# Employer firms in Coles County

Employer firms in Coles County was 845 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17029`
- 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/coles-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17029

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 845 |
| 2022 | 840 |
| 2021 | 848 |
| 2020 | 853 |
| 2019 | 879 |
| 2018 | 877 |
| 2017 | 900 |
| 2016 | 910 |
| 2015 | 904 |
| 2014 | 920 |
| 2013 | 918 |
| 2012 | 947 |
| 2011 | 955 |
| 2010 | 962 |
| 2009 | 971 |
| 2008 | 974 |
| 2007 | 973 |
| 2006 | 999 |
| 2005 | 1,010 |
| 2004 | 1,020 |
| 2003 | 1,016 |
| 2002 | 1,038 |
| 2001 | 1,032 |
| 2000 | 1,062 |
| 1999 | 1,059 |
| 1998 | 1,051 |
| 1997 | 1,031 |
| 1996 | 1,028 |
| 1995 | 1,018 |
| 1994 | 1,014 |
| 1993 | 996 |
| 1992 | 980 |
| 1991 | 974 |
| 1990 | 983 |
| 1989 | 971 |
| 1988 | 974 |
| 1987 | 952 |
| 1986 | 925 |
| 1985 | 953 |
| 1984 | 977 |
| 1983 | 971 |
| 1982 | 984 |
| 1981 | 1,021 |
| 1980 | 1,017 |
| 1979 | 1,032 |
| 1978 | 1,004 |