# Employer firms in Arkansas

Employer firms in Arkansas was 47,875 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-05`
- 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/arkansas
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/arkansas.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-05

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 47,875 |
| 2022 | 47,291 |
| 2021 | 46,777 |
| 2020 | 46,088 |
| 2019 | 46,188 |
| 2018 | 45,933 |
| 2017 | 45,819 |
| 2016 | 45,694 |
| 2015 | 45,388 |
| 2014 | 45,450 |
| 2013 | 45,563 |
| 2012 | 45,708 |
| 2011 | 45,765 |
| 2010 | 46,201 |
| 2009 | 46,680 |
| 2008 | 47,525 |
| 2007 | 48,092 |
| 2006 | 47,932 |
| 2005 | 47,592 |
| 2004 | 47,225 |
| 2003 | 46,569 |
| 2002 | 46,049 |
| 2001 | 45,630 |
| 2000 | 46,208 |
| 1999 | 46,100 |
| 1998 | 46,073 |
| 1997 | 46,076 |
| 1996 | 45,815 |
| 1995 | 45,421 |
| 1994 | 44,200 |
| 1993 | 43,087 |
| 1992 | 41,673 |
| 1991 | 41,212 |
| 1990 | 41,360 |
| 1989 | 40,533 |
| 1988 | 40,141 |
| 1987 | 39,904 |
| 1986 | 39,824 |
| 1985 | 39,571 |
| 1984 | 39,255 |
| 1983 | 37,122 |
| 1982 | 36,447 |
| 1981 | 37,051 |
| 1980 | 37,412 |
| 1979 | 37,386 |
| 1978 | 36,580 |