# Employer firms in Charleston County

Employer firms in Charleston County was 11,893 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-45019`
- 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/charleston-county-south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-45019

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,893 |
| 2022 | 11,527 |
| 2021 | 11,107 |
| 2020 | 10,827 |
| 2019 | 10,745 |
| 2018 | 10,490 |
| 2017 | 10,203 |
| 2016 | 9,974 |
| 2015 | 9,586 |
| 2014 | 9,265 |
| 2013 | 9,118 |
| 2012 | 8,968 |
| 2011 | 8,848 |
| 2010 | 8,844 |
| 2009 | 9,009 |
| 2008 | 9,319 |
| 2007 | 9,332 |
| 2006 | 9,164 |
| 2005 | 8,817 |
| 2004 | 8,476 |
| 2003 | 8,183 |
| 2002 | 8,008 |
| 2001 | 7,847 |
| 2000 | 7,831 |
| 1999 | 7,635 |
| 1998 | 7,490 |
| 1997 | 7,286 |
| 1996 | 7,140 |
| 1995 | 7,087 |
| 1994 | 6,964 |
| 1993 | 6,875 |
| 1992 | 6,715 |
| 1991 | 6,769 |
| 1990 | 6,570 |
| 1989 | 6,417 |
| 1988 | 6,222 |
| 1987 | 6,067 |
| 1986 | 5,884 |
| 1985 | 5,615 |
| 1984 | 5,444 |
| 1983 | 5,184 |
| 1982 | 5,052 |
| 1981 | 5,021 |
| 1980 | 4,921 |
| 1979 | 4,827 |
| 1978 | 4,694 |