# Employer firms in Indiana

Employer firms in Indiana was 102,872 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-18`
- 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/indiana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/indiana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-18

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 102,872 |
| 2022 | 101,669 |
| 2021 | 99,916 |
| 2020 | 98,704 |
| 2019 | 99,194 |
| 2018 | 99,077 |
| 2017 | 98,667 |
| 2016 | 98,232 |
| 2015 | 97,712 |
| 2014 | 97,403 |
| 2013 | 98,013 |
| 2012 | 98,600 |
| 2011 | 98,511 |
| 2010 | 99,583 |
| 2009 | 101,349 |
| 2008 | 104,289 |
| 2007 | 105,803 |
| 2006 | 105,929 |
| 2005 | 104,932 |
| 2004 | 104,815 |
| 2003 | 103,723 |
| 2002 | 103,401 |
| 2001 | 103,152 |
| 2000 | 103,917 |
| 1999 | 104,347 |
| 1998 | 104,591 |
| 1997 | 103,553 |
| 1996 | 103,088 |
| 1995 | 102,353 |
| 1994 | 100,129 |
| 1993 | 98,018 |
| 1992 | 95,768 |
| 1991 | 95,178 |
| 1990 | 95,144 |
| 1989 | 93,408 |
| 1988 | 91,525 |
| 1987 | 89,663 |
| 1986 | 88,150 |
| 1985 | 86,538 |
| 1984 | 85,865 |
| 1983 | 83,255 |
| 1982 | 81,622 |
| 1981 | 82,925 |
| 1980 | 83,694 |
| 1979 | 83,761 |
| 1978 | 81,468 |