# Employer firms in Anderson County

Employer firms in Anderson County was 1,261 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-47001`
- 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/anderson-county-tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-47001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,261 |
| 2022 | 1,245 |
| 2021 | 1,244 |
| 2020 | 1,227 |
| 2019 | 1,233 |
| 2018 | 1,230 |
| 2017 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 1,230 |
| 2015 | 1,239 |
| 2014 | 1,252 |
| 2013 | 1,272 |
| 2012 | 1,309 |
| 2011 | 1,331 |
| 2010 | 1,356 |
| 2009 | 1,383 |
| 2008 | 1,411 |
| 2007 | 1,412 |
| 2006 | 1,409 |
| 2005 | 1,391 |
| 2004 | 1,385 |
| 2003 | 1,379 |
| 2002 | 1,384 |
| 2001 | 1,429 |
| 2000 | 1,453 |
| 1999 | 1,458 |
| 1998 | 1,478 |
| 1997 | 1,498 |
| 1996 | 1,504 |
| 1995 | 1,490 |
| 1994 | 1,442 |
| 1993 | 1,407 |
| 1992 | 1,382 |
| 1991 | 1,385 |
| 1990 | 1,389 |
| 1989 | 1,357 |
| 1988 | 1,329 |
| 1987 | 1,316 |
| 1986 | 1,255 |
| 1985 | 1,234 |
| 1984 | 1,218 |
| 1983 | 1,123 |
| 1982 | 1,131 |
| 1981 | 1,098 |
| 1980 | 1,122 |
| 1979 | 1,128 |
| 1978 | 1,117 |