# Employer firms in Cowlitz County

Employer firms in Cowlitz County was 1,887 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53015`
- 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/cowlitz-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53015

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,887 |
| 2022 | 1,875 |
| 2021 | 1,815 |
| 2020 | 1,820 |
| 2019 | 1,842 |
| 2018 | 1,832 |
| 2017 | 1,828 |
| 2016 | 1,802 |
| 2015 | 1,793 |
| 2014 | 1,808 |
| 2013 | 1,810 |
| 2012 | 1,828 |
| 2011 | 1,844 |
| 2010 | 1,872 |
| 2009 | 1,885 |
| 2008 | 1,971 |
| 2007 | 1,992 |
| 2006 | 1,994 |
| 2005 | 1,973 |
| 2004 | 1,958 |
| 2003 | 1,938 |
| 2002 | 1,915 |
| 2001 | 1,938 |
| 2000 | 1,969 |
| 1999 | 1,997 |
| 1998 | 2,013 |
| 1997 | 1,969 |
| 1996 | 1,968 |
| 1995 | 1,914 |
| 1994 | 1,876 |
| 1993 | 1,807 |
| 1992 | 1,763 |
| 1991 | 1,735 |
| 1990 | 1,679 |
| 1989 | 1,612 |
| 1988 | 1,571 |
| 1987 | 1,572 |
| 1986 | 1,542 |
| 1985 | 1,521 |
| 1984 | 1,548 |
| 1983 | 1,487 |
| 1982 | 1,506 |
| 1981 | 1,499 |
| 1980 | 1,508 |
| 1979 | 1,497 |
| 1978 | 1,481 |