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Employer firms in Fort Bend County

Employer firms in Fort Bend County was 13,767 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 5.2% from 2022. That is the 8th highest of 253 counties in 2023.

2023, count13,767
Change on 2022+5.2%
Rank8th of 253Counties in Texas ranked
Series high13,7672023
Series low1,4931978

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Employer firms in Fort Bend County, 1978 to 2023

02,5005,0007,50010K12.5K15K19781985199219992006201320231978: 1,493 count1979: 1,675 count1980: 1,798 count1981: 2,000 count1982: 2,210 count1983: 2,405 count1984: 2,642 count1985: 2,721 count1986: 2,787 count1987: 2,798 count1988: 2,841 count1989: 3,003 count1990: 3,200 count1991: 3,344 count1992: 3,522 count1993: 3,666 count1994: 3,855 count1995: 4,054 count1996: 4,278 count1997: 4,427 count1998: 4,640 count1999: 4,856 count2000: 5,079 count2001: 5,256 count2002: 5,502 count2003: 5,644 count2004: 5,888 count2005: 6,120 count2006: 6,473 count2007: 6,719 count2008: 6,950 count2009: 7,174 count2010: 7,372 count2011: 7,630 count2012: 7,996 count2013: 8,421 count2014: 8,896 count2015: 9,395 count2016: 9,907 count2017: 10,274 count2018: 10,725 count2019: 11,102 count2020: 11,678 count2021: 12,389 count2022: 13,090 count2023: 13,767 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
202313,767
202213,090
202112,389
202011,678
201911,102
201810,725
201710,274
20169,907
20159,395
20148,896
20138,421
20127,996
20117,630
20107,372
20097,174
20086,950
20076,719
20066,473
20056,120
20045,888
20035,644
20025,502
20015,256
20005,079
19994,856
19984,640
19974,427
19964,278
19954,054
19943,855
19933,666
19923,522
19913,344
19903,200
19893,003
19882,841
19872,798
19862,787
19852,721
19842,642
19832,405
19822,210
19812,000
19801,798
19791,675
19781,493

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2023
Fort Bend County13,767
Texas448,396
United States5,593,727

Rankings

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.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Fort Bend County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Fort Bend County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/fort-bend-county-texas. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Fort Bend County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/fort-bend-county-texas.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Fort Bend County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/fort-bend-county-texas (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Fort Bend County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/fort-bend-county-texas. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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What is the employer firms in Fort Bend County?

Employer firms in Fort Bend County was 13,767 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 5.2% from 2022. That is the 8th highest of 253 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Fort Bend County?

13,767 in 2023, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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