# Employer firms in Hernando County

Employer firms in Hernando County was 3,045 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12053`
- 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/hernando-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12053

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,045 |
| 2022 | 2,991 |
| 2021 | 2,884 |
| 2020 | 2,783 |
| 2019 | 2,769 |
| 2018 | 2,679 |
| 2017 | 2,635 |
| 2016 | 2,587 |
| 2015 | 2,508 |
| 2014 | 2,485 |
| 2013 | 2,454 |
| 2012 | 2,408 |
| 2011 | 2,358 |
| 2010 | 2,361 |
| 2009 | 2,391 |
| 2008 | 2,563 |
| 2007 | 2,696 |
| 2006 | 2,675 |
| 2005 | 2,534 |
| 2004 | 2,380 |
| 2003 | 2,180 |
| 2002 | 2,096 |
| 2001 | 2,068 |
| 2000 | 1,982 |
| 1999 | 1,969 |
| 1998 | 1,923 |
| 1997 | 1,901 |
| 1996 | 1,878 |
| 1995 | 1,812 |
| 1994 | 1,787 |
| 1993 | 1,720 |
| 1992 | 1,656 |
| 1991 | 1,625 |
| 1990 | 1,559 |
| 1989 | 1,503 |
| 1988 | 1,416 |
| 1987 | 1,339 |
| 1986 | 1,192 |
| 1985 | 1,051 |
| 1984 | 929 |
| 1983 | 836 |
| 1982 | 786 |
| 1981 | 739 |
| 1980 | 668 |
| 1979 | 615 |
| 1978 | 565 |