# Employer firms in Kansas

Employer firms in Kansas was 52,865 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-20`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/kansas
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/kansas.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-20

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 52,865 |
| 2022 | 52,470 |
| 2021 | 52,077 |
| 2020 | 51,415 |
| 2019 | 51,867 |
| 2018 | 52,070 |
| 2017 | 52,300 |
| 2016 | 52,638 |
| 2015 | 52,426 |
| 2014 | 52,411 |
| 2013 | 52,254 |
| 2012 | 52,640 |
| 2011 | 52,698 |
| 2010 | 53,525 |
| 2009 | 54,236 |
| 2008 | 55,154 |
| 2007 | 55,755 |
| 2006 | 55,680 |
| 2005 | 55,542 |
| 2004 | 55,135 |
| 2003 | 54,423 |
| 2002 | 54,126 |
| 2001 | 54,236 |
| 2000 | 54,589 |
| 1999 | 54,521 |
| 1998 | 54,488 |
| 1997 | 53,793 |
| 1996 | 53,346 |
| 1995 | 53,030 |
| 1994 | 52,163 |
| 1993 | 51,080 |
| 1992 | 50,056 |
| 1991 | 49,769 |
| 1990 | 50,164 |
| 1989 | 50,231 |
| 1988 | 50,062 |
| 1987 | 49,313 |
| 1986 | 49,628 |
| 1985 | 49,851 |
| 1984 | 49,938 |
| 1983 | 48,156 |
| 1982 | 47,375 |
| 1981 | 47,857 |
| 1980 | 47,691 |
| 1979 | 47,453 |
| 1978 | 46,140 |