# Employer firms in Elkhart County

Employer firms in Elkhart County was 4,001 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-18039`
- 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/elkhart-county-indiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-18039

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,001 |
| 2022 | 3,967 |
| 2021 | 3,907 |
| 2020 | 3,883 |
| 2019 | 3,871 |
| 2018 | 3,862 |
| 2017 | 3,856 |
| 2016 | 3,834 |
| 2015 | 3,818 |
| 2014 | 3,785 |
| 2013 | 3,850 |
| 2012 | 3,838 |
| 2011 | 3,854 |
| 2010 | 3,888 |
| 2009 | 3,964 |
| 2008 | 4,127 |
| 2007 | 4,162 |
| 2006 | 4,140 |
| 2005 | 4,119 |
| 2004 | 4,129 |
| 2003 | 4,101 |
| 2002 | 4,082 |
| 2001 | 4,017 |
| 2000 | 4,041 |
| 1999 | 4,022 |
| 1998 | 4,023 |
| 1997 | 4,023 |
| 1996 | 4,031 |
| 1995 | 3,990 |
| 1994 | 3,911 |
| 1993 | 3,855 |
| 1992 | 3,719 |
| 1991 | 3,724 |
| 1990 | 3,784 |
| 1989 | 3,743 |
| 1988 | 3,636 |
| 1987 | 3,485 |
| 1986 | 3,433 |
| 1985 | 3,349 |
| 1984 | 3,257 |
| 1983 | 3,095 |
| 1982 | 2,950 |
| 1981 | 2,957 |
| 1980 | 2,993 |
| 1979 | 3,045 |
| 1978 | 2,976 |