# Employer firms in Berkshire County

Employer firms in Berkshire County was 2,919 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-25003`
- 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/berkshire-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-25003

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,919 |
| 2022 | 2,908 |
| 2021 | 2,841 |
| 2020 | 2,940 |
| 2019 | 2,985 |
| 2018 | 2,949 |
| 2017 | 3,049 |
| 2016 | 3,068 |
| 2015 | 3,000 |
| 2014 | 3,046 |
| 2013 | 3,061 |
| 2012 | 3,135 |
| 2011 | 3,097 |
| 2010 | 3,167 |
| 2009 | 3,217 |
| 2008 | 3,320 |
| 2007 | 3,399 |
| 2006 | 3,398 |
| 2005 | 3,355 |
| 2004 | 3,514 |
| 2003 | 3,402 |
| 2002 | 3,418 |
| 2001 | 3,469 |
| 2000 | 3,452 |
| 1999 | 3,389 |
| 1998 | 3,269 |
| 1997 | 3,226 |
| 1996 | 3,214 |
| 1995 | 3,225 |
| 1994 | 3,156 |
| 1993 | 3,151 |
| 1992 | 3,147 |
| 1991 | 3,246 |
| 1990 | 3,383 |
| 1989 | 3,423 |
| 1988 | 3,298 |
| 1987 | 3,204 |
| 1986 | 3,107 |
| 1985 | 2,996 |
| 1984 | 2,923 |
| 1983 | 2,769 |
| 1982 | 2,751 |
| 1981 | 2,761 |
| 1980 | 2,724 |
| 1979 | 2,726 |
| 1978 | 2,715 |