# Employer firms in Idaho

Employer firms in Idaho was 41,589 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-16`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/idaho
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/idaho.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-16

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 41,589 |
| 2022 | 40,926 |
| 2021 | 39,362 |
| 2020 | 37,605 |
| 2019 | 36,699 |
| 2018 | 35,359 |
| 2017 | 34,111 |
| 2016 | 33,503 |
| 2015 | 32,794 |
| 2014 | 32,211 |
| 2013 | 31,490 |
| 2012 | 31,248 |
| 2011 | 31,130 |
| 2010 | 31,944 |
| 2009 | 32,658 |
| 2008 | 34,549 |
| 2007 | 35,168 |
| 2006 | 33,886 |
| 2005 | 31,777 |
| 2004 | 30,213 |
| 2003 | 29,108 |
| 2002 | 28,186 |
| 2001 | 27,875 |
| 2000 | 27,594 |
| 1999 | 27,268 |
| 1998 | 26,696 |
| 1997 | 26,119 |
| 1996 | 25,343 |
| 1995 | 24,667 |
| 1994 | 23,656 |
| 1993 | 22,342 |
| 1992 | 21,492 |
| 1991 | 20,804 |
| 1990 | 20,477 |
| 1989 | 19,397 |
| 1988 | 19,003 |
| 1987 | 18,737 |
| 1986 | 18,674 |
| 1985 | 18,562 |
| 1984 | 18,424 |
| 1983 | 17,551 |
| 1982 | 17,239 |
| 1981 | 17,626 |
| 1980 | 17,844 |
| 1979 | 17,785 |
| 1978 | 17,468 |