# Employer firms in Fairfax County

Employer firms in Fairfax County was 23,706 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-51059`
- 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/fairfax-county-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-51059

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 23,706 |
| 2022 | 23,407 |
| 2021 | 23,145 |
| 2020 | 22,871 |
| 2019 | 22,880 |
| 2018 | 22,671 |
| 2017 | 22,495 |
| 2016 | 22,435 |
| 2015 | 22,026 |
| 2014 | 21,690 |
| 2013 | 21,467 |
| 2012 | 21,181 |
| 2011 | 20,996 |
| 2010 | 20,849 |
| 2009 | 20,880 |
| 2008 | 21,065 |
| 2007 | 21,124 |
| 2006 | 20,778 |
| 2005 | 20,059 |
| 2004 | 19,480 |
| 2003 | 18,953 |
| 2002 | 18,692 |
| 2001 | 18,512 |
| 2000 | 18,350 |
| 1999 | 17,995 |
| 1998 | 17,721 |
| 1997 | 17,226 |
| 1996 | 16,734 |
| 1995 | 16,382 |
| 1994 | 15,825 |
| 1993 | 15,219 |
| 1992 | 14,663 |
| 1991 | 14,417 |
| 1990 | 14,647 |
| 1989 | 14,126 |
| 1988 | 13,514 |
| 1987 | 12,658 |
| 1986 | 12,046 |
| 1985 | 11,300 |
| 1984 | 10,624 |
| 1983 | 9,745 |
| 1982 | 9,200 |
| 1981 | 8,795 |
| 1980 | 8,357 |
| 1979 | 7,857 |
| 1978 | 7,357 |