# Employer firms in Clay County

Employer firms in Clay County was 3,411 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12019`
- 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/clay-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12019

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,411 |
| 2022 | 3,348 |
| 2021 | 3,323 |
| 2020 | 3,141 |
| 2019 | 3,145 |
| 2018 | 3,062 |
| 2017 | 3,027 |
| 2016 | 2,980 |
| 2015 | 2,893 |
| 2014 | 2,871 |
| 2013 | 2,790 |
| 2012 | 2,772 |
| 2011 | 2,724 |
| 2010 | 2,730 |
| 2009 | 2,806 |
| 2008 | 2,946 |
| 2007 | 3,034 |
| 2006 | 2,976 |
| 2005 | 2,786 |
| 2004 | 2,649 |
| 2003 | 2,449 |
| 2002 | 2,368 |
| 2001 | 2,288 |
| 2000 | 2,265 |
| 1999 | 2,225 |
| 1998 | 2,215 |
| 1997 | 2,190 |
| 1996 | 2,169 |
| 1995 | 2,169 |
| 1994 | 2,111 |
| 1993 | 2,044 |
| 1992 | 1,979 |
| 1991 | 1,930 |
| 1990 | 1,942 |
| 1989 | 1,940 |
| 1988 | 1,854 |
| 1987 | 1,779 |
| 1986 | 1,665 |
| 1985 | 1,531 |
| 1984 | 1,417 |
| 1983 | 1,276 |
| 1982 | 1,192 |
| 1981 | 1,158 |
| 1980 | 1,096 |
| 1979 | 1,024 |
| 1978 | 932 |