# Employer firms in Hawaii

Employer firms in Hawaii was 23,176 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-15`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/hawaii
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/hawaii.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-15

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 23,176 |
| 2022 | 22,986 |
| 2021 | 22,130 |
| 2020 | 23,022 |
| 2019 | 23,326 |
| 2018 | 23,159 |
| 2017 | 23,014 |
| 2016 | 22,961 |
| 2015 | 22,743 |
| 2014 | 22,708 |
| 2013 | 22,731 |
| 2012 | 22,686 |
| 2011 | 22,807 |
| 2010 | 23,126 |
| 2009 | 23,560 |
| 2008 | 23,987 |
| 2007 | 24,301 |
| 2006 | 24,161 |
| 2005 | 23,553 |
| 2004 | 23,118 |
| 2003 | 22,659 |
| 2002 | 22,232 |
| 2001 | 22,064 |
| 2000 | 21,768 |
| 1999 | 21,572 |
| 1998 | 21,649 |
| 1997 | 21,623 |
| 1996 | 21,691 |
| 1995 | 21,870 |
| 1994 | 21,769 |
| 1993 | 21,756 |
| 1992 | 21,769 |
| 1991 | 21,892 |
| 1990 | 21,582 |
| 1989 | 20,944 |
| 1988 | 20,489 |
| 1987 | 19,878 |
| 1986 | 19,383 |
| 1985 | 19,068 |
| 1984 | 18,970 |
| 1983 | 18,637 |
| 1982 | 17,949 |
| 1981 | 18,082 |
| 1980 | 17,605 |
| 1979 | 16,762 |
| 1978 | 15,767 |