# Employer firms in Laurel County

Employer firms in Laurel County was 1,005 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-21125`
- 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/laurel-county-kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-21125

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,005 |
| 2022 | 1,000 |
| 2021 | 961 |
| 2020 | 958 |
| 2019 | 986 |
| 2018 | 984 |
| 2017 | 960 |
| 2016 | 941 |
| 2015 | 946 |
| 2014 | 935 |
| 2013 | 948 |
| 2012 | 962 |
| 2011 | 973 |
| 2010 | 988 |
| 2009 | 1,002 |
| 2008 | 1,022 |
| 2007 | 1,011 |
| 2006 | 980 |
| 2005 | 991 |
| 2004 | 981 |
| 2003 | 959 |
| 2002 | 958 |
| 2001 | 959 |
| 2000 | 920 |
| 1999 | 921 |
| 1998 | 881 |
| 1997 | 857 |
| 1996 | 843 |
| 1995 | 824 |
| 1994 | 782 |
| 1993 | 774 |
| 1992 | 750 |
| 1991 | 737 |
| 1990 | 735 |
| 1989 | 720 |
| 1988 | 705 |
| 1987 | 688 |
| 1986 | 643 |
| 1985 | 636 |
| 1984 | 600 |
| 1983 | 569 |
| 1982 | 549 |
| 1981 | 539 |
| 1980 | 534 |
| 1979 | 523 |
| 1978 | 502 |