# Employer firms in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

Employer firms in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region was 3,597 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-09130`
- 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/lower-connecticut-river-valley-planning-region-connecticut
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-09130

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,597 |
| 2022 | 3,620 |
| 2021 | 3,533 |
| 2020 | 3,555 |
| 2019 | 3,588 |
| 2018 | 3,562 |
| 2017 | 3,564 |
| 2016 | 3,613 |
| 2015 | 3,563 |
| 2014 | 3,558 |
| 2013 | 3,593 |
| 2012 | 3,596 |
| 2011 | 3,608 |
| 2010 | 3,644 |
| 2009 | 3,676 |
| 2008 | 3,776 |
| 2007 | 3,820 |
| 2006 | 3,793 |
| 2005 | 3,755 |
| 2004 | 3,801 |
| 2003 | 3,755 |
| 2002 | 3,798 |
| 2001 | 3,774 |
| 2000 | 3,767 |
| 1999 | 3,753 |
| 1998 | 3,747 |
| 1997 | 3,734 |
| 1996 | 3,677 |
| 1995 | 3,625 |
| 1994 | 3,514 |
| 1993 | 3,474 |
| 1992 | 3,421 |
| 1991 | 3,507 |
| 1990 | 3,638 |
| 1989 | 3,700 |
| 1988 | 3,593 |
| 1987 | 3,421 |
| 1986 | 3,257 |
| 1985 | 3,108 |
| 1984 | 2,996 |
| 1983 | 2,858 |
| 1982 | 2,812 |
| 1981 | 2,776 |
| 1980 | 2,760 |
| 1979 | 2,691 |
| 1978 | 2,588 |