# Employer firms in Fresno County

Employer firms in Fresno County was 14,573 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06019`
- 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/fresno-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06019

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 14,573 |
| 2022 | 14,310 |
| 2021 | 13,599 |
| 2020 | 13,347 |
| 2019 | 13,128 |
| 2018 | 12,852 |
| 2017 | 12,685 |
| 2016 | 12,542 |
| 2015 | 12,380 |
| 2014 | 12,311 |
| 2013 | 12,173 |
| 2012 | 12,111 |
| 2011 | 12,019 |
| 2010 | 12,138 |
| 2009 | 12,323 |
| 2008 | 12,654 |
| 2007 | 12,738 |
| 2006 | 12,570 |
| 2005 | 12,202 |
| 2004 | 12,147 |
| 2003 | 12,081 |
| 2002 | 11,953 |
| 2001 | 11,842 |
| 2000 | 11,783 |
| 1999 | 11,722 |
| 1998 | 11,748 |
| 1997 | 11,748 |
| 1996 | 11,818 |
| 1995 | 11,870 |
| 1994 | 11,839 |
| 1993 | 11,826 |
| 1992 | 11,772 |
| 1991 | 11,845 |
| 1990 | 11,721 |
| 1989 | 11,492 |
| 1988 | 11,351 |
| 1987 | 11,167 |
| 1986 | 11,007 |
| 1985 | 10,864 |
| 1984 | 10,643 |
| 1983 | 10,113 |
| 1982 | 10,042 |
| 1981 | 10,364 |
| 1980 | 10,351 |
| 1979 | 10,056 |
| 1978 | 9,484 |