# Employer firms in Forsyth County

Employer firms in Forsyth County was 6,253 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-13117`
- 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/forsyth-county-georgia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-13117

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,253 |
| 2022 | 6,006 |
| 2021 | 5,743 |
| 2020 | 5,429 |
| 2019 | 5,333 |
| 2018 | 5,225 |
| 2017 | 5,101 |
| 2016 | 4,928 |
| 2015 | 4,803 |
| 2014 | 4,636 |
| 2013 | 4,467 |
| 2012 | 4,340 |
| 2011 | 4,203 |
| 2010 | 4,142 |
| 2009 | 4,189 |
| 2008 | 4,381 |
| 2007 | 4,324 |
| 2006 | 4,076 |
| 2005 | 3,764 |
| 2004 | 3,511 |
| 2003 | 3,266 |
| 2002 | 3,144 |
| 2001 | 2,980 |
| 2000 | 2,809 |
| 1999 | 2,633 |
| 1998 | 2,477 |
| 1997 | 2,257 |
| 1996 | 2,054 |
| 1995 | 1,852 |
| 1994 | 1,670 |
| 1993 | 1,513 |
| 1992 | 1,432 |
| 1991 | 1,342 |
| 1990 | 1,293 |
| 1989 | 1,207 |
| 1988 | 1,108 |
| 1987 | 1,039 |
| 1986 | 919 |
| 1985 | 839 |
| 1984 | 740 |
| 1983 | 667 |
| 1982 | 607 |
| 1981 | 582 |
| 1980 | 550 |
| 1979 | 518 |
| 1978 | 481 |