# Employer firms in Columbia County

Employer firms in Columbia County was 1,200 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12023`
- 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/columbia-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12023

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,200 |
| 2022 | 1,203 |
| 2021 | 1,199 |
| 2020 | 1,167 |
| 2019 | 1,157 |
| 2018 | 1,144 |
| 2017 | 1,122 |
| 2016 | 1,126 |
| 2015 | 1,101 |
| 2014 | 1,105 |
| 2013 | 1,112 |
| 2012 | 1,124 |
| 2011 | 1,106 |
| 2010 | 1,126 |
| 2009 | 1,168 |
| 2008 | 1,176 |
| 2007 | 1,192 |
| 2006 | 1,151 |
| 2005 | 1,113 |
| 2004 | 1,066 |
| 2003 | 1,010 |
| 2002 | 999 |
| 2001 | 973 |
| 2000 | 951 |
| 1999 | 947 |
| 1998 | 958 |
| 1997 | 947 |
| 1996 | 941 |
| 1995 | 917 |
| 1994 | 870 |
| 1993 | 856 |
| 1992 | 836 |
| 1991 | 849 |
| 1990 | 824 |
| 1989 | 802 |
| 1988 | 785 |
| 1987 | 756 |
| 1986 | 737 |
| 1985 | 737 |
| 1984 | 716 |
| 1983 | 719 |
| 1982 | 691 |
| 1981 | 686 |
| 1980 | 683 |
| 1979 | 674 |
| 1978 | 632 |