# Employer firms in Dane County

Employer firms in Dane County was 10,900 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-55025`
- 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/dane-county-wisconsin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-55025

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,900 |
| 2022 | 10,759 |
| 2021 | 10,596 |
| 2020 | 10,609 |
| 2019 | 10,637 |
| 2018 | 10,588 |
| 2017 | 10,537 |
| 2016 | 10,462 |
| 2015 | 10,280 |
| 2014 | 10,153 |
| 2013 | 9,979 |
| 2012 | 9,977 |
| 2011 | 9,983 |
| 2010 | 9,916 |
| 2009 | 10,028 |
| 2008 | 10,125 |
| 2007 | 10,191 |
| 2006 | 10,128 |
| 2005 | 9,954 |
| 2004 | 9,757 |
| 2003 | 9,591 |
| 2002 | 9,518 |
| 2001 | 9,364 |
| 2000 | 9,301 |
| 1999 | 9,217 |
| 1998 | 9,129 |
| 1997 | 9,024 |
| 1996 | 8,915 |
| 1995 | 8,840 |
| 1994 | 8,552 |
| 1993 | 8,286 |
| 1992 | 7,988 |
| 1991 | 7,918 |
| 1990 | 7,816 |
| 1989 | 7,659 |
| 1988 | 7,552 |
| 1987 | 7,363 |
| 1986 | 7,085 |
| 1985 | 7,065 |
| 1984 | 7,029 |
| 1983 | 6,829 |
| 1982 | 6,613 |
| 1981 | 6,645 |
| 1980 | 6,544 |
| 1979 | 6,461 |
| 1978 | 6,200 |