# Employer firms in Jefferson County

Employer firms in Jefferson County was 12,281 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-01073`
- 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/jefferson-county-alabama
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-01073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 12,281 |
| 2022 | 12,187 |
| 2021 | 12,075 |
| 2020 | 11,968 |
| 2019 | 12,036 |
| 2018 | 11,926 |
| 2017 | 11,936 |
| 2016 | 11,918 |
| 2015 | 11,873 |
| 2014 | 11,856 |
| 2013 | 11,875 |
| 2012 | 11,926 |
| 2011 | 11,902 |
| 2010 | 12,007 |
| 2009 | 12,280 |
| 2008 | 12,649 |
| 2007 | 12,864 |
| 2006 | 12,634 |
| 2005 | 12,545 |
| 2004 | 12,497 |
| 2003 | 12,364 |
| 2002 | 12,348 |
| 2001 | 12,318 |
| 2000 | 12,460 |
| 1999 | 12,596 |
| 1998 | 12,641 |
| 1997 | 12,519 |
| 1996 | 12,561 |
| 1995 | 12,643 |
| 1994 | 12,397 |
| 1993 | 12,207 |
| 1992 | 12,053 |
| 1991 | 12,190 |
| 1990 | 12,343 |
| 1989 | 12,237 |
| 1988 | 12,061 |
| 1987 | 11,892 |
| 1986 | 11,614 |
| 1985 | 11,369 |
| 1984 | 11,209 |
| 1983 | 10,641 |
| 1982 | 10,633 |
| 1981 | 10,932 |
| 1980 | 10,979 |
| 1979 | 11,083 |
| 1978 | 10,827 |