# Employer firms in Lehigh County

Employer firms in Lehigh County was 6,515 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-42077`
- 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/lehigh-county-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-42077

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,515 |
| 2022 | 6,548 |
| 2021 | 6,386 |
| 2020 | 6,415 |
| 2019 | 6,417 |
| 2018 | 6,393 |
| 2017 | 6,413 |
| 2016 | 6,367 |
| 2015 | 6,276 |
| 2014 | 6,309 |
| 2013 | 6,352 |
| 2012 | 6,355 |
| 2011 | 6,316 |
| 2010 | 6,379 |
| 2009 | 6,415 |
| 2008 | 6,465 |
| 2007 | 6,484 |
| 2006 | 6,468 |
| 2005 | 6,411 |
| 2004 | 6,339 |
| 2003 | 6,335 |
| 2002 | 6,325 |
| 2001 | 6,343 |
| 2000 | 6,358 |
| 1999 | 6,315 |
| 1998 | 6,349 |
| 1997 | 6,290 |
| 1996 | 6,309 |
| 1995 | 6,354 |
| 1994 | 6,281 |
| 1993 | 6,310 |
| 1992 | 6,308 |
| 1991 | 6,336 |
| 1990 | 6,323 |
| 1989 | 6,259 |
| 1988 | 6,056 |
| 1987 | 5,844 |
| 1986 | 5,644 |
| 1985 | 5,450 |
| 1984 | 5,378 |
| 1983 | 5,280 |
| 1982 | 5,170 |
| 1981 | 5,173 |
| 1980 | 5,163 |
| 1979 | 5,124 |
| 1978 | 4,983 |