Data / Employer firms / Jefferson County

Employer firms in Jefferson County

Employer firms in Jefferson County was 13,907 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.3% from 2022. That is the 1st highest of 120 counties in 2023.

2023, count13,907
Change on 2022+0.3%
Rank1st of 120Counties in Kentucky ranked
Series high14,5271998
Series low11,6081978

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Employer firms in Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023

11K12K13K14K15K19781985199219992006201320231978: 11,608 count1979: 11,990 count1980: 11,986 count1981: 11,996 count1982: 11,856 count1983: 11,977 count1984: 12,325 count1985: 12,344 count1986: 12,628 count1987: 12,655 count1988: 12,888 count1989: 13,110 count1990: 13,269 count1991: 13,353 count1992: 13,399 count1993: 13,615 count1994: 13,930 count1995: 14,178 count1996: 14,254 count1997: 14,372 count1998: 14,527 count1999: 14,464 count2000: 14,387 count2001: 14,450 count2002: 14,324 count2003: 14,303 count2004: 14,378 count2005: 14,373 count2006: 14,472 count2007: 14,491 count2008: 14,239 count2009: 13,996 count2010: 13,772 count2011: 13,584 count2012: 13,523 count2013: 13,506 count2014: 13,583 count2015: 13,581 count2016: 13,732 count2017: 13,719 count2018: 13,742 count2019: 13,834 count2020: 13,732 count2021: 13,746 count2022: 13,867 count2023: 13,907 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
202313,907
202213,867
202113,746
202013,732
201913,834
201813,742
201713,719
201613,732
201513,581
201413,583
201313,506
201213,523
201113,584
201013,772
200913,996
200814,239
200714,491
200614,472
200514,373
200414,378
200314,303
200214,324
200114,450
200014,387
199914,464
199814,527
199714,372
199614,254
199514,178
199413,930
199313,615
199213,399
199113,353
199013,269
198913,110
198812,888
198712,655
198612,628
198512,344
198412,325
198311,977
198211,856
198111,996
198011,986
197911,990
197811,608

Compared with Kentucky and United States

Place2023
Jefferson County13,907
Kentucky61,917
United States5,593,727

Rankings

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.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-kentucky. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-kentucky.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-kentucky (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_jefferson_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-kentucky. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Jefferson County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-kentucky
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jefferson-county-kentucky.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Jefferson County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-21111"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-21111

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Jefferson County?

Employer firms in Jefferson County was 13,907 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.3% from 2022. That is the 1st highest of 120 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Jefferson County?

14,527 in 1998, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Jefferson County

All statistics for Jefferson County | Jefferson County in figures