# Employer firms in Jefferson County

Employer firms in Jefferson County was 825 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53031`
- 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-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53031

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 825 |
| 2022 | 845 |
| 2021 | 828 |
| 2020 | 859 |
| 2019 | 899 |
| 2018 | 874 |
| 2017 | 886 |
| 2016 | 875 |
| 2015 | 871 |
| 2014 | 858 |
| 2013 | 868 |
| 2012 | 859 |
| 2011 | 860 |
| 2010 | 900 |
| 2009 | 924 |
| 2008 | 980 |
| 2007 | 1,008 |
| 2006 | 976 |
| 2005 | 960 |
| 2004 | 909 |
| 2003 | 924 |
| 2002 | 907 |
| 2001 | 908 |
| 2000 | 895 |
| 1999 | 890 |
| 1998 | 863 |
| 1997 | 850 |
| 1996 | 803 |
| 1995 | 771 |
| 1994 | 757 |
| 1993 | 711 |
| 1992 | 673 |
| 1991 | 642 |
| 1990 | 604 |
| 1989 | 565 |
| 1988 | 544 |
| 1987 | 517 |
| 1986 | 497 |
| 1985 | 470 |
| 1984 | 461 |
| 1983 | 384 |
| 1982 | 388 |
| 1981 | 379 |
| 1980 | 383 |
| 1979 | 346 |
| 1978 | 312 |