# Employer firms in Franklin County

Employer firms in Franklin County was 21,012 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-39049`
- 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-ohio
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-39049

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 21,012 |
| 2022 | 20,794 |
| 2021 | 20,364 |
| 2020 | 19,821 |
| 2019 | 19,717 |
| 2018 | 19,344 |
| 2017 | 19,185 |
| 2016 | 19,064 |
| 2015 | 18,854 |
| 2014 | 18,627 |
| 2013 | 18,523 |
| 2012 | 18,293 |
| 2011 | 18,176 |
| 2010 | 18,109 |
| 2009 | 18,443 |
| 2008 | 18,820 |
| 2007 | 19,138 |
| 2006 | 19,264 |
| 2005 | 19,095 |
| 2004 | 19,070 |
| 2003 | 18,971 |
| 2002 | 18,874 |
| 2001 | 18,780 |
| 2000 | 18,845 |
| 1999 | 18,947 |
| 1998 | 18,850 |
| 1997 | 18,583 |
| 1996 | 18,511 |
| 1995 | 18,401 |
| 1994 | 18,028 |
| 1993 | 17,563 |
| 1992 | 17,151 |
| 1991 | 17,210 |
| 1990 | 17,088 |
| 1989 | 16,897 |
| 1988 | 16,474 |
| 1987 | 15,840 |
| 1986 | 15,555 |
| 1985 | 15,121 |
| 1984 | 14,904 |
| 1983 | 14,391 |
| 1982 | 13,983 |
| 1981 | 14,097 |
| 1980 | 14,101 |
| 1979 | 13,952 |
| 1978 | 13,482 |