# Employer firms in Fayette County

Employer firms in Fayette County was 1,970 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-42051`
- 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-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-42051

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,970 |
| 2022 | 2,014 |
| 2021 | 1,966 |
| 2020 | 2,002 |
| 2019 | 2,046 |
| 2018 | 2,042 |
| 2017 | 2,062 |
| 2016 | 2,088 |
| 2015 | 2,098 |
| 2014 | 2,111 |
| 2013 | 2,135 |
| 2012 | 2,148 |
| 2011 | 2,162 |
| 2010 | 2,168 |
| 2009 | 2,204 |
| 2008 | 2,193 |
| 2007 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 2,231 |
| 2005 | 2,253 |
| 2004 | 2,283 |
| 2003 | 2,295 |
| 2002 | 2,314 |
| 2001 | 2,309 |
| 2000 | 2,346 |
| 1999 | 2,352 |
| 1998 | 2,355 |
| 1997 | 2,377 |
| 1996 | 2,385 |
| 1995 | 2,349 |
| 1994 | 2,342 |
| 1993 | 2,349 |
| 1992 | 2,354 |
| 1991 | 2,351 |
| 1990 | 2,327 |
| 1989 | 2,276 |
| 1988 | 2,255 |
| 1987 | 2,226 |
| 1986 | 2,177 |
| 1985 | 2,151 |
| 1984 | 2,109 |
| 1983 | 2,106 |
| 1982 | 2,087 |
| 1981 | 2,124 |
| 1980 | 2,179 |
| 1979 | 2,254 |
| 1978 | 2,178 |