# Employer firms in Merced County

Employer firms in Merced County was 2,767 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06047`
- 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/merced-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06047

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,767 |
| 2022 | 2,709 |
| 2021 | 2,544 |
| 2020 | 2,518 |
| 2019 | 2,494 |
| 2018 | 2,440 |
| 2017 | 2,410 |
| 2016 | 2,386 |
| 2015 | 2,352 |
| 2014 | 2,285 |
| 2013 | 2,279 |
| 2012 | 2,287 |
| 2011 | 2,269 |
| 2010 | 2,318 |
| 2009 | 2,364 |
| 2008 | 2,436 |
| 2007 | 2,521 |
| 2006 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 2,457 |
| 2004 | 2,464 |
| 2003 | 2,436 |
| 2002 | 2,387 |
| 2001 | 2,329 |
| 2000 | 2,319 |
| 1999 | 2,324 |
| 1998 | 2,308 |
| 1997 | 2,301 |
| 1996 | 2,315 |
| 1995 | 2,349 |
| 1994 | 2,336 |
| 1993 | 2,310 |
| 1992 | 2,318 |
| 1991 | 2,372 |
| 1990 | 2,385 |
| 1989 | 2,325 |
| 1988 | 2,277 |
| 1987 | 2,238 |
| 1986 | 2,191 |
| 1985 | 2,152 |
| 1984 | 2,128 |
| 1983 | 2,037 |
| 1982 | 2,018 |
| 1981 | 2,067 |
| 1980 | 2,103 |
| 1979 | 2,069 |
| 1978 | 1,955 |