371 |
| 2019 | 68,736 |
| 2018 | 68,246 |
| 2017 | 68,265 |
| 2016 | 68,087 |
| 2015 | 67,442 |
| 2014 | 67,517 |
| 2013 | 67,615 |
| 2012 | 68,004 |
| 2011 | 68,329 |
| 2010 | 69,381 |
| 2009 | 71,156 |
| 2008 | 73,330 |
| 2007 | 74,187 |
| 2006 | 73,340 |
| 2005 | 72,505 |
| 2004 | 71,887 |
| 2003 | 71,006 |
| 2002 | 70,694 |
| 2001 | 70,622 |
| 2000 | 71,652 |
| 1999 | 72,231 |
| 1998 | 72,228 |
| 1997 | 71,664 |
| 1996 | 71,049 |
| 1995 | 70,164 |
| 1994 | 68,215 |
| 1993 | 66,336 |
| 1992 | 64,662 |
| 1991 | 64,055 |
| 1990 | 64,305 |
| 1989 | 63,369 |
| 1988 | 62,232 |
| 1987 | 60,936 |
| 1986 | 59,638 |
| 1985 | 58,435 |
| 1984 | 57,420 |
| 1983 | 53,814 |
| 1982 | 53,714 |
| 1981 | 55,370 |
| 1980 | 55,902 |
| 1979 | 56,228 |
| 1978 | 54,680 |