# Employer firms in Dubuque County

Employer firms in Dubuque County was 2,190 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-19061`
- 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/dubuque-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-19061

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,190 |
| 2022 | 2,182 |
| 2021 | 2,164 |
| 2020 | 2,160 |
| 2019 | 2,162 |
| 2018 | 2,162 |
| 2017 | 2,189 |
| 2016 | 2,172 |
| 2015 | 2,166 |
| 2014 | 2,162 |
| 2013 | 2,172 |
| 2012 | 2,182 |
| 2011 | 2,143 |
| 2010 | 2,177 |
| 2009 | 2,166 |
| 2008 | 2,179 |
| 2007 | 2,202 |
| 2006 | 2,204 |
| 2005 | 2,183 |
| 2004 | 2,172 |
| 2003 | 2,136 |
| 2002 | 2,101 |
| 2001 | 2,112 |
| 2000 | 2,129 |
| 1999 | 2,084 |
| 1998 | 2,075 |
| 1997 | 2,062 |
| 1996 | 2,054 |
| 1995 | 2,012 |
| 1994 | 1,984 |
| 1993 | 1,968 |
| 1992 | 1,966 |
| 1991 | 1,951 |
| 1990 | 1,915 |
| 1989 | 1,866 |
| 1988 | 1,839 |
| 1987 | 1,840 |
| 1986 | 1,832 |
| 1985 | 1,815 |
| 1984 | 1,870 |
| 1983 | 1,828 |
| 1982 | 1,840 |
| 1981 | 1,885 |
| 1980 | 1,857 |
| 1979 | 1,881 |
| 1978 | 1,812 |