# Employer firms in Essex County

Employer firms in Essex County was 15,358 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-25009`
- 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/essex-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-25009

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15,358 |
| 2022 | 15,211 |
| 2021 | 14,666 |
| 2020 | 14,980 |
| 2019 | 14,922 |
| 2018 | 14,752 |
| 2017 | 14,594 |
| 2016 | 14,522 |
| 2015 | 14,239 |
| 2014 | 14,176 |
| 2013 | 14,186 |
| 2012 | 14,070 |
| 2011 | 13,904 |
| 2010 | 13,852 |
| 2009 | 14,070 |
| 2008 | 14,474 |
| 2007 | 14,588 |
| 2006 | 14,611 |
| 2005 | 14,423 |
| 2004 | 14,497 |
| 2003 | 14,545 |
| 2002 | 14,382 |
| 2001 | 14,391 |
| 2000 | 14,415 |
| 1999 | 14,205 |
| 1998 | 13,942 |
| 1997 | 13,657 |
| 1996 | 13,366 |
| 1995 | 13,235 |
| 1994 | 12,999 |
| 1993 | 12,845 |
| 1992 | 12,733 |
| 1991 | 13,006 |
| 1990 | 13,583 |
| 1989 | 13,948 |
| 1988 | 13,810 |
| 1987 | 13,441 |
| 1986 | 13,024 |
| 1985 | 12,574 |
| 1984 | 12,302 |
| 1983 | 11,746 |
| 1982 | 11,500 |
| 1981 | 11,467 |
| 1980 | 11,382 |
| 1979 | 11,251 |
| 1978 | 11,051 |