# Employer firms in Bristol County

Employer firms in Bristol County was 1,107 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-44001`
- 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/bristol-county-rhode-island
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-44001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,107 |
| 2022 | 1,097 |
| 2021 | 1,046 |
| 2020 | 1,050 |
| 2019 | 1,048 |
| 2018 | 1,028 |
| 2017 | 1,044 |
| 2016 | 1,009 |
| 2015 | 999 |
| 2014 | 981 |
| 2013 | 988 |
| 2012 | 995 |
| 2011 | 987 |
| 2010 | 994 |
| 2009 | 1,034 |
| 2008 | 1,080 |
| 2007 | 1,098 |
| 2006 | 1,100 |
| 2005 | 1,083 |
| 2004 | 1,059 |
| 2003 | 1,026 |
| 2002 | 1,008 |
| 2001 | 1,018 |
| 2000 | 990 |
| 1999 | 985 |
| 1998 | 970 |
| 1997 | 948 |
| 1996 | 933 |
| 1995 | 905 |
| 1994 | 919 |
| 1993 | 919 |
| 1992 | 894 |
| 1991 | 882 |
| 1990 | 930 |
| 1989 | 914 |
| 1988 | 893 |
| 1987 | 864 |
| 1986 | 836 |
| 1985 | 777 |
| 1984 | 725 |
| 1983 | 701 |
| 1982 | 710 |
| 1981 | 714 |
| 1980 | 717 |
| 1979 | 719 |
| 1978 | 677 |