# Employer firms in Collier County

Employer firms in Collier County was 11,213 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12021`
- 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/collier-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12021

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,213 |
| 2022 | 10,864 |
| 2021 | 10,480 |
| 2020 | 10,036 |
| 2019 | 9,855 |
| 2018 | 9,713 |
| 2017 | 9,449 |
| 2016 | 9,249 |
| 2015 | 8,992 |
| 2014 | 8,708 |
| 2013 | 8,400 |
| 2012 | 8,152 |
| 2011 | 7,904 |
| 2010 | 7,785 |
| 2009 | 7,801 |
| 2008 | 8,160 |
| 2007 | 8,476 |
| 2006 | 8,532 |
| 2005 | 8,143 |
| 2004 | 7,738 |
| 2003 | 7,431 |
| 2002 | 7,197 |
| 2001 | 6,947 |
| 2000 | 6,720 |
| 1999 | 6,599 |
| 1998 | 6,420 |
| 1997 | 6,248 |
| 1996 | 6,009 |
| 1995 | 5,749 |
| 1994 | 5,536 |
| 1993 | 5,411 |
| 1992 | 5,188 |
| 1991 | 5,119 |
| 1990 | 4,995 |
| 1989 | 4,706 |
| 1988 | 4,421 |
| 1987 | 4,032 |
| 1986 | 3,741 |
| 1985 | 3,515 |
| 1984 | 3,323 |
| 1983 | 3,120 |
| 1982 | 2,991 |
| 1981 | 2,848 |
| 1980 | 2,684 |
| 1979 | 2,502 |
| 1978 | 2,302 |