# Employer firms in Brazoria County

Employer firms in Brazoria County was 5,101 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48039`
- 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/brazoria-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48039

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,101 |
| 2022 | 4,962 |
| 2021 | 4,768 |
| 2020 | 4,645 |
| 2019 | 4,625 |
| 2018 | 4,467 |
| 2017 | 4,392 |
| 2016 | 4,274 |
| 2015 | 4,219 |
| 2014 | 4,061 |
| 2013 | 4,044 |
| 2012 | 3,959 |
| 2011 | 3,900 |
| 2010 | 3,849 |
| 2009 | 3,821 |
| 2008 | 3,731 |
| 2007 | 3,687 |
| 2006 | 3,603 |
| 2005 | 3,490 |
| 2004 | 3,434 |
| 2003 | 3,392 |
| 2002 | 3,304 |
| 2001 | 3,247 |
| 2000 | 3,230 |
| 1999 | 3,219 |
| 1998 | 3,139 |
| 1997 | 3,095 |
| 1996 | 3,051 |
| 1995 | 3,012 |
| 1994 | 2,945 |
| 1993 | 2,892 |
| 1992 | 2,805 |
| 1991 | 2,773 |
| 1990 | 2,704 |
| 1989 | 2,662 |
| 1988 | 2,670 |
| 1987 | 2,650 |
| 1986 | 2,747 |
| 1985 | 2,726 |
| 1984 | 2,777 |
| 1983 | 2,699 |
| 1982 | 2,658 |
| 1981 | 2,590 |
| 1980 | 2,587 |
| 1979 | 2,463 |
| 1978 | 2,271 |