# Employer firms in Butler County

Employer firms in Butler County was 3,913 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-42019`
- 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/butler-county-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-42019

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,913 |
| 2022 | 3,875 |
| 2021 | 3,828 |
| 2020 | 3,882 |
| 2019 | 3,893 |
| 2018 | 3,853 |
| 2017 | 3,838 |
| 2016 | 3,886 |
| 2015 | 3,881 |
| 2014 | 3,861 |
| 2013 | 3,786 |
| 2012 | 3,815 |
| 2011 | 3,778 |
| 2010 | 3,771 |
| 2009 | 3,798 |
| 2008 | 3,806 |
| 2007 | 3,871 |
| 2006 | 3,841 |
| 2005 | 3,818 |
| 2004 | 3,733 |
| 2003 | 3,668 |
| 2002 | 3,602 |
| 2001 | 3,625 |
| 2000 | 3,584 |
| 1999 | 3,571 |
| 1998 | 3,538 |
| 1997 | 3,470 |
| 1996 | 3,359 |
| 1995 | 3,293 |
| 1994 | 3,256 |
| 1993 | 3,232 |
| 1992 | 3,150 |
| 1991 | 3,143 |
| 1990 | 3,127 |
| 1989 | 3,015 |
| 1988 | 2,939 |
| 1987 | 2,824 |
| 1986 | 2,726 |
| 1985 | 2,593 |
| 1984 | 2,529 |
| 1983 | 2,443 |
| 1982 | 2,387 |
| 1981 | 2,382 |
| 1980 | 2,434 |
| 1979 | 2,446 |
| 1978 | 2,366 |