# Employer firms in Fort Bend County

Employer firms in Fort Bend County was 13,767 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48157`
- 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/fort-bend-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48157

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13,767 |
| 2022 | 13,090 |
| 2021 | 12,389 |
| 2020 | 11,678 |
| 2019 | 11,102 |
| 2018 | 10,725 |
| 2017 | 10,274 |
| 2016 | 9,907 |
| 2015 | 9,395 |
| 2014 | 8,896 |
| 2013 | 8,421 |
| 2012 | 7,996 |
| 2011 | 7,630 |
| 2010 | 7,372 |
| 2009 | 7,174 |
| 2008 | 6,950 |
| 2007 | 6,719 |
| 2006 | 6,473 |
| 2005 | 6,120 |
| 2004 | 5,888 |
| 2003 | 5,644 |
| 2002 | 5,502 |
| 2001 | 5,256 |
| 2000 | 5,079 |
| 1999 | 4,856 |
| 1998 | 4,640 |
| 1997 | 4,427 |
| 1996 | 4,278 |
| 1995 | 4,054 |
| 1994 | 3,855 |
| 1993 | 3,666 |
| 1992 | 3,522 |
| 1991 | 3,344 |
| 1990 | 3,200 |
| 1989 | 3,003 |
| 1988 | 2,841 |
| 1987 | 2,798 |
| 1986 | 2,787 |
| 1985 | 2,721 |
| 1984 | 2,642 |
| 1983 | 2,405 |
| 1982 | 2,210 |
| 1981 | 2,000 |
| 1980 | 1,798 |
| 1979 | 1,675 |
| 1978 | 1,493 |