# Employer firms in Kent County

Employer firms in Kent County was 3,669 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-10001`
- 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/kent-county-delaware
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-10001

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,669 |
| 2022 | 3,475 |
| 2021 | 3,312 |
| 2020 | 3,106 |
| 2019 | 2,916 |
| 2018 | 2,797 |
| 2017 | 2,700 |
| 2016 | 2,636 |
| 2015 | 2,587 |
| 2014 | 2,549 |
| 2013 | 2,549 |
| 2012 | 2,550 |
| 2011 | 2,526 |
| 2010 | 2,567 |
| 2009 | 2,589 |
| 2008 | 2,682 |
| 2007 | 2,705 |
| 2006 | 2,696 |
| 2005 | 2,638 |
| 2004 | 2,596 |
| 2003 | 2,544 |
| 2002 | 2,465 |
| 2001 | 2,439 |
| 2000 | 2,400 |
| 1999 | 2,403 |
| 1998 | 2,394 |
| 1997 | 2,346 |
| 1996 | 2,332 |
| 1995 | 2,302 |
| 1994 | 2,250 |
| 1993 | 2,225 |
| 1992 | 2,174 |
| 1991 | 2,177 |
| 1990 | 2,151 |
| 1989 | 2,122 |
| 1988 | 2,010 |
| 1987 | 1,939 |
| 1986 | 1,845 |
| 1985 | 1,772 |
| 1984 | 1,724 |
| 1983 | 1,672 |
| 1982 | 1,593 |
| 1981 | 1,616 |
| 1980 | 1,626 |
| 1979 | 1,652 |
| 1978 | 1,577 |