# Employer firms in Dallas County

Employer firms in Dallas County was 50,983 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48113`
- 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/dallas-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48113

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 50,983 |
| 2022 | 50,359 |
| 2021 | 49,495 |
| 2020 | 47,942 |
| 2019 | 47,563 |
| 2018 | 46,982 |
| 2017 | 46,704 |
| 2016 | 46,235 |
| 2015 | 45,410 |
| 2014 | 44,703 |
| 2013 | 43,912 |
| 2012 | 43,310 |
| 2011 | 42,657 |
| 2010 | 42,876 |
| 2009 | 43,063 |
| 2008 | 43,313 |
| 2007 | 43,609 |
| 2006 | 43,369 |
| 2005 | 42,814 |
| 2004 | 42,672 |
| 2003 | 42,622 |
| 2002 | 42,680 |
| 2001 | 43,077 |
| 2000 | 43,294 |
| 1999 | 43,720 |
| 1998 | 44,081 |
| 1997 | 43,794 |
| 1996 | 43,507 |
| 1995 | 42,989 |
| 1994 | 42,096 |
| 1993 | 41,230 |
| 1992 | 40,097 |
| 1991 | 39,862 |
| 1990 | 39,653 |
| 1989 | 39,112 |
| 1988 | 39,422 |
| 1987 | 40,223 |
| 1986 | 40,906 |
| 1985 | 40,320 |
| 1984 | 39,430 |
| 1983 | 37,341 |
| 1982 | 35,444 |
| 1981 | 34,780 |
| 1980 | 33,513 |
| 1979 | 32,114 |
| 1978 | 31,036 |