# Employer firms in Lubbock County

Employer firms in Lubbock County was 6,102 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48303`
- 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/lubbock-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48303

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,102 |
| 2022 | 6,049 |
| 2021 | 5,888 |
| 2020 | 5,787 |
| 2019 | 5,745 |
| 2018 | 5,655 |
| 2017 | 5,612 |
| 2016 | 5,564 |
| 2015 | 5,513 |
| 2014 | 5,498 |
| 2013 | 5,404 |
| 2012 | 5,405 |
| 2011 | 5,373 |
| 2010 | 5,313 |
| 2009 | 5,273 |
| 2008 | 5,315 |
| 2007 | 5,330 |
| 2006 | 5,374 |
| 2005 | 5,327 |
| 2004 | 5,259 |
| 2003 | 5,252 |
| 2002 | 5,176 |
| 2001 | 5,114 |
| 2000 | 5,125 |
| 1999 | 5,115 |
| 1998 | 5,197 |
| 1997 | 5,124 |
| 1996 | 5,110 |
| 1995 | 5,103 |
| 1994 | 5,067 |
| 1993 | 4,897 |
| 1992 | 4,811 |
| 1991 | 4,763 |
| 1990 | 4,742 |
| 1989 | 4,676 |
| 1988 | 4,652 |
| 1987 | 4,722 |
| 1986 | 4,851 |
| 1985 | 4,854 |
| 1984 | 4,943 |
| 1983 | 4,782 |
| 1982 | 4,676 |
| 1981 | 4,706 |
| 1980 | 4,721 |
| 1979 | 4,719 |
| 1978 | 4,649 |