# Employer firms in Forsyth County

Employer firms in Forsyth County was 6,886 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-37067`
- 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-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-37067

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,886 |
| 2022 | 6,740 |
| 2021 | 6,626 |
| 2020 | 6,613 |
| 2019 | 6,511 |
| 2018 | 6,492 |
| 2017 | 6,409 |
| 2016 | 6,371 |
| 2015 | 6,254 |
| 2014 | 6,210 |
| 2013 | 6,242 |
| 2012 | 6,227 |
| 2011 | 6,218 |
| 2010 | 6,250 |
| 2009 | 6,339 |
| 2008 | 6,643 |
| 2007 | 6,706 |
| 2006 | 6,676 |
| 2005 | 6,551 |
| 2004 | 6,435 |
| 2003 | 6,368 |
| 2002 | 6,340 |
| 2001 | 6,261 |
| 2000 | 6,343 |
| 1999 | 6,309 |
| 1998 | 6,255 |
| 1997 | 6,196 |
| 1996 | 6,078 |
| 1995 | 6,035 |
| 1994 | 5,856 |
| 1993 | 5,760 |
| 1992 | 5,677 |
| 1991 | 5,684 |
| 1990 | 5,719 |
| 1989 | 5,558 |
| 1988 | 5,380 |
| 1987 | 5,211 |
| 1986 | 5,136 |
| 1985 | 4,926 |
| 1984 | 4,765 |
| 1983 | 4,544 |
| 1982 | 4,379 |
| 1981 | 4,392 |
| 1980 | 4,382 |
| 1979 | 4,350 |
| 1978 | 4,212 |