# Employer firms in Cole County

Employer firms in Cole County was 1,805 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-29051`
- 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/cole-county-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-29051

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,805 |
| 2022 | 1,794 |
| 2021 | 1,792 |
| 2020 | 1,817 |
| 2019 | 1,804 |
| 2018 | 1,796 |
| 2017 | 1,825 |
| 2016 | 1,851 |
| 2015 | 1,848 |
| 2014 | 1,846 |
| 2013 | 1,849 |
| 2012 | 1,832 |
| 2011 | 1,820 |
| 2010 | 1,835 |
| 2009 | 1,856 |
| 2008 | 1,881 |
| 2007 | 1,912 |
| 2006 | 1,884 |
| 2005 | 1,907 |
| 2004 | 1,911 |
| 2003 | 1,843 |
| 2002 | 1,796 |
| 2001 | 1,771 |
| 2000 | 1,818 |
| 1999 | 1,776 |
| 1998 | 1,755 |
| 1997 | 1,714 |
| 1996 | 1,757 |
| 1995 | 1,719 |
| 1994 | 1,661 |
| 1993 | 1,652 |
| 1992 | 1,596 |
| 1991 | 1,568 |
| 1990 | 1,553 |
| 1989 | 1,580 |
| 1988 | 1,553 |
| 1987 | 1,539 |
| 1986 | 1,513 |
| 1985 | 1,489 |
| 1984 | 1,451 |
| 1983 | 1,384 |
| 1982 | 1,335 |
| 1981 | 1,324 |
| 1980 | 1,324 |
| 1979 | 1,313 |
| 1978 | 1,286 |