# Employer firms in Escambia County

Employer firms in Escambia County was 5,689 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12033`
- 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/escambia-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12033

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,689 |
| 2022 | 5,584 |
| 2021 | 5,440 |
| 2020 | 5,235 |
| 2019 | 5,158 |
| 2018 | 5,042 |
| 2017 | 5,052 |
| 2016 | 5,087 |
| 2015 | 5,002 |
| 2014 | 4,925 |
| 2013 | 4,943 |
| 2012 | 4,948 |
| 2011 | 4,963 |
| 2010 | 4,988 |
| 2009 | 5,066 |
| 2008 | 5,259 |
| 2007 | 5,408 |
| 2006 | 5,408 |
| 2005 | 5,278 |
| 2004 | 5,258 |
| 2003 | 5,139 |
| 2002 | 5,022 |
| 2001 | 5,010 |
| 2000 | 5,011 |
| 1999 | 5,089 |
| 1998 | 5,152 |
| 1997 | 5,123 |
| 1996 | 5,103 |
| 1995 | 5,062 |
| 1994 | 5,068 |
| 1993 | 5,013 |
| 1992 | 4,889 |
| 1991 | 4,850 |
| 1990 | 4,841 |
| 1989 | 4,826 |
| 1988 | 4,815 |
| 1987 | 4,749 |
| 1986 | 4,621 |
| 1985 | 4,481 |
| 1984 | 4,354 |
| 1983 | 4,060 |
| 1982 | 3,876 |
| 1981 | 3,892 |
| 1980 | 3,930 |
| 1979 | 3,810 |
| 1978 | 3,712 |