# Employer firms in Kent County

Employer firms in Kent County was 3,825 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-44003`
- 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-rhode-island
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-44003

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,825 |
| 2022 | 3,805 |
| 2021 | 3,724 |
| 2020 | 3,763 |
| 2019 | 3,766 |
| 2018 | 3,800 |
| 2017 | 3,816 |
| 2016 | 3,828 |
| 2015 | 3,775 |
| 2014 | 3,748 |
| 2013 | 3,779 |
| 2012 | 3,784 |
| 2011 | 3,788 |
| 2010 | 3,887 |
| 2009 | 3,972 |
| 2008 | 4,164 |
| 2007 | 4,233 |
| 2006 | 4,313 |
| 2005 | 4,198 |
| 2004 | 4,195 |
| 2003 | 4,072 |
| 2002 | 4,052 |
| 2001 | 4,081 |
| 2000 | 4,072 |
| 1999 | 4,103 |
| 1998 | 4,089 |
| 1997 | 3,990 |
| 1996 | 3,966 |
| 1995 | 3,933 |
| 1994 | 3,874 |
| 1993 | 3,764 |
| 1992 | 3,717 |
| 1991 | 3,783 |
| 1990 | 3,925 |
| 1989 | 3,935 |
| 1988 | 3,805 |
| 1987 | 3,619 |
| 1986 | 3,434 |
| 1985 | 3,265 |
| 1984 | 3,190 |
| 1983 | 2,987 |
| 1982 | 2,976 |
| 1981 | 3,007 |
| 1980 | 2,999 |
| 1979 | 2,953 |
| 1978 | 2,830 |