# Employer firms in Howard County

Employer firms in Howard County was 642 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48227`
- 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/howard-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48227

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 642 |
| 2022 | 628 |
| 2021 | 648 |
| 2020 | 670 |
| 2019 | 660 |
| 2018 | 639 |
| 2017 | 634 |
| 2016 | 641 |
| 2015 | 629 |
| 2014 | 632 |
| 2013 | 602 |
| 2012 | 591 |
| 2011 | 602 |
| 2010 | 598 |
| 2009 | 594 |
| 2008 | 599 |
| 2007 | 593 |
| 2006 | 590 |
| 2005 | 605 |
| 2004 | 619 |
| 2003 | 615 |
| 2002 | 626 |
| 2001 | 640 |
| 2000 | 645 |
| 1999 | 664 |
| 1998 | 691 |
| 1997 | 684 |
| 1996 | 696 |
| 1995 | 702 |
| 1994 | 702 |
| 1993 | 720 |
| 1992 | 709 |
| 1991 | 695 |
| 1990 | 711 |
| 1989 | 715 |
| 1988 | 740 |
| 1987 | 758 |
| 1986 | 783 |
| 1985 | 797 |
| 1984 | 819 |
| 1983 | 830 |
| 1982 | 795 |
| 1981 | 757 |
| 1980 | 778 |
| 1979 | 782 |
| 1978 | 803 |