# Employer firms in Lorain County

Employer firms in Lorain County was 4,221 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-39093`
- 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/lorain-county-ohio
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-39093

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,221 |
| 2022 | 4,271 |
| 2021 | 4,244 |
| 2020 | 4,209 |
| 2019 | 4,217 |
| 2018 | 4,233 |
| 2017 | 4,269 |
| 2016 | 4,349 |
| 2015 | 4,343 |
| 2014 | 4,329 |
| 2013 | 4,345 |
| 2012 | 4,403 |
| 2011 | 4,395 |
| 2010 | 4,421 |
| 2009 | 4,531 |
| 2008 | 4,750 |
| 2007 | 4,877 |
| 2006 | 4,910 |
| 2005 | 4,844 |
| 2004 | 4,823 |
| 2003 | 4,747 |
| 2002 | 4,750 |
| 2001 | 4,723 |
| 2000 | 4,724 |
| 1999 | 4,692 |
| 1998 | 4,701 |
| 1997 | 4,640 |
| 1996 | 4,612 |
| 1995 | 4,543 |
| 1994 | 4,394 |
| 1993 | 4,300 |
| 1992 | 4,201 |
| 1991 | 4,170 |
| 1990 | 4,178 |
| 1989 | 4,037 |
| 1988 | 3,985 |
| 1987 | 3,880 |
| 1986 | 3,736 |
| 1985 | 3,654 |
| 1984 | 3,649 |
| 1983 | 3,581 |
| 1982 | 3,508 |
| 1981 | 3,577 |
| 1980 | 3,627 |
| 1979 | 3,666 |
| 1978 | 3,571 |