# Employer firms in McHenry County

Employer firms in McHenry County was 6,275 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17111`
- 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/mchenry-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17111

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,275 |
| 2022 | 6,255 |
| 2021 | 6,171 |
| 2020 | 6,154 |
| 2019 | 6,197 |
| 2018 | 6,114 |
| 2017 | 6,054 |
| 2016 | 6,058 |
| 2015 | 5,952 |
| 2014 | 5,833 |
| 2013 | 5,807 |
| 2012 | 5,854 |
| 2011 | 5,836 |
| 2010 | 5,880 |
| 2009 | 6,006 |
| 2008 | 6,300 |
| 2007 | 6,437 |
| 2006 | 6,365 |
| 2005 | 6,226 |
| 2004 | 6,071 |
| 2003 | 5,965 |
| 2002 | 5,824 |
| 2001 | 5,755 |
| 2000 | 5,706 |
| 1999 | 5,588 |
| 1998 | 5,495 |
| 1997 | 5,325 |
| 1996 | 5,191 |
| 1995 | 5,040 |
| 1994 | 4,775 |
| 1993 | 4,563 |
| 1992 | 4,416 |
| 1991 | 4,286 |
| 1990 | 4,233 |
| 1989 | 3,975 |
| 1988 | 3,753 |
| 1987 | 3,478 |
| 1986 | 3,285 |
| 1985 | 3,143 |
| 1984 | 3,006 |
| 1983 | 2,852 |
| 1982 | 2,733 |
| 1981 | 2,711 |
| 1980 | 2,770 |
| 1979 | 2,727 |
| 1978 | 2,666 |