# Employer firms in Boulder County

Employer firms in Boulder County was 10,197 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-08013`
- 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/boulder-county-colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-08013

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,197 |
| 2022 | 10,311 |
| 2021 | 10,173 |
| 2020 | 9,962 |
| 2019 | 9,937 |
| 2018 | 9,772 |
| 2017 | 9,646 |
| 2016 | 9,480 |
| 2015 | 9,255 |
| 2014 | 9,176 |
| 2013 | 9,016 |
| 2012 | 8,896 |
| 2011 | 8,769 |
| 2010 | 8,678 |
| 2009 | 8,742 |
| 2008 | 8,881 |
| 2007 | 8,815 |
| 2006 | 8,599 |
| 2005 | 8,397 |
| 2004 | 8,228 |
| 2003 | 8,082 |
| 2002 | 7,985 |
| 2001 | 7,990 |
| 2000 | 7,851 |
| 1999 | 7,660 |
| 1998 | 7,500 |
| 1997 | 7,191 |
| 1996 | 7,051 |
| 1995 | 6,827 |
| 1994 | 6,560 |
| 1993 | 6,185 |
| 1992 | 5,756 |
| 1991 | 5,561 |
| 1990 | 5,349 |
| 1989 | 5,199 |
| 1988 | 5,056 |
| 1987 | 4,965 |
| 1986 | 4,914 |
| 1985 | 4,854 |
| 1984 | 4,728 |
| 1983 | 4,306 |
| 1982 | 4,096 |
| 1981 | 4,032 |
| 1980 | 3,974 |
| 1979 | 3,851 |
| 1978 | 3,628 |