# Employer firms in Cecil County

Employer firms in Cecil County was 1,471 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-24015`
- 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/cecil-county-maryland
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-24015

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,471 |
| 2022 | 1,453 |
| 2021 | 1,458 |
| 2020 | 1,457 |
| 2019 | 1,461 |
| 2018 | 1,454 |
| 2017 | 1,453 |
| 2016 | 1,462 |
| 2015 | 1,448 |
| 2014 | 1,474 |
| 2013 | 1,477 |
| 2012 | 1,507 |
| 2011 | 1,483 |
| 2010 | 1,507 |
| 2009 | 1,520 |
| 2008 | 1,571 |
| 2007 | 1,596 |
| 2006 | 1,607 |
| 2005 | 1,549 |
| 2004 | 1,506 |
| 2003 | 1,469 |
| 2002 | 1,423 |
| 2001 | 1,375 |
| 2000 | 1,397 |
| 1999 | 1,405 |
| 1998 | 1,350 |
| 1997 | 1,346 |
| 1996 | 1,311 |
| 1995 | 1,309 |
| 1994 | 1,286 |
| 1993 | 1,275 |
| 1992 | 1,243 |
| 1991 | 1,257 |
| 1990 | 1,229 |
| 1989 | 1,192 |
| 1988 | 1,123 |
| 1987 | 1,049 |
| 1986 | 995 |
| 1985 | 922 |
| 1984 | 888 |
| 1983 | 867 |
| 1982 | 872 |
| 1981 | 896 |
| 1980 | 891 |
| 1979 | 887 |
| 1978 | 862 |