# Employer firms in Clark County

Employer firms in Clark County was 9,797 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53011`
- 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/clark-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53011

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9,797 |
| 2022 | 9,638 |
| 2021 | 9,308 |
| 2020 | 9,047 |
| 2019 | 9,044 |
| 2018 | 8,880 |
| 2017 | 8,675 |
| 2016 | 8,366 |
| 2015 | 8,045 |
| 2014 | 7,850 |
| 2013 | 7,664 |
| 2012 | 7,531 |
| 2011 | 7,423 |
| 2010 | 7,450 |
| 2009 | 7,499 |
| 2008 | 7,872 |
| 2007 | 7,871 |
| 2006 | 7,715 |
| 2005 | 7,331 |
| 2004 | 6,985 |
| 2003 | 6,744 |
| 2002 | 6,575 |
| 2001 | 6,525 |
| 2000 | 6,434 |
| 1999 | 6,307 |
| 1998 | 6,195 |
| 1997 | 6,002 |
| 1996 | 5,880 |
| 1995 | 5,654 |
| 1994 | 5,404 |
| 1993 | 5,047 |
| 1992 | 4,788 |
| 1991 | 4,591 |
| 1990 | 4,418 |
| 1989 | 4,169 |
| 1988 | 3,986 |
| 1987 | 3,831 |
| 1986 | 3,667 |
| 1985 | 3,541 |
| 1984 | 3,437 |
| 1983 | 3,168 |
| 1982 | 3,012 |
| 1981 | 3,131 |
| 1980 | 3,110 |
| 1979 | 3,056 |
| 1978 | 2,843 |