# Employer firms in Chester County

Employer firms in Chester County was 11,597 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-42029`
- 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/chester-county-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-42029

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,597 |
| 2022 | 11,533 |
| 2021 | 11,363 |
| 2020 | 11,405 |
| 2019 | 11,374 |
| 2018 | 11,262 |
| 2017 | 11,220 |
| 2016 | 11,162 |
| 2015 | 11,051 |
| 2014 | 11,006 |
| 2013 | 10,904 |
| 2012 | 10,919 |
| 2011 | 10,874 |
| 2010 | 10,886 |
| 2009 | 11,008 |
| 2008 | 11,149 |
| 2007 | 11,090 |
| 2006 | 11,040 |
| 2005 | 10,923 |
| 2004 | 10,687 |
| 2003 | 10,588 |
| 2002 | 10,526 |
| 2001 | 10,406 |
| 2000 | 10,341 |
| 1999 | 10,180 |
| 1998 | 9,981 |
| 1997 | 9,735 |
| 1996 | 9,576 |
| 1995 | 9,465 |
| 1994 | 9,199 |
| 1993 | 9,089 |
| 1992 | 9,008 |
| 1991 | 9,067 |
| 1990 | 9,062 |
| 1989 | 8,702 |
| 1988 | 8,298 |
| 1987 | 7,899 |
| 1986 | 7,559 |
| 1985 | 7,165 |
| 1984 | 6,870 |
| 1983 | 6,513 |
| 1982 | 6,258 |
| 1981 | 6,197 |
| 1980 | 6,171 |
| 1979 | 6,083 |
| 1978 | 5,800 |