# Employer firms in Kane County

Employer firms in Kane County was 10,176 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17089`
- 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/kane-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17089

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,176 |
| 2022 | 10,106 |
| 2021 | 9,958 |
| 2020 | 9,871 |
| 2019 | 9,948 |
| 2018 | 9,940 |
| 2017 | 9,907 |
| 2016 | 9,875 |
| 2015 | 9,714 |
| 2014 | 9,583 |
| 2013 | 9,544 |
| 2012 | 9,549 |
| 2011 | 9,580 |
| 2010 | 9,586 |
| 2009 | 9,785 |
| 2008 | 10,092 |
| 2007 | 10,209 |
| 2006 | 9,994 |
| 2005 | 9,696 |
| 2004 | 9,414 |
| 2003 | 9,166 |
| 2002 | 8,968 |
| 2001 | 8,828 |
| 2000 | 8,752 |
| 1999 | 8,659 |
| 1998 | 8,482 |
| 1997 | 8,310 |
| 1996 | 8,133 |
| 1995 | 7,996 |
| 1994 | 7,738 |
| 1993 | 7,483 |
| 1992 | 7,316 |
| 1991 | 7,209 |
| 1990 | 7,107 |
| 1989 | 6,798 |
| 1988 | 6,491 |
| 1987 | 6,250 |
| 1986 | 6,008 |
| 1985 | 5,777 |
| 1984 | 5,623 |
| 1983 | 5,391 |
| 1982 | 5,260 |
| 1981 | 5,267 |
| 1980 | 5,205 |
| 1979 | 5,194 |
| 1978 | 5,015 |