# Employer firms in Kentucky

Employer firms in Kentucky was 61,917 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-21`
- 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/kentucky
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/kentucky.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-21

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 61,917 |
| 2022 | 61,296 |
| 2021 | 60,398 |
| 2020 | 60,433 |
| 2019 | 61,101 |
| 2018 | 60,781 |
| 2017 | 61,789 |
| 2016 | 62,215 |
| 2015 | 62,175 |
| 2014 | 62,157 |
| 2013 | 61,693 |
| 2012 | 61,602 |
| 2011 | 61,684 |
| 2010 | 62,508 |
| 2009 | 63,417 |
| 2008 | 64,833 |
| 2007 | 65,882 |
| 2006 | 65,967 |
| 2005 | 65,604 |
| 2004 | 65,210 |
| 2003 | 64,575 |
| 2002 | 64,547 |
| 2001 | 64,685 |
| 2000 | 64,848 |
| 1999 | 65,140 |
| 1998 | 64,942 |
| 1997 | 64,108 |
| 1996 | 63,518 |
| 1995 | 63,158 |
| 1994 | 61,850 |
| 1993 | 60,830 |
| 1992 | 59,605 |
| 1991 | 59,478 |
| 1990 | 59,909 |
| 1989 | 59,027 |
| 1988 | 57,929 |
| 1987 | 57,037 |
| 1986 | 56,221 |
| 1985 | 55,357 |
| 1984 | 54,907 |
| 1983 | 52,213 |
| 1982 | 52,028 |
| 1981 | 52,619 |
| 1980 | 52,898 |
| 1979 | 53,174 |
| 1978 | 51,487 |