# Employer firms in Kitsap County

Employer firms in Kitsap County was 4,724 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53035`
- 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/kitsap-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53035

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,724 |
| 2022 | 4,747 |
| 2021 | 4,613 |
| 2020 | 4,575 |
| 2019 | 4,614 |
| 2018 | 4,578 |
| 2017 | 4,497 |
| 2016 | 4,496 |
| 2015 | 4,438 |
| 2014 | 4,348 |
| 2013 | 4,337 |
| 2012 | 4,322 |
| 2011 | 4,349 |
| 2010 | 4,457 |
| 2009 | 4,538 |
| 2008 | 4,818 |
| 2007 | 4,890 |
| 2006 | 4,762 |
| 2005 | 4,605 |
| 2004 | 4,460 |
| 2003 | 4,363 |
| 2002 | 4,301 |
| 2001 | 4,238 |
| 2000 | 4,186 |
| 1999 | 4,083 |
| 1998 | 4,001 |
| 1997 | 3,848 |
| 1996 | 3,808 |
| 1995 | 3,769 |
| 1994 | 3,723 |
| 1993 | 3,616 |
| 1992 | 3,462 |
| 1991 | 3,323 |
| 1990 | 3,175 |
| 1989 | 2,993 |
| 1988 | 2,885 |
| 1987 | 2,762 |
| 1986 | 2,713 |
| 1985 | 2,628 |
| 1984 | 2,501 |
| 1983 | 2,332 |
| 1982 | 2,298 |
| 1981 | 2,266 |
| 1980 | 2,211 |
| 1979 | 2,208 |
| 1978 | 2,066 |