# Employer firms in Bergen County

Employer firms in Bergen County was 25,527 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-34003`
- 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/bergen-county-new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-34003

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 25,527 |
| 2022 | 25,330 |
| 2021 | 24,627 |
| 2020 | 25,277 |
| 2019 | 25,524 |
| 2018 | 25,352 |
| 2017 | 25,380 |
| 2016 | 25,343 |
| 2015 | 25,283 |
| 2014 | 25,259 |
| 2013 | 25,222 |
| 2012 | 25,251 |
| 2011 | 25,015 |
| 2010 | 25,179 |
| 2009 | 25,609 |
| 2008 | 26,383 |
| 2007 | 26,946 |
| 2006 | 26,911 |
| 2005 | 26,652 |
| 2004 | 26,441 |
| 2003 | 26,248 |
| 2002 | 26,367 |
| 2001 | 26,471 |
| 2000 | 26,465 |
| 1999 | 26,540 |
| 1998 | 26,434 |
| 1997 | 26,073 |
| 1996 | 25,783 |
| 1995 | 25,460 |
| 1994 | 24,940 |
| 1993 | 24,712 |
| 1992 | 24,373 |
| 1991 | 24,655 |
| 1990 | 25,319 |
| 1989 | 25,271 |
| 1988 | 25,035 |
| 1987 | 24,526 |
| 1986 | 24,124 |
| 1985 | 23,624 |
| 1984 | 23,172 |
| 1983 | 22,418 |
| 1982 | 21,824 |
| 1981 | 21,621 |
| 1980 | 21,160 |
| 1979 | 20,716 |
| 1978 | 19,941 |