# Employer firms in Cherokee County

Employer firms in Cherokee County was 808 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-45021`
- 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-south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-45021

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 808 |
| 2022 | 802 |
| 2021 | 802 |
| 2020 | 818 |
| 2019 | 820 |
| 2018 | 827 |
| 2017 | 827 |
| 2016 | 845 |
| 2015 | 830 |
| 2014 | 838 |
| 2013 | 854 |
| 2012 | 857 |
| 2011 | 866 |
| 2010 | 878 |
| 2009 | 905 |
| 2008 | 917 |
| 2007 | 947 |
| 2006 | 929 |
| 2005 | 912 |
| 2004 | 922 |
| 2003 | 948 |
| 2002 | 920 |
| 2001 | 914 |
| 2000 | 940 |
| 1999 | 945 |
| 1998 | 921 |
| 1997 | 875 |
| 1996 | 829 |
| 1995 | 798 |
| 1994 | 780 |
| 1993 | 764 |
| 1992 | 737 |
| 1991 | 738 |
| 1990 | 756 |
| 1989 | 760 |
| 1988 | 730 |
| 1987 | 673 |
| 1986 | 655 |
| 1985 | 654 |
| 1984 | 635 |
| 1983 | 597 |
| 1982 | 594 |
| 1981 | 607 |
| 1980 | 610 |
| 1979 | 621 |
| 1978 | 607 |