# Employer firms in Berrien County

Employer firms in Berrien County was 2,711 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-26021`
- 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/berrien-county-michigan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-26021

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 2,684 |
| 2021 | 2,672 |
| 2020 | 2,731 |
| 2019 | 2,765 |
| 2018 | 2,754 |
| 2017 | 2,776 |
| 2016 | 2,817 |
| 2015 | 2,814 |
| 2014 | 2,804 |
| 2013 | 2,828 |
| 2012 | 2,894 |
| 2011 | 2,914 |
| 2010 | 2,944 |
| 2009 | 3,030 |
| 2008 | 3,140 |
| 2007 | 3,163 |
| 2006 | 3,152 |
| 2005 | 3,207 |
| 2004 | 3,257 |
| 2003 | 3,275 |
| 2002 | 3,251 |
| 2001 | 3,249 |
| 2000 | 3,269 |
| 1999 | 3,279 |
| 1998 | 3,310 |
| 1997 | 3,306 |
| 1996 | 3,265 |
| 1995 | 3,228 |
| 1994 | 3,156 |
| 1993 | 3,114 |
| 1992 | 3,045 |
| 1991 | 3,057 |
| 1990 | 3,015 |
| 1989 | 2,961 |
| 1988 | 2,885 |
| 1987 | 2,830 |
| 1986 | 2,842 |
| 1985 | 2,835 |
| 1984 | 2,800 |
| 1983 | 2,686 |
| 1982 | 2,630 |
| 1981 | 2,739 |
| 1980 | 2,821 |
| 1979 | 2,796 |
| 1978 | 2,753 |