# Employer firms in Brown County

Employer firms in Brown County was 5,001 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-55009`
- 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/brown-county-wisconsin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-55009

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,001 |
| 2022 | 4,940 |
| 2021 | 4,918 |
| 2020 | 4,891 |
| 2019 | 4,992 |
| 2018 | 5,013 |
| 2017 | 4,994 |
| 2016 | 5,020 |
| 2015 | 4,977 |
| 2014 | 4,950 |
| 2013 | 4,921 |
| 2012 | 4,904 |
| 2011 | 4,955 |
| 2010 | 5,012 |
| 2009 | 5,077 |
| 2008 | 5,186 |
| 2007 | 5,258 |
| 2006 | 5,310 |
| 2005 | 5,274 |
| 2004 | 5,225 |
| 2003 | 5,119 |
| 2002 | 5,077 |
| 2001 | 5,032 |
| 2000 | 4,987 |
| 1999 | 4,921 |
| 1998 | 4,841 |
| 1997 | 4,740 |
| 1996 | 4,645 |
| 1995 | 4,571 |
| 1994 | 4,411 |
| 1993 | 4,338 |
| 1992 | 4,216 |
| 1991 | 4,155 |
| 1990 | 4,076 |
| 1989 | 3,973 |
| 1988 | 3,941 |
| 1987 | 3,879 |
| 1986 | 3,697 |
| 1985 | 3,639 |
| 1984 | 3,586 |
| 1983 | 3,480 |
| 1982 | 3,414 |
| 1981 | 3,450 |
| 1980 | 3,410 |
| 1979 | 3,360 |
| 1978 | 3,226 |