# Employer firms in Barnstable County

Employer firms in Barnstable County was 6,726 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-25001`
- 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/barnstable-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-25001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,726 |
| 2022 | 6,663 |
| 2021 | 6,469 |
| 2020 | 6,550 |
| 2019 | 6,471 |
| 2018 | 6,402 |
| 2017 | 6,398 |
| 2016 | 6,318 |
| 2015 | 6,188 |
| 2014 | 6,115 |
| 2013 | 6,027 |
| 2012 | 6,008 |
| 2011 | 5,957 |
| 2010 | 5,969 |
| 2009 | 6,096 |
| 2008 | 6,340 |
| 2007 | 6,461 |
| 2006 | 6,452 |
| 2005 | 6,318 |
| 2004 | 6,304 |
| 2003 | 6,376 |
| 2002 | 6,286 |
| 2001 | 6,294 |
| 2000 | 6,255 |
| 1999 | 6,102 |
| 1998 | 5,911 |
| 1997 | 5,808 |
| 1996 | 5,611 |
| 1995 | 5,500 |
| 1994 | 5,339 |
| 1993 | 5,215 |
| 1992 | 5,122 |
| 1991 | 5,194 |
| 1990 | 5,425 |
| 1989 | 5,601 |
| 1988 | 5,619 |
| 1987 | 5,345 |
| 1986 | 5,062 |
| 1985 | 4,781 |
| 1984 | 4,459 |
| 1983 | 4,154 |
| 1982 | 4,014 |
| 1981 | 3,917 |
| 1980 | 3,865 |
| 1979 | 3,764 |
| 1978 | 3,670 |