# Employer firms in Leon County

Employer firms in Leon County was 6,344 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12073`
- 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/leon-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,344 |
| 2022 | 6,225 |
| 2021 | 6,164 |
| 2020 | 6,049 |
| 2019 | 6,016 |
| 2018 | 5,994 |
| 2017 | 5,944 |
| 2016 | 5,853 |
| 2015 | 5,850 |
| 2014 | 5,791 |
| 2013 | 5,687 |
| 2012 | 5,663 |
| 2011 | 5,629 |
| 2010 | 5,683 |
| 2009 | 5,725 |
| 2008 | 5,837 |
| 2007 | 5,898 |
| 2006 | 5,758 |
| 2005 | 5,555 |
| 2004 | 5,443 |
| 2003 | 5,266 |
| 2002 | 5,082 |
| 2001 | 4,984 |
| 2000 | 4,978 |
| 1999 | 4,962 |
| 1998 | 4,929 |
| 1997 | 4,874 |
| 1996 | 4,859 |
| 1995 | 4,773 |
| 1994 | 4,639 |
| 1993 | 4,563 |
| 1992 | 4,484 |
| 1991 | 4,471 |
| 1990 | 4,423 |
| 1989 | 4,280 |
| 1988 | 4,165 |
| 1987 | 4,048 |
| 1986 | 3,905 |
| 1985 | 3,736 |
| 1984 | 3,667 |
| 1983 | 3,436 |
| 1982 | 3,267 |
| 1981 | 3,234 |
| 1980 | 3,080 |
| 1979 | 2,920 |
| 1978 | 2,773 |