# Employer firms in DuPage County

Employer firms in DuPage County was 25,630 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17043`
- 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/dupage-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17043

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 25,630 |
| 2022 | 25,671 |
| 2021 | 25,433 |
| 2020 | 25,247 |
| 2019 | 25,344 |
| 2018 | 25,364 |
| 2017 | 25,312 |
| 2016 | 25,277 |
| 2015 | 25,004 |
| 2014 | 24,783 |
| 2013 | 24,648 |
| 2012 | 24,577 |
| 2011 | 24,460 |
| 2010 | 24,405 |
| 2009 | 24,743 |
| 2008 | 25,225 |
| 2007 | 25,340 |
| 2006 | 25,233 |
| 2005 | 24,768 |
| 2004 | 24,275 |
| 2003 | 23,998 |
| 2002 | 23,761 |
| 2001 | 24,151 |
| 2000 | 24,123 |
| 1999 | 24,043 |
| 1998 | 23,757 |
| 1997 | 23,220 |
| 1996 | 22,972 |
| 1995 | 22,638 |
| 1994 | 21,853 |
| 1993 | 21,270 |
| 1992 | 20,580 |
| 1991 | 20,292 |
| 1990 | 19,920 |
| 1989 | 19,348 |
| 1988 | 18,525 |
| 1987 | 17,707 |
| 1986 | 16,942 |
| 1985 | 16,111 |
| 1984 | 15,381 |
| 1983 | 14,727 |
| 1982 | 14,088 |
| 1981 | 13,840 |
| 1980 | 13,409 |
| 1979 | 12,828 |
| 1978 | 12,157 |