# Employer firms in Fayette County

Employer firms in Fayette County was 7,016 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-21067`
- 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/fayette-county-kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-21067

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 7,016 |
| 2022 | 6,896 |
| 2021 | 6,738 |
| 2020 | 6,683 |
| 2019 | 6,671 |
| 2018 | 6,613 |
| 2017 | 6,700 |
| 2016 | 6,633 |
| 2015 | 6,503 |
| 2014 | 6,462 |
| 2013 | 6,399 |
| 2012 | 6,268 |
| 2011 | 6,260 |
| 2010 | 6,309 |
| 2009 | 6,349 |
| 2008 | 6,427 |
| 2007 | 6,458 |
| 2006 | 6,432 |
| 2005 | 6,318 |
| 2004 | 6,186 |
| 2003 | 6,078 |
| 2002 | 6,060 |
| 2001 | 6,041 |
| 2000 | 6,063 |
| 1999 | 6,022 |
| 1998 | 5,958 |
| 1997 | 5,922 |
| 1996 | 5,879 |
| 1995 | 5,792 |
| 1994 | 5,685 |
| 1993 | 5,584 |
| 1992 | 5,521 |
| 1991 | 5,538 |
| 1990 | 5,609 |
| 1989 | 5,551 |
| 1988 | 5,480 |
| 1987 | 5,318 |
| 1986 | 5,123 |
| 1985 | 4,991 |
| 1984 | 4,959 |
| 1983 | 4,765 |
| 1982 | 4,623 |
| 1981 | 4,630 |
| 1980 | 4,554 |
| 1979 | 4,493 |
| 1978 | 4,242 |