# Employer firms in Clackamas County

Employer firms in Clackamas County was 10,144 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-41005`
- 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/clackamas-county-oregon
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-41005

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,144 |
| 2022 | 10,072 |
| 2021 | 9,817 |
| 2020 | 9,746 |
| 2019 | 9,751 |
| 2018 | 9,650 |
| 2017 | 9,441 |
| 2016 | 9,295 |
| 2015 | 9,065 |
| 2014 | 8,806 |
| 2013 | 8,702 |
| 2012 | 8,608 |
| 2011 | 8,582 |
| 2010 | 8,594 |
| 2009 | 8,764 |
| 2008 | 9,268 |
| 2007 | 9,354 |
| 2006 | 9,032 |
| 2005 | 8,591 |
| 2004 | 8,341 |
| 2003 | 8,176 |
| 2002 | 8,053 |
| 2001 | 8,017 |
| 2000 | 7,978 |
| 1999 | 7,929 |
| 1998 | 7,854 |
| 1997 | 7,607 |
| 1996 | 7,354 |
| 1995 | 7,164 |
| 1994 | 6,840 |
| 1993 | 6,376 |
| 1992 | 6,080 |
| 1991 | 5,871 |
| 1990 | 5,686 |
| 1989 | 5,464 |
| 1988 | 5,209 |
| 1987 | 5,017 |
| 1986 | 4,859 |
| 1985 | 4,596 |
| 1984 | 4,441 |
| 1983 | 4,133 |
| 1982 | 4,097 |
| 1981 | 4,152 |
| 1980 | 4,096 |
| 1979 | 4,008 |
| 1978 | 3,777 |