# Employer firms in Maricopa County

Employer firms in Maricopa County was 73,640 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-04013`
- 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/maricopa-county-arizona
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-04013

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 73,640 |
| 2022 | 72,071 |
| 2021 | 69,656 |
| 2020 | 66,703 |
| 2019 | 65,473 |
| 2018 | 64,120 |
| 2017 | 62,520 |
| 2016 | 61,163 |
| 2015 | 59,699 |
| 2014 | 58,603 |
| 2013 | 57,641 |
| 2012 | 56,652 |
| 2011 | 56,218 |
| 2010 | 56,665 |
| 2009 | 58,321 |
| 2008 | 61,408 |
| 2007 | 61,593 |
| 2006 | 59,840 |
| 2005 | 56,257 |
| 2004 | 54,122 |
| 2003 | 52,400 |
| 2002 | 51,413 |
| 2001 | 51,078 |
| 2000 | 50,294 |
| 1999 | 49,776 |
| 1998 | 48,765 |
| 1997 | 47,756 |
| 1996 | 46,257 |
| 1995 | 44,826 |
| 1994 | 42,977 |
| 1993 | 41,282 |
| 1992 | 40,045 |
| 1991 | 39,424 |
| 1990 | 39,194 |
| 1989 | 38,822 |
| 1988 | 38,698 |
| 1987 | 37,936 |
| 1986 | 36,756 |
| 1985 | 35,161 |
| 1984 | 32,860 |
| 1983 | 30,382 |
| 1982 | 28,857 |
| 1981 | 28,073 |
| 1980 | 26,818 |
| 1979 | 25,582 |
| 1978 | 24,212 |