# Employer firms in Delaware County

Employer firms in Delaware County was 1,768 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-18035`
- 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/delaware-county-indiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-18035

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,768 |
| 2022 | 1,765 |
| 2021 | 1,738 |
| 2020 | 1,748 |
| 2019 | 1,797 |
| 2018 | 1,797 |
| 2017 | 1,822 |
| 2016 | 1,833 |
| 2015 | 1,836 |
| 2014 | 1,826 |
| 2013 | 1,827 |
| 2012 | 1,853 |
| 2011 | 1,868 |
| 2010 | 1,909 |
| 2009 | 1,942 |
| 2008 | 1,999 |
| 2007 | 2,048 |
| 2006 | 2,068 |
| 2005 | 2,065 |
| 2004 | 2,074 |
| 2003 | 2,052 |
| 2002 | 2,068 |
| 2001 | 2,091 |
| 2000 | 2,125 |
| 1999 | 2,170 |
| 1998 | 2,181 |
| 1997 | 2,172 |
| 1996 | 2,188 |
| 1995 | 2,207 |
| 1994 | 2,163 |
| 1993 | 2,144 |
| 1992 | 2,108 |
| 1991 | 2,125 |
| 1990 | 2,101 |
| 1989 | 2,128 |
| 1988 | 2,106 |
| 1987 | 2,095 |
| 1986 | 2,057 |
| 1985 | 2,062 |
| 1984 | 2,050 |
| 1983 | 2,016 |
| 1982 | 2,004 |
| 1981 | 2,055 |
| 1980 | 2,063 |
| 1979 | 2,068 |
| 1978 | 2,053 |