# Employer firms in Ector County

Employer firms in Ector County was 3,163 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48135`
- 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/ector-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48135

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,163 |
| 2022 | 3,093 |
| 2021 | 2,989 |
| 2020 | 3,085 |
| 2019 | 3,108 |
| 2018 | 2,946 |
| 2017 | 2,867 |
| 2016 | 2,931 |
| 2015 | 3,035 |
| 2014 | 2,970 |
| 2013 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 2,792 |
| 2011 | 2,712 |
| 2010 | 2,686 |
| 2009 | 2,724 |
| 2008 | 2,696 |
| 2007 | 2,696 |
| 2006 | 2,608 |
| 2005 | 2,551 |
| 2004 | 2,542 |
| 2003 | 2,556 |
| 2002 | 2,566 |
| 2001 | 2,559 |
| 2000 | 2,590 |
| 1999 | 2,608 |
| 1998 | 2,658 |
| 1997 | 2,616 |
| 1996 | 2,618 |
| 1995 | 2,634 |
| 1994 | 2,646 |
| 1993 | 2,576 |
| 1992 | 2,595 |
| 1991 | 2,649 |
| 1990 | 2,648 |
| 1989 | 2,670 |
| 1988 | 2,734 |
| 1987 | 2,682 |
| 1986 | 2,984 |
| 1985 | 3,024 |
| 1984 | 3,103 |
| 1983 | 3,234 |
| 1982 | 3,285 |
| 1981 | 3,077 |
| 1980 | 2,892 |
| 1979 | 2,834 |
| 1978 | 2,699 |