# Employer firms in Louisiana

Employer firms in Louisiana was 75,251 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-22`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/louisiana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/louisiana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-22

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 75,251 |
| 2022 | 74,791 |
| 2021 | 73,917 |
| 2020 | 73,168 |
| 2019 | 73,814 |
| 2018 | 73,602 |
| 2017 | 73,558 |
| 2016 | 73,800 |
| 2015 | 73,905 |
| 2014 | 74,023 |
| 2013 | 73,987 |
| 2012 | 73,961 |
| 2011 | 73,652 |
| 2010 | 74,003 |
| 2009 | 74,494 |
| 2008 | 74,804 |
| 2007 | 74,763 |
| 2006 | 72,023 |
| 2005 | 74,680 |
| 2004 | 74,521 |
| 2003 | 73,706 |
| 2002 | 73,080 |
| 2001 | 72,600 |
| 2000 | 72,776 |
| 1999 | 73,226 |
| 1998 | 73,393 |
| 1997 | 72,475 |
| 1996 | 71,690 |
| 1995 | 70,668 |
| 1994 | 69,381 |
| 1993 | 67,921 |
| 1992 | 66,239 |
| 1991 | 65,682 |
| 1990 | 65,683 |
| 1989 | 65,234 |
| 1988 | 66,021 |
| 1987 | 67,063 |
| 1986 | 70,224 |
| 1985 | 71,268 |
| 1984 | 71,641 |
| 1983 | 69,621 |
| 1982 | 68,122 |
| 1981 | 66,794 |
| 1980 | 65,187 |
| 1979 | 64,268 |
| 1978 | 61,238 |