# Employer firms in Cherokee County

Employer firms in Cherokee County was 5,117 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-13057`
- 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/cherokee-county-georgia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-13057

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,117 |
| 2022 | 4,975 |
| 2021 | 4,802 |
| 2020 | 4,616 |
| 2019 | 4,593 |
| 2018 | 4,422 |
| 2017 | 4,338 |
| 2016 | 4,150 |
| 2015 | 4,081 |
| 2014 | 4,006 |
| 2013 | 3,847 |
| 2012 | 3,793 |
| 2011 | 3,734 |
| 2010 | 3,715 |
| 2009 | 3,833 |
| 2008 | 4,046 |
| 2007 | 4,114 |
| 2006 | 3,877 |
| 2005 | 3,666 |
| 2004 | 3,452 |
| 2003 | 3,225 |
| 2002 | 3,123 |
| 2001 | 3,015 |
| 2000 | 2,869 |
| 1999 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 2,569 |
| 1997 | 2,382 |
| 1996 | 2,253 |
| 1995 | 2,057 |
| 1994 | 1,890 |
| 1993 | 1,723 |
| 1992 | 1,602 |
| 1991 | 1,515 |
| 1990 | 1,491 |
| 1989 | 1,456 |
| 1988 | 1,359 |
| 1987 | 1,239 |
| 1986 | 1,110 |
| 1985 | 995 |
| 1984 | 885 |
| 1983 | 773 |
| 1982 | 696 |
| 1981 | 694 |
| 1980 | 665 |
| 1979 | 626 |
| 1978 | 589 |