# Employer firms in Berks County

Employer firms in Berks County was 6,579 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-42011`
- 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/berks-county-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-42011

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,579 |
| 2022 | 6,560 |
| 2021 | 6,414 |
| 2020 | 6,537 |
| 2019 | 6,537 |
| 2018 | 6,528 |
| 2017 | 6,582 |
| 2016 | 6,612 |
| 2015 | 6,559 |
| 2014 | 6,527 |
| 2013 | 6,552 |
| 2012 | 6,581 |
| 2011 | 6,523 |
| 2010 | 6,651 |
| 2009 | 6,739 |
| 2008 | 6,877 |
| 2007 | 6,929 |
| 2006 | 6,959 |
| 2005 | 6,893 |
| 2004 | 6,864 |
| 2003 | 6,771 |
| 2002 | 6,751 |
| 2001 | 6,712 |
| 2000 | 6,723 |
| 1999 | 6,655 |
| 1998 | 6,658 |
| 1997 | 6,538 |
| 1996 | 6,505 |
| 1995 | 6,527 |
| 1994 | 6,389 |
| 1993 | 6,341 |
| 1992 | 6,304 |
| 1991 | 6,294 |
| 1990 | 6,314 |
| 1989 | 6,219 |
| 1988 | 6,070 |
| 1987 | 5,965 |
| 1986 | 5,790 |
| 1985 | 5,569 |
| 1984 | 5,565 |
| 1983 | 5,453 |
| 1982 | 5,277 |
| 1981 | 5,329 |
| 1980 | 5,350 |
| 1979 | 5,417 |
| 1978 | 5,262 |