# Employer firms in Kern County

Employer firms in Kern County was 10,702 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06029`
- 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/kern-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06029

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,702 |
| 2022 | 10,610 |
| 2021 | 10,057 |
| 2020 | 9,972 |
| 2019 | 9,801 |
| 2018 | 9,656 |
| 2017 | 9,527 |
| 2016 | 9,477 |
| 2015 | 9,488 |
| 2014 | 9,395 |
| 2013 | 9,274 |
| 2012 | 9,297 |
| 2011 | 9,118 |
| 2010 | 9,129 |
| 2009 | 9,305 |
| 2008 | 9,495 |
| 2007 | 9,614 |
| 2006 | 9,390 |
| 2005 | 9,051 |
| 2004 | 8,821 |
| 2003 | 8,691 |
| 2002 | 8,612 |
| 2001 | 8,468 |
| 2000 | 8,416 |
| 1999 | 8,346 |
| 1998 | 8,312 |
| 1997 | 8,213 |
| 1996 | 8,300 |
| 1995 | 8,228 |
| 1994 | 8,284 |
| 1993 | 8,301 |
| 1992 | 8,462 |
| 1991 | 8,623 |
| 1990 | 8,528 |
| 1989 | 8,352 |
| 1988 | 8,236 |
| 1987 | 8,137 |
| 1986 | 8,159 |
| 1985 | 8,075 |
| 1984 | 7,888 |
| 1983 | 7,421 |
| 1982 | 7,230 |
| 1981 | 7,145 |
| 1980 | 7,029 |
| 1979 | 6,685 |
| 1978 | 6,366 |