# Employer firms in DeKalb County

Employer firms in DeKalb County was 13,941 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-13089`
- 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/dekalb-county-georgia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-13089

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13,941 |
| 2022 | 13,909 |
| 2021 | 13,787 |
| 2020 | 13,001 |
| 2019 | 12,976 |
| 2018 | 12,810 |
| 2017 | 12,645 |
| 2016 | 12,544 |
| 2015 | 12,307 |
| 2014 | 12,146 |
| 2013 | 12,026 |
| 2012 | 11,840 |
| 2011 | 11,808 |
| 2010 | 11,864 |
| 2009 | 11,996 |
| 2008 | 12,386 |
| 2007 | 12,610 |
| 2006 | 12,406 |
| 2005 | 12,060 |
| 2004 | 11,834 |
| 2003 | 11,616 |
| 2002 | 11,511 |
| 2001 | 11,538 |
| 2000 | 11,622 |
| 1999 | 11,751 |
| 1998 | 11,595 |
| 1997 | 11,518 |
| 1996 | 11,442 |
| 1995 | 11,382 |
| 1994 | 11,158 |
| 1993 | 10,971 |
| 1992 | 10,761 |
| 1991 | 10,814 |
| 1990 | 11,006 |
| 1989 | 10,967 |
| 1988 | 10,821 |
| 1987 | 10,632 |
| 1986 | 10,361 |
| 1985 | 9,943 |
| 1984 | 9,570 |
| 1983 | 9,099 |
| 1982 | 8,784 |
| 1981 | 8,756 |
| 1980 | 8,536 |
| 1979 | 8,309 |
| 1978 | 7,984 |