# Employer firms in Black Hawk County

Employer firms in Black Hawk County was 2,374 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-19013`
- 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/black-hawk-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-19013

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,374 |
| 2022 | 2,373 |
| 2021 | 2,388 |
| 2020 | 2,391 |
| 2019 | 2,387 |
| 2018 | 2,372 |
| 2017 | 2,368 |
| 2016 | 2,436 |
| 2015 | 2,423 |
| 2014 | 2,446 |
| 2013 | 2,437 |
| 2012 | 2,456 |
| 2011 | 2,484 |
| 2010 | 2,468 |
| 2009 | 2,446 |
| 2008 | 2,488 |
| 2007 | 2,515 |
| 2006 | 2,504 |
| 2005 | 2,464 |
| 2004 | 2,431 |
| 2003 | 2,435 |
| 2002 | 2,432 |
| 2001 | 2,445 |
| 2000 | 2,490 |
| 1999 | 2,537 |
| 1998 | 2,536 |
| 1997 | 2,522 |
| 1996 | 2,550 |
| 1995 | 2,572 |
| 1994 | 2,561 |
| 1993 | 2,540 |
| 1992 | 2,479 |
| 1991 | 2,448 |
| 1990 | 2,465 |
| 1989 | 2,404 |
| 1988 | 2,395 |
| 1987 | 2,386 |
| 1986 | 2,415 |
| 1985 | 2,472 |
| 1984 | 2,545 |
| 1983 | 2,501 |
| 1982 | 2,540 |
| 1981 | 2,584 |
| 1980 | 2,591 |
| 1979 | 2,586 |
| 1978 | 2,545 |