# Employer firms in Flathead County

Employer firms in Flathead County was 3,895 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-30029`
- 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/flathead-county-montana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-30029

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,895 |
| 2022 | 3,815 |
| 2021 | 3,668 |
| 2020 | 3,452 |
| 2019 | 3,348 |
| 2018 | 3,242 |
| 2017 | 3,199 |
| 2016 | 3,194 |
| 2015 | 3,146 |
| 2014 | 3,097 |
| 2013 | 3,068 |
| 2012 | 3,050 |
| 2011 | 3,017 |
| 2010 | 3,103 |
| 2009 | 3,202 |
| 2008 | 3,477 |
| 2007 | 3,492 |
| 2006 | 3,328 |
| 2005 | 3,113 |
| 2004 | 2,957 |
| 2003 | 2,749 |
| 2002 | 2,676 |
| 2001 | 2,596 |
| 2000 | 2,502 |
| 1999 | 2,419 |
| 1998 | 2,363 |
| 1997 | 2,283 |
| 1996 | 2,197 |
| 1995 | 2,196 |
| 1994 | 2,121 |
| 1993 | 2,016 |
| 1992 | 1,951 |
| 1991 | 1,868 |
| 1990 | 1,812 |
| 1989 | 1,743 |
| 1988 | 1,739 |
| 1987 | 1,702 |
| 1986 | 1,675 |
| 1985 | 1,638 |
| 1984 | 1,576 |
| 1983 | 1,433 |
| 1982 | 1,352 |
| 1981 | 1,378 |
| 1980 | 1,350 |
| 1979 | 1,359 |
| 1978 | 1,271 |