# Employer firms in Maryland

Employer firms in Maryland was 100,768 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-24`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/maryland
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/maryland.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-24

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 100,768 |
| 2022 | 100,104 |
| 2021 | 98,103 |
| 2020 | 97,573 |
| 2019 | 98,013 |
| 2018 | 97,538 |
| 2017 | 97,218 |
| 2016 | 97,125 |
| 2015 | 96,099 |
| 2014 | 95,934 |
| 2013 | 95,774 |
| 2012 | 95,637 |
| 2011 | 94,813 |
| 2010 | 95,632 |
| 2009 | 96,977 |
| 2008 | 99,994 |
| 2007 | 101,735 |
| 2006 | 101,468 |
| 2005 | 99,358 |
| 2004 | 97,483 |
| 2003 | 95,298 |
| 2002 | 93,687 |
| 2001 | 92,706 |
| 2000 | 91,954 |
| 1999 | 91,667 |
| 1998 | 91,107 |
| 1997 | 90,117 |
| 1996 | 89,384 |
| 1995 | 89,025 |
| 1994 | 86,906 |
| 1993 | 85,535 |
| 1992 | 83,819 |
| 1991 | 83,726 |
| 1990 | 84,690 |
| 1989 | 82,579 |
| 1988 | 80,062 |
| 1987 | 77,247 |
| 1986 | 74,630 |
| 1985 | 70,998 |
| 1984 | 68,625 |
| 1983 | 65,766 |
| 1982 | 63,194 |
| 1981 | 63,193 |
| 1980 | 62,605 |
| 1979 | 61,656 |
| 1978 | 59,514 |