# Employer firms in Lake County

Employer firms in Lake County was 7,960 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-18089`
- 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/lake-county-indiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-18089

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 7,960 |
| 2022 | 7,892 |
| 2021 | 7,806 |
| 2020 | 7,677 |
| 2019 | 7,714 |
| 2018 | 7,701 |
| 2017 | 7,647 |
| 2016 | 7,619 |
| 2015 | 7,626 |
| 2014 | 7,530 |
| 2013 | 7,568 |
| 2012 | 7,625 |
| 2011 | 7,651 |
| 2010 | 7,726 |
| 2009 | 7,820 |
| 2008 | 8,039 |
| 2007 | 8,070 |
| 2006 | 8,146 |
| 2005 | 7,957 |
| 2004 | 7,934 |
| 2003 | 7,828 |
| 2002 | 7,823 |
| 2001 | 7,798 |
| 2000 | 7,942 |
| 1999 | 8,009 |
| 1998 | 8,057 |
| 1997 | 8,064 |
| 1996 | 8,050 |
| 1995 | 8,005 |
| 1994 | 7,896 |
| 1993 | 7,790 |
| 1992 | 7,619 |
| 1991 | 7,535 |
| 1990 | 7,454 |
| 1989 | 7,270 |
| 1988 | 7,091 |
| 1987 | 6,921 |
| 1986 | 6,879 |
| 1985 | 6,776 |
| 1984 | 6,851 |
| 1983 | 6,768 |
| 1982 | 6,746 |
| 1981 | 6,842 |
| 1980 | 6,939 |
| 1979 | 6,839 |
| 1978 | 6,713 |