# Employer firms in Delaware County

Employer firms in Delaware County was 442 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-19055`
- 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-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-19055

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 442 |
| 2022 | 447 |
| 2021 | 444 |
| 2020 | 434 |
| 2019 | 430 |
| 2018 | 432 |
| 2017 | 423 |
| 2016 | 417 |
| 2015 | 423 |
| 2014 | 427 |
| 2013 | 429 |
| 2012 | 435 |
| 2011 | 426 |
| 2010 | 425 |
| 2009 | 426 |
| 2008 | 437 |
| 2007 | 444 |
| 2006 | 436 |
| 2005 | 437 |
| 2004 | 433 |
| 2003 | 425 |
| 2002 | 417 |
| 2001 | 418 |
| 2000 | 418 |
| 1999 | 404 |
| 1998 | 401 |
| 1997 | 385 |
| 1996 | 389 |
| 1995 | 377 |
| 1994 | 376 |
| 1993 | 369 |
| 1992 | 363 |
| 1991 | 358 |
| 1990 | 347 |
| 1989 | 337 |
| 1988 | 328 |
| 1987 | 337 |
| 1986 | 331 |
| 1985 | 340 |
| 1984 | 347 |
| 1983 | 332 |
| 1982 | 341 |
| 1981 | 345 |
| 1980 | 346 |
| 1979 | 330 |
| 1978 | 320 |