# Employer firms in Hennepin County

Employer firms in Hennepin County was 28,121 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-27053`
- 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/hennepin-county-minnesota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-27053

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 28,121 |
| 2022 | 28,219 |
| 2021 | 28,007 |
| 2020 | 27,635 |
| 2019 | 27,711 |
| 2018 | 27,773 |
| 2017 | 27,922 |
| 2016 | 27,718 |
| 2015 | 27,541 |
| 2014 | 27,217 |
| 2013 | 27,116 |
| 2012 | 26,886 |
| 2011 | 26,665 |
| 2010 | 26,596 |
| 2009 | 26,944 |
| 2008 | 27,612 |
| 2007 | 28,044 |
| 2006 | 28,055 |
| 2005 | 27,638 |
| 2004 | 27,270 |
| 2003 | 26,755 |
| 2002 | 26,566 |
| 2001 | 26,945 |
| 2000 | 27,003 |
| 1999 | 26,776 |
| 1998 | 26,614 |
| 1997 | 26,007 |
| 1996 | 25,622 |
| 1995 | 25,232 |
| 1994 | 24,809 |
| 1993 | 24,165 |
| 1992 | 23,337 |
| 1991 | 23,304 |
| 1990 | 23,265 |
| 1989 | 22,760 |
| 1988 | 22,481 |
| 1987 | 21,940 |
| 1986 | 21,687 |
| 1985 | 21,268 |
| 1984 | 20,986 |
| 1983 | 20,249 |
| 1982 | 19,648 |
| 1981 | 19,586 |
| 1980 | 19,184 |
| 1979 | 18,754 |
| 1978 | 17,982 |