# Employer firms in Franklin County

Employer firms in Franklin County was 2,156 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-29071`
- 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/franklin-county-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-29071

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,156 |
| 2022 | 2,145 |
| 2021 | 2,177 |
| 2020 | 2,125 |
| 2019 | 2,136 |
| 2018 | 2,193 |
| 2017 | 2,165 |
| 2016 | 2,149 |
| 2015 | 2,100 |
| 2014 | 2,100 |
| 2013 | 2,111 |
| 2012 | 2,156 |
| 2011 | 2,138 |
| 2010 | 2,202 |
| 2009 | 2,223 |
| 2008 | 2,269 |
| 2007 | 2,324 |
| 2006 | 2,286 |
| 2005 | 2,266 |
| 2004 | 2,209 |
| 2003 | 2,141 |
| 2002 | 2,124 |
| 2001 | 2,065 |
| 2000 | 2,065 |
| 1999 | 2,059 |
| 1998 | 2,070 |
| 1997 | 2,013 |
| 1996 | 2,004 |
| 1995 | 1,932 |
| 1994 | 1,906 |
| 1993 | 1,849 |
| 1992 | 1,819 |
| 1991 | 1,801 |
| 1990 | 1,783 |
| 1989 | 1,733 |
| 1988 | 1,650 |
| 1987 | 1,595 |
| 1986 | 1,551 |
| 1985 | 1,478 |
| 1984 | 1,464 |
| 1983 | 1,395 |
| 1982 | 1,359 |
| 1981 | 1,384 |
| 1980 | 1,345 |
| 1979 | 1,303 |
| 1978 | 1,284 |