# Employer firms in Linn County

Employer firms in Linn County was 4,262 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-19113`
- 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/linn-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-19113

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,262 |
| 2022 | 4,288 |
| 2021 | 4,237 |
| 2020 | 4,190 |
| 2019 | 4,240 |
| 2018 | 4,203 |
| 2017 | 4,149 |
| 2016 | 4,129 |
| 2015 | 4,109 |
| 2014 | 4,113 |
| 2013 | 4,109 |
| 2012 | 4,097 |
| 2011 | 4,089 |
| 2010 | 4,149 |
| 2009 | 4,150 |
| 2008 | 4,215 |
| 2007 | 4,272 |
| 2006 | 4,262 |
| 2005 | 4,209 |
| 2004 | 4,151 |
| 2003 | 4,092 |
| 2002 | 4,087 |
| 2001 | 4,062 |
| 2000 | 4,090 |
| 1999 | 4,090 |
| 1998 | 4,081 |
| 1997 | 3,994 |
| 1996 | 4,003 |
| 1995 | 3,990 |
| 1994 | 3,887 |
| 1993 | 3,778 |
| 1992 | 3,655 |
| 1991 | 3,653 |
| 1990 | 3,612 |
| 1989 | 3,569 |
| 1988 | 3,557 |
| 1987 | 3,478 |
| 1986 | 3,483 |
| 1985 | 3,444 |
| 1984 | 3,456 |
| 1983 | 3,366 |
| 1982 | 3,331 |
| 1981 | 3,404 |
| 1980 | 3,373 |
| 1979 | 3,262 |
| 1978 | 3,178 |