# Employer firms in Buffalo County

Employer firms in Buffalo County was 1,486 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-31019`
- 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/buffalo-county-nebraska
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-31019

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,486 |
| 2022 | 1,471 |
| 2021 | 1,443 |
| 2020 | 1,399 |
| 2019 | 1,420 |
| 2018 | 1,397 |
| 2017 | 1,386 |
| 2016 | 1,362 |
| 2015 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 1,293 |
| 2012 | 1,288 |
| 2011 | 1,280 |
| 2010 | 1,264 |
| 2009 | 1,255 |
| 2008 | 1,245 |
| 2007 | 1,248 |
| 2006 | 1,232 |
| 2005 | 1,200 |
| 2004 | 1,192 |
| 2003 | 1,162 |
| 2002 | 1,146 |
| 2001 | 1,110 |
| 2000 | 1,104 |
| 1999 | 1,071 |
| 1998 | 1,081 |
| 1997 | 1,060 |
| 1996 | 1,058 |
| 1995 | 1,030 |
| 1994 | 1,004 |
| 1993 | 988 |
| 1992 | 989 |
| 1991 | 989 |
| 1990 | 970 |
| 1989 | 949 |
| 1988 | 956 |
| 1987 | 960 |
| 1986 | 946 |
| 1985 | 976 |
| 1984 | 988 |
| 1983 | 919 |
| 1982 | 883 |
| 1981 | 890 |
| 1980 | 881 |
| 1979 | 872 |
| 1978 | 847 |