# Employer firms in Honolulu County

Employer firms in Honolulu County was 15,173 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-15003`
- 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/honolulu-county-hawaii
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-15003

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15,173 |
| 2022 | 15,107 |
| 2021 | 14,778 |
| 2020 | 15,377 |
| 2019 | 15,664 |
| 2018 | 15,596 |
| 2017 | 15,622 |
| 2016 | 15,645 |
| 2015 | 15,554 |
| 2014 | 15,617 |
| 2013 | 15,716 |
| 2012 | 15,709 |
| 2011 | 15,828 |
| 2010 | 16,055 |
| 2009 | 16,325 |
| 2008 | 16,532 |
| 2007 | 16,727 |
| 2006 | 16,675 |
| 2005 | 16,352 |
| 2004 | 16,144 |
| 2003 | 15,877 |
| 2002 | 15,549 |
| 2001 | 15,515 |
| 2000 | 15,428 |
| 1999 | 15,362 |
| 1998 | 15,478 |
| 1997 | 15,499 |
| 1996 | 15,574 |
| 1995 | 15,668 |
| 1994 | 15,648 |
| 1993 | 15,754 |
| 1992 | 15,791 |
| 1991 | 15,932 |
| 1990 | 15,778 |
| 1989 | 15,488 |
| 1988 | 15,259 |
| 1987 | 14,906 |
| 1986 | 14,624 |
| 1985 | 14,505 |
| 1984 | 14,508 |
| 1983 | 14,310 |
| 1982 | 13,813 |
| 1981 | 13,891 |
| 1980 | 13,534 |
| 1979 | 12,932 |
| 1978 | 12,242 |