# Employer firms in Jackson County

Employer firms in Jackson County was 13,097 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-29095`
- 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/jackson-county-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-29095

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13,097 |
| 2022 | 13,244 |
| 2021 | 13,149 |
| 2020 | 13,020 |
| 2019 | 12,890 |
| 2018 | 12,986 |
| 2017 | 13,677 |
| 2016 | 13,623 |
| 2015 | 13,234 |
| 2014 | 12,771 |
| 2013 | 12,327 |
| 2012 | 12,251 |
| 2011 | 12,060 |
| 2010 | 12,120 |
| 2009 | 12,360 |
| 2008 | 12,705 |
| 2007 | 12,819 |
| 2006 | 12,996 |
| 2005 | 13,265 |
| 2004 | 13,125 |
| 2003 | 12,956 |
| 2002 | 12,816 |
| 2001 | 12,778 |
| 2000 | 13,055 |
| 1999 | 13,109 |
| 1998 | 13,057 |
| 1997 | 12,931 |
| 1996 | 13,033 |
| 1995 | 12,954 |
| 1994 | 12,683 |
| 1993 | 12,505 |
| 1992 | 12,322 |
| 1991 | 12,423 |
| 1990 | 12,617 |
| 1989 | 12,639 |
| 1988 | 12,549 |
| 1987 | 12,451 |
| 1986 | 12,250 |
| 1985 | 12,145 |
| 1984 | 12,043 |
| 1983 | 11,919 |
| 1982 | 11,644 |
| 1981 | 12,005 |
| 1980 | 12,108 |
| 1979 | 12,178 |
| 1978 | 11,900 |