# Employer firms in Hardin County

Employer firms in Hardin County was 1,736 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-21093`
- 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/hardin-county-kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-21093

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,736 |
| 2022 | 1,707 |
| 2021 | 1,706 |
| 2020 | 1,676 |
| 2019 | 1,683 |
| 2018 | 1,656 |
| 2017 | 1,638 |
| 2016 | 1,863 |
| 2015 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 1,850 |
| 2013 | 1,803 |
| 2012 | 1,743 |
| 2011 | 1,765 |
| 2010 | 1,737 |
| 2009 | 1,694 |
| 2008 | 1,742 |
| 2007 | 1,743 |
| 2006 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 1,711 |
| 2004 | 1,684 |
| 2003 | 1,657 |
| 2002 | 1,617 |
| 2001 | 1,582 |
| 2000 | 1,579 |
| 1999 | 1,574 |
| 1998 | 1,563 |
| 1997 | 1,512 |
| 1996 | 1,498 |
| 1995 | 1,490 |
| 1994 | 1,436 |
| 1993 | 1,416 |
| 1992 | 1,389 |
| 1991 | 1,342 |
| 1990 | 1,368 |
| 1989 | 1,322 |
| 1988 | 1,287 |
| 1987 | 1,268 |
| 1986 | 1,224 |
| 1985 | 1,179 |
| 1984 | 1,153 |
| 1983 | 1,079 |
| 1982 | 1,047 |
| 1981 | 1,065 |
| 1980 | 1,060 |
| 1979 | 1,048 |
| 1978 | 1,022 |