# Employer firms in Hillsborough County

Employer firms in Hillsborough County was 31,306 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12057`
- 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/hillsborough-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12057

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 31,306 |
| 2022 | 30,557 |
| 2021 | 29,774 |
| 2020 | 28,176 |
| 2019 | 27,468 |
| 2018 | 26,624 |
| 2017 | 26,101 |
| 2016 | 25,654 |
| 2015 | 24,951 |
| 2014 | 24,461 |
| 2013 | 24,037 |
| 2012 | 23,582 |
| 2011 | 22,956 |
| 2010 | 22,694 |
| 2009 | 22,657 |
| 2008 | 23,345 |
| 2007 | 23,938 |
| 2006 | 23,426 |
| 2005 | 22,399 |
| 2004 | 21,329 |
| 2003 | 20,321 |
| 2002 | 19,680 |
| 2001 | 19,320 |
| 2000 | 19,125 |
| 1999 | 19,116 |
| 1998 | 18,971 |
| 1997 | 18,728 |
| 1996 | 18,570 |
| 1995 | 18,427 |
| 1994 | 18,165 |
| 1993 | 17,906 |
| 1992 | 17,523 |
| 1991 | 17,451 |
| 1990 | 17,556 |
| 1989 | 17,273 |
| 1988 | 17,124 |
| 1987 | 16,742 |
| 1986 | 16,731 |
| 1985 | 16,271 |
| 1984 | 15,870 |
| 1983 | 14,912 |
| 1982 | 14,203 |
| 1981 | 14,056 |
| 1980 | 13,433 |
| 1979 | 12,870 |
| 1978 | 12,274 |