# Employer firms in Butte County

Employer firms in Butte County was 3,735 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06007`
- 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/butte-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06007

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,735 |
| 2022 | 3,698 |
| 2021 | 3,661 |
| 2020 | 3,713 |
| 2019 | 3,639 |
| 2018 | 3,788 |
| 2017 | 3,747 |
| 2016 | 3,743 |
| 2015 | 3,739 |
| 2014 | 3,715 |
| 2013 | 3,727 |
| 2012 | 3,702 |
| 2011 | 3,752 |
| 2010 | 3,809 |
| 2009 | 3,885 |
| 2008 | 4,002 |
| 2007 | 4,067 |
| 2006 | 4,047 |
| 2005 | 3,999 |
| 2004 | 3,915 |
| 2003 | 3,889 |
| 2002 | 3,864 |
| 2001 | 3,787 |
| 2000 | 3,733 |
| 1999 | 3,691 |
| 1998 | 3,670 |
| 1997 | 3,626 |
| 1996 | 3,682 |
| 1995 | 3,683 |
| 1994 | 3,730 |
| 1993 | 3,777 |
| 1992 | 3,858 |
| 1991 | 3,902 |
| 1990 | 3,801 |
| 1989 | 3,690 |
| 1988 | 3,550 |
| 1987 | 3,505 |
| 1986 | 3,392 |
| 1985 | 3,324 |
| 1984 | 3,214 |
| 1983 | 3,063 |
| 1982 | 3,014 |
| 1981 | 3,100 |
| 1980 | 3,058 |
| 1979 | 2,926 |
| 1978 | 2,750 |