# Employer firms in Denver County

Employer firms in Denver County was 20,672 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-08031`
- 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/denver-county-colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-08031

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 20,672 |
| 2022 | 20,479 |
| 2021 | 20,086 |
| 2020 | 19,542 |
| 2019 | 19,421 |
| 2018 | 19,035 |
| 2017 | 18,700 |
| 2016 | 18,407 |
| 2015 | 17,864 |
| 2014 | 17,463 |
| 2013 | 16,971 |
| 2012 | 16,633 |
| 2011 | 16,351 |
| 2010 | 16,270 |
| 2009 | 16,210 |
| 2008 | 16,466 |
| 2007 | 16,489 |
| 2006 | 16,374 |
| 2005 | 16,132 |
| 2004 | 15,917 |
| 2003 | 15,775 |
| 2002 | 15,725 |
| 2001 | 15,915 |
| 2000 | 15,799 |
| 1999 | 15,816 |
| 1998 | 15,776 |
| 1997 | 15,567 |
| 1996 | 15,552 |
| 1995 | 15,557 |
| 1994 | 15,194 |
| 1993 | 14,835 |
| 1992 | 14,533 |
| 1991 | 14,414 |
| 1990 | 14,329 |
| 1989 | 14,256 |
| 1988 | 14,360 |
| 1987 | 14,335 |
| 1986 | 14,685 |
| 1985 | 14,915 |
| 1984 | 15,099 |
| 1983 | 14,744 |
| 1982 | 14,464 |
| 1981 | 14,338 |
| 1980 | 14,118 |
| 1979 | 13,928 |
| 1978 | 13,647 |