# Employer firms in Lee County

Employer firms in Lee County was 17,000 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12071`
- 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/lee-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12071

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 17,000 |
| 2022 | 16,582 |
| 2021 | 15,951 |
| 2020 | 15,194 |
| 2019 | 14,862 |
| 2018 | 14,549 |
| 2017 | 14,230 |
| 2016 | 13,781 |
| 2015 | 13,273 |
| 2014 | 12,853 |
| 2013 | 12,555 |
| 2012 | 12,193 |
| 2011 | 11,880 |
| 2010 | 11,752 |
| 2009 | 11,857 |
| 2008 | 12,437 |
| 2007 | 13,192 |
| 2006 | 13,101 |
| 2005 | 12,232 |
| 2004 | 11,533 |
| 2003 | 10,921 |
| 2002 | 10,575 |
| 2001 | 10,098 |
| 2000 | 9,699 |
| 1999 | 9,553 |
| 1998 | 9,310 |
| 1997 | 9,075 |
| 1996 | 8,876 |
| 1995 | 8,756 |
| 1994 | 8,632 |
| 1993 | 8,480 |
| 1992 | 8,418 |
| 1991 | 8,310 |
| 1990 | 8,362 |
| 1989 | 8,004 |
| 1988 | 7,699 |
| 1987 | 7,232 |
| 1986 | 6,835 |
| 1985 | 6,466 |
| 1984 | 6,144 |
| 1983 | 5,658 |
| 1982 | 5,310 |
| 1981 | 5,050 |
| 1980 | 4,751 |
| 1979 | 4,535 |
| 1978 | 4,098 |