# Employer firms in Cumberland County

Employer firms in Cumberland County was 9,297 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-23005`
- 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/cumberland-county-maine
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-23005

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9,297 |
| 2022 | 9,174 |
| 2021 | 8,925 |
| 2020 | 8,886 |
| 2019 | 8,763 |
| 2018 | 8,691 |
| 2017 | 8,588 |
| 2016 | 8,559 |
| 2015 | 8,334 |
| 2014 | 8,201 |
| 2013 | 8,160 |
| 2012 | 8,109 |
| 2011 | 8,112 |
| 2010 | 8,153 |
| 2009 | 8,223 |
| 2008 | 8,496 |
| 2007 | 8,643 |
| 2006 | 8,678 |
| 2005 | 8,575 |
| 2004 | 8,436 |
| 2003 | 8,266 |
| 2002 | 8,116 |
| 2001 | 8,108 |
| 2000 | 7,976 |
| 1999 | 7,816 |
| 1998 | 7,665 |
| 1997 | 7,436 |
| 1996 | 7,333 |
| 1995 | 7,150 |
| 1994 | 6,945 |
| 1993 | 6,760 |
| 1992 | 6,621 |
| 1991 | 6,705 |
| 1990 | 6,805 |
| 1989 | 7,002 |
| 1988 | 6,797 |
| 1987 | 6,458 |
| 1986 | 6,047 |
| 1985 | 5,652 |
| 1984 | 5,413 |
| 1983 | 5,079 |
| 1982 | 4,899 |
| 1981 | 4,951 |
| 1980 | 4,917 |
| 1979 | 4,876 |
| 1978 | 4,695 |