# Employer firms in Berkeley County

Employer firms in Berkeley County was 3,179 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-45015`
- 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/berkeley-county-south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-45015

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,179 |
| 2022 | 3,094 |
| 2021 | 2,975 |
| 2020 | 2,759 |
| 2019 | 2,686 |
| 2018 | 2,600 |
| 2017 | 2,562 |
| 2016 | 2,427 |
| 2015 | 2,325 |
| 2014 | 2,276 |
| 2013 | 2,223 |
| 2012 | 2,198 |
| 2011 | 2,167 |
| 2010 | 2,169 |
| 2009 | 2,214 |
| 2008 | 2,285 |
| 2007 | 2,302 |
| 2006 | 2,212 |
| 2005 | 2,077 |
| 2004 | 1,945 |
| 2003 | 1,875 |
| 2002 | 1,804 |
| 2001 | 1,766 |
| 2000 | 1,720 |
| 1999 | 1,691 |
| 1998 | 1,616 |
| 1997 | 1,524 |
| 1996 | 1,452 |
| 1995 | 1,387 |
| 1994 | 1,394 |
| 1993 | 1,362 |
| 1992 | 1,346 |
| 1991 | 1,356 |
| 1990 | 1,337 |
| 1989 | 1,304 |
| 1988 | 1,261 |
| 1987 | 1,211 |
| 1986 | 1,149 |
| 1985 | 1,071 |
| 1984 | 991 |
| 1983 | 920 |
| 1982 | 848 |
| 1981 | 856 |
| 1980 | 860 |
| 1979 | 844 |
| 1978 | 808 |