# Employer firms in Alameda County

Employer firms in Alameda County was 32,199 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06001`
- 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/alameda-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 32,199 |
| 2022 | 31,868 |
| 2021 | 30,742 |
| 2020 | 31,241 |
| 2019 | 30,832 |
| 2018 | 30,447 |
| 2017 | 30,250 |
| 2016 | 30,028 |
| 2015 | 29,459 |
| 2014 | 28,922 |
| 2013 | 28,422 |
| 2012 | 28,138 |
| 2011 | 27,781 |
| 2010 | 27,758 |
| 2009 | 28,172 |
| 2008 | 28,818 |
| 2007 | 28,923 |
| 2006 | 28,701 |
| 2005 | 28,141 |
| 2004 | 28,042 |
| 2003 | 27,990 |
| 2002 | 27,913 |
| 2001 | 28,007 |
| 2000 | 28,103 |
| 1999 | 27,742 |
| 1998 | 27,415 |
| 1997 | 26,909 |
| 1996 | 26,619 |
| 1995 | 26,313 |
| 1994 | 26,200 |
| 1993 | 26,112 |
| 1992 | 26,012 |
| 1991 | 26,074 |
| 1990 | 25,815 |
| 1989 | 25,352 |
| 1988 | 24,898 |
| 1987 | 24,122 |
| 1986 | 23,608 |
| 1985 | 22,829 |
| 1984 | 22,325 |
| 1983 | 21,495 |
| 1982 | 20,855 |
| 1981 | 20,954 |
| 1980 | 20,605 |
| 1979 | 20,043 |
| 1978 | 19,205 |