# Employer firms in Arizona

Employer firms in Arizona was 107,886 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-04`
- 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/arizona
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/arizona.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-04

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 107,886 |
| 2022 | 105,880 |
| 2021 | 102,450 |
| 2020 | 98,832 |
| 2019 | 97,589 |
| 2018 | 95,957 |
| 2017 | 94,323 |
| 2016 | 92,782 |
| 2015 | 90,991 |
| 2014 | 89,711 |
| 2013 | 88,748 |
| 2012 | 87,971 |
| 2011 | 87,773 |
| 2010 | 88,673 |
| 2009 | 91,525 |
| 2008 | 96,436 |
| 2007 | 97,302 |
| 2006 | 94,775 |
| 2005 | 89,489 |
| 2004 | 86,329 |
| 2003 | 83,813 |
| 2002 | 82,247 |
| 2001 | 81,664 |
| 2000 | 80,453 |
| 1999 | 79,583 |
| 1998 | 78,049 |
| 1997 | 76,606 |
| 1996 | 74,457 |
| 1995 | 72,551 |
| 1994 | 69,841 |
| 1993 | 67,133 |
| 1992 | 65,036 |
| 1991 | 64,194 |
| 1990 | 63,628 |
| 1989 | 62,717 |
| 1988 | 62,096 |
| 1987 | 60,565 |
| 1986 | 58,630 |
| 1985 | 56,223 |
| 1984 | 53,154 |
| 1983 | 49,266 |
| 1982 | 47,214 |
| 1981 | 46,265 |
| 1980 | 44,624 |
| 1979 | 42,672 |
| 1978 | 40,660 |