# Employer firms in Alaska

Employer firms in Alaska was 14,857 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-02`
- 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/alaska
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/alaska.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-02

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 14,857 |
| 2022 | 14,667 |
| 2021 | 14,451 |
| 2020 | 14,106 |
| 2019 | 14,113 |
| 2018 | 14,056 |
| 2017 | 13,983 |
| 2016 | 14,020 |
| 2015 | 13,916 |
| 2014 | 13,824 |
| 2013 | 13,799 |
| 2012 | 13,719 |
| 2011 | 13,619 |
| 2010 | 13,603 |
| 2009 | 13,563 |
| 2008 | 13,679 |
| 2007 | 13,839 |
| 2006 | 13,801 |
| 2005 | 13,573 |
| 2004 | 13,398 |
| 2003 | 13,072 |
| 2002 | 12,850 |
| 2001 | 12,738 |
| 2000 | 12,799 |
| 1999 | 12,787 |
| 1998 | 12,724 |
| 1997 | 12,430 |
| 1996 | 12,232 |
| 1995 | 12,052 |
| 1994 | 11,658 |
| 1993 | 11,297 |
| 1992 | 10,982 |
| 1991 | 10,817 |
| 1990 | 10,612 |
| 1989 | 10,319 |
| 1988 | 10,011 |
| 1987 | 10,002 |
| 1986 | 10,569 |
| 1985 | 10,568 |
| 1984 | 10,243 |
| 1983 | 9,174 |
| 1982 | 8,115 |
| 1981 | 7,677 |
| 1980 | 7,327 |
| 1979 | 7,330 |
| 1978 | 7,127 |