# Employer firms in Anoka County

Employer firms in Anoka County was 6,253 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-27003`
- 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/anoka-county-minnesota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-27003

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,253 |
| 2022 | 6,193 |
| 2021 | 6,060 |
| 2020 | 5,970 |
| 2019 | 5,941 |
| 2018 | 5,904 |
| 2017 | 5,858 |
| 2016 | 5,799 |
| 2015 | 5,658 |
| 2014 | 5,569 |
| 2013 | 5,470 |
| 2012 | 5,486 |
| 2011 | 5,422 |
| 2010 | 5,499 |
| 2009 | 5,598 |
| 2008 | 5,785 |
| 2007 | 6,004 |
| 2006 | 6,050 |
| 2005 | 5,875 |
| 2004 | 5,798 |
| 2003 | 5,645 |
| 2002 | 5,498 |
| 2001 | 5,416 |
| 2000 | 5,341 |
| 1999 | 5,232 |
| 1998 | 5,064 |
| 1997 | 4,879 |
| 1996 | 4,772 |
| 1995 | 4,661 |
| 1994 | 4,520 |
| 1993 | 4,341 |
| 1992 | 4,153 |
| 1991 | 4,022 |
| 1990 | 3,920 |
| 1989 | 3,738 |
| 1988 | 3,602 |
| 1987 | 3,466 |
| 1986 | 3,282 |
| 1985 | 3,140 |
| 1984 | 2,979 |
| 1983 | 2,739 |
| 1982 | 2,656 |
| 1981 | 2,645 |
| 1980 | 2,614 |
| 1979 | 2,549 |
| 1978 | 2,348 |