# Employer firms in Josephine County

Employer firms in Josephine County was 1,722 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-41033`
- 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/josephine-county-oregon
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-41033

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,722 |
| 2022 | 1,759 |
| 2021 | 1,702 |
| 2020 | 1,668 |
| 2019 | 1,653 |
| 2018 | 1,673 |
| 2017 | 1,621 |
| 2016 | 1,577 |
| 2015 | 1,546 |
| 2014 | 1,561 |
| 2013 | 1,561 |
| 2012 | 1,602 |
| 2011 | 1,635 |
| 2010 | 1,636 |
| 2009 | 1,673 |
| 2008 | 1,784 |
| 2007 | 1,835 |
| 2006 | 1,858 |
| 2005 | 1,809 |
| 2004 | 1,727 |
| 2003 | 1,689 |
| 2002 | 1,637 |
| 2001 | 1,617 |
| 2000 | 1,593 |
| 1999 | 1,574 |
| 1998 | 1,541 |
| 1997 | 1,517 |
| 1996 | 1,510 |
| 1995 | 1,535 |
| 1994 | 1,482 |
| 1993 | 1,408 |
| 1992 | 1,354 |
| 1991 | 1,351 |
| 1990 | 1,348 |
| 1989 | 1,326 |
| 1988 | 1,295 |
| 1987 | 1,265 |
| 1986 | 1,256 |
| 1985 | 1,207 |
| 1984 | 1,208 |
| 1983 | 1,127 |
| 1982 | 1,120 |
| 1981 | 1,152 |
| 1980 | 1,170 |
| 1979 | 1,145 |
| 1978 | 1,084 |