# Employer firms in Massachusetts

Employer firms in Massachusetts was 131,145 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-25`
- 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/massachusetts
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/massachusetts.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-25

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 131,145 |
| 2022 | 129,866 |
| 2021 | 125,892 |
| 2020 | 127,975 |
| 2019 | 128,122 |
| 2018 | 127,075 |
| 2017 | 126,619 |
| 2016 | 125,922 |
| 2015 | 123,787 |
| 2014 | 123,279 |
| 2013 | 122,580 |
| 2012 | 122,171 |
| 2011 | 120,752 |
| 2010 | 120,908 |
| 2009 | 122,420 |
| 2008 | 125,570 |
| 2007 | 127,607 |
| 2006 | 128,277 |
| 2005 | 126,650 |
| 2004 | 127,400 |
| 2003 | 128,598 |
| 2002 | 126,399 |
| 2001 | 127,066 |
| 2000 | 126,848 |
| 1999 | 125,429 |
| 1998 | 123,187 |
| 1997 | 121,207 |
| 1996 | 119,069 |
| 1995 | 118,314 |
| 1994 | 115,833 |
| 1993 | 113,989 |
| 1992 | 112,847 |
| 1991 | 115,010 |
| 1990 | 120,470 |
| 1989 | 123,371 |
| 1988 | 121,866 |
| 1987 | 118,132 |
| 1986 | 114,559 |
| 1985 | 110,924 |
| 1984 | 107,752 |
| 1983 | 102,837 |
| 1982 | 100,473 |
| 1981 | 100,388 |
| 1980 | 99,436 |
| 1979 | 98,318 |
| 1978 | 96,003 |