# Employer firms in Allegheny County

Employer firms in Allegheny County was 23,471 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-42003`
- 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/allegheny-county-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-42003

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 23,471 |
| 2022 | 23,292 |
| 2021 | 22,875 |
| 2020 | 23,267 |
| 2019 | 23,374 |
| 2018 | 23,239 |
| 2017 | 23,273 |
| 2016 | 23,427 |
| 2015 | 23,324 |
| 2014 | 23,471 |
| 2013 | 23,345 |
| 2012 | 23,501 |
| 2011 | 23,494 |
| 2010 | 23,553 |
| 2009 | 23,765 |
| 2008 | 24,036 |
| 2007 | 24,456 |
| 2006 | 24,764 |
| 2005 | 24,851 |
| 2004 | 24,722 |
| 2003 | 24,583 |
| 2002 | 24,714 |
| 2001 | 24,962 |
| 2000 | 25,255 |
| 1999 | 25,286 |
| 1998 | 25,439 |
| 1997 | 25,351 |
| 1996 | 25,377 |
| 1995 | 25,522 |
| 1994 | 25,328 |
| 1993 | 25,374 |
| 1992 | 25,278 |
| 1991 | 25,463 |
| 1990 | 25,500 |
| 1989 | 25,075 |
| 1988 | 24,645 |
| 1987 | 24,174 |
| 1986 | 23,792 |
| 1985 | 23,287 |
| 1984 | 23,391 |
| 1983 | 23,046 |
| 1982 | 22,706 |
| 1981 | 22,960 |
| 1980 | 23,165 |
| 1979 | 23,163 |
| 1978 | 22,718 |