# Employer firms in Delaware

Employer firms in Delaware was 20,713 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-10`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/delaware
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/delaware.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-10

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 20,713 |
| 2022 | 20,235 |
| 2021 | 19,621 |
| 2020 | 18,959 |
| 2019 | 18,082 |
| 2018 | 17,775 |
| 2017 | 17,549 |
| 2016 | 17,490 |
| 2015 | 17,146 |
| 2014 | 16,977 |
| 2013 | 16,883 |
| 2012 | 16,864 |
| 2011 | 16,984 |
| 2010 | 17,124 |
| 2009 | 17,341 |
| 2008 | 17,825 |
| 2007 | 18,105 |
| 2006 | 18,360 |
| 2005 | 18,345 |
| 2004 | 18,172 |
| 2003 | 17,786 |
| 2002 | 17,520 |
| 2001 | 17,614 |
| 2000 | 17,283 |
| 1999 | 16,828 |
| 1998 | 16,466 |
| 1997 | 15,967 |
| 1996 | 15,605 |
| 1995 | 15,413 |
| 1994 | 14,941 |
| 1993 | 14,628 |
| 1992 | 14,193 |
| 1991 | 14,221 |
| 1990 | 14,078 |
| 1989 | 13,588 |
| 1988 | 12,996 |
| 1987 | 12,493 |
| 1986 | 12,094 |
| 1985 | 11,500 |
| 1984 | 11,166 |
| 1983 | 10,793 |
| 1982 | 10,382 |
| 1981 | 10,352 |
| 1980 | 10,353 |
| 1979 | 10,315 |
| 1978 | 9,914 |