# Employer firms in Manatee County

Employer firms in Manatee County was 8,603 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12081`
- 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/manatee-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12081

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,603 |
| 2022 | 8,339 |
| 2021 | 7,961 |
| 2020 | 7,598 |
| 2019 | 7,416 |
| 2018 | 7,255 |
| 2017 | 7,009 |
| 2016 | 6,851 |
| 2015 | 6,662 |
| 2014 | 6,437 |
| 2013 | 6,228 |
| 2012 | 6,113 |
| 2011 | 5,974 |
| 2010 | 5,844 |
| 2009 | 5,833 |
| 2008 | 6,072 |
| 2007 | 6,261 |
| 2006 | 6,232 |
| 2005 | 5,889 |
| 2004 | 5,576 |
| 2003 | 5,113 |
| 2002 | 4,923 |
| 2001 | 4,776 |
| 2000 | 4,649 |
| 1999 | 4,640 |
| 1998 | 4,529 |
| 1997 | 4,502 |
| 1996 | 4,434 |
| 1995 | 4,356 |
| 1994 | 4,230 |
| 1993 | 4,030 |
| 1992 | 3,956 |
| 1991 | 3,893 |
| 1990 | 3,957 |
| 1989 | 3,906 |
| 1988 | 3,818 |
| 1987 | 3,770 |
| 1986 | 3,637 |
| 1985 | 3,477 |
| 1984 | 3,345 |
| 1983 | 3,070 |
| 1982 | 2,941 |
| 1981 | 2,889 |
| 1980 | 2,777 |
| 1979 | 2,591 |
| 1978 | 2,412 |