# Employer firms in Marathon County

Employer firms in Marathon County was 2,636 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-55073`
- 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/marathon-county-wisconsin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-55073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,636 |
| 2022 | 2,625 |
| 2021 | 2,589 |
| 2020 | 2,609 |
| 2019 | 2,622 |
| 2018 | 2,617 |
| 2017 | 2,598 |
| 2016 | 2,603 |
| 2015 | 2,603 |
| 2014 | 2,593 |
| 2013 | 2,619 |
| 2012 | 2,614 |
| 2011 | 2,658 |
| 2010 | 2,682 |
| 2009 | 2,722 |
| 2008 | 2,798 |
| 2007 | 2,799 |
| 2006 | 2,770 |
| 2005 | 2,718 |
| 2004 | 2,678 |
| 2003 | 2,675 |
| 2002 | 2,686 |
| 2001 | 2,665 |
| 2000 | 2,719 |
| 1999 | 2,664 |
| 1998 | 2,649 |
| 1997 | 2,626 |
| 1996 | 2,595 |
| 1995 | 2,604 |
| 1994 | 2,569 |
| 1993 | 2,487 |
| 1992 | 2,432 |
| 1991 | 2,373 |
| 1990 | 2,338 |
| 1989 | 2,302 |
| 1988 | 2,242 |
| 1987 | 2,212 |
| 1986 | 2,124 |
| 1985 | 2,110 |
| 1984 | 2,099 |
| 1983 | 2,004 |
| 1982 | 1,997 |
| 1981 | 1,975 |
| 1980 | 1,990 |
| 1979 | 2,002 |
| 1978 | 1,937 |