# Employer firms in Fulton County

Employer firms in Fulton County was 512 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17057`
- 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/fulton-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17057

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 512 |
| 2022 | 508 |
| 2021 | 494 |
| 2020 | 505 |
| 2019 | 517 |
| 2018 | 529 |
| 2017 | 549 |
| 2016 | 541 |
| 2015 | 557 |
| 2014 | 561 |
| 2013 | 560 |
| 2012 | 583 |
| 2011 | 582 |
| 2010 | 604 |
| 2009 | 602 |
| 2008 | 598 |
| 2007 | 605 |
| 2006 | 603 |
| 2005 | 601 |
| 2004 | 606 |
| 2003 | 591 |
| 2002 | 596 |
| 2001 | 589 |
| 2000 | 621 |
| 1999 | 607 |
| 1998 | 609 |
| 1997 | 641 |
| 1996 | 634 |
| 1995 | 634 |
| 1994 | 628 |
| 1993 | 629 |
| 1992 | 626 |
| 1991 | 629 |
| 1990 | 622 |
| 1989 | 621 |
| 1988 | 602 |
| 1987 | 601 |
| 1986 | 594 |
| 1985 | 616 |
| 1984 | 624 |
| 1983 | 627 |
| 1982 | 625 |
| 1981 | 654 |
| 1980 | 659 |
| 1979 | 679 |
| 1978 | 665 |