# Employer firms in Effingham County

Employer firms in Effingham County was 1,047 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17049`
- 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/effingham-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17049

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,047 |
| 2022 | 1,042 |
| 2021 | 1,007 |
| 2020 | 1,011 |
| 2019 | 1,018 |
| 2018 | 1,020 |
| 2017 | 1,007 |
| 2016 | 1,000 |
| 2015 | 986 |
| 2014 | 982 |
| 2013 | 981 |
| 2012 | 993 |
| 2011 | 988 |
| 2010 | 990 |
| 2009 | 1,001 |
| 2008 | 1,029 |
| 2007 | 1,028 |
| 2006 | 1,008 |
| 2005 | 1,006 |
| 2004 | 983 |
| 2003 | 948 |
| 2002 | 941 |
| 2001 | 954 |
| 2000 | 950 |
| 1999 | 950 |
| 1998 | 958 |
| 1997 | 940 |
| 1996 | 938 |
| 1995 | 900 |
| 1994 | 869 |
| 1993 | 852 |
| 1992 | 819 |
| 1991 | 814 |
| 1990 | 795 |
| 1989 | 772 |
| 1988 | 773 |
| 1987 | 734 |
| 1986 | 719 |
| 1985 | 733 |
| 1984 | 715 |
| 1983 | 707 |
| 1982 | 684 |
| 1981 | 669 |
| 1980 | 690 |
| 1979 | 683 |
| 1978 | 673 |