# Employer firms in Kings County

Employer firms in Kings County was 51,251 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-36047`
- 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/kings-county-new-york
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-36047

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 51,251 |
| 2022 | 50,178 |
| 2021 | 47,388 |
| 2020 | 48,933 |
| 2019 | 49,428 |
| 2018 | 48,502 |
| 2017 | 47,906 |
| 2016 | 46,857 |
| 2015 | 45,544 |
| 2014 | 44,354 |
| 2013 | 43,181 |
| 2012 | 41,890 |
| 2011 | 40,424 |
| 2010 | 38,962 |
| 2009 | 37,745 |
| 2008 | 36,756 |
| 2007 | 35,980 |
| 2006 | 35,306 |
| 2005 | 34,904 |
| 2004 | 34,371 |
| 2003 | 33,450 |
| 2002 | 32,545 |
| 2001 | 31,892 |
| 2000 | 31,136 |
| 1999 | 30,744 |
| 1998 | 30,325 |
| 1997 | 29,269 |
| 1996 | 28,716 |
| 1995 | 28,316 |
| 1994 | 27,830 |
| 1993 | 27,728 |
| 1992 | 27,704 |
| 1991 | 28,146 |
| 1990 | 28,558 |
| 1989 | 28,639 |
| 1988 | 28,490 |
| 1987 | 28,038 |
| 1986 | 27,793 |
| 1985 | 27,524 |
| 1984 | 27,125 |
| 1983 | 27,120 |
| 1982 | 26,798 |
| 1981 | 27,486 |
| 1980 | 27,781 |
| 1979 | 28,154 |
| 1978 | 28,291 |