# Employer firms in Anchorage Municipality

Employer firms in Anchorage Municipality was 6,409 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-02020`
- 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/anchorage-municipality-alaska
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-02020

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,409 |
| 2022 | 6,343 |
| 2021 | 6,349 |
| 2020 | 6,272 |
| 2019 | 6,310 |
| 2018 | 6,298 |
| 2017 | 6,278 |
| 2016 | 6,319 |
| 2015 | 6,310 |
| 2014 | 6,256 |
| 2013 | 6,274 |
| 2012 | 6,235 |
| 2011 | 6,172 |
| 2010 | 6,186 |
| 2009 | 6,184 |
| 2008 | 6,198 |
| 2007 | 6,269 |
| 2006 | 6,283 |
| 2005 | 6,230 |
| 2004 | 6,164 |
| 2003 | 6,021 |
| 2002 | 5,940 |
| 2001 | 5,846 |
| 2000 | 5,891 |
| 1999 | 5,890 |
| 1998 | 5,864 |
| 1997 | 5,776 |
| 1996 | 5,686 |
| 1995 | 5,661 |
| 1994 | 5,542 |
| 1993 | 5,393 |
| 1992 | 5,267 |
| 1991 | 5,230 |
| 1990 | 5,118 |
| 1989 | 4,980 |
| 1988 | 4,866 |
| 1987 | 4,900 |
| 1986 | 5,301 |
| 1985 | 5,343 |
| 1984 | 5,225 |
| 1983 | 4,703 |
| 1982 | 4,128 |
| 1981 | 3,864 |
| 1980 | 3,659 |
| 1979 | 3,764 |
| 1978 | 3,604 |