# Employer firms in Middlesex County

Employer firms in Middlesex County was 33,727 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-25017`
- 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/middlesex-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-25017

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 33,727 |
| 2022 | 33,355 |
| 2021 | 32,600 |
| 2020 | 33,192 |
| 2019 | 33,118 |
| 2018 | 32,867 |
| 2017 | 32,777 |
| 2016 | 32,603 |
| 2015 | 32,152 |
| 2014 | 31,902 |
| 2013 | 31,627 |
| 2012 | 31,398 |
| 2011 | 31,136 |
| 2010 | 31,097 |
| 2009 | 31,344 |
| 2008 | 31,873 |
| 2007 | 32,235 |
| 2006 | 32,451 |
| 2005 | 32,049 |
| 2004 | 31,858 |
| 2003 | 31,859 |
| 2002 | 31,715 |
| 2001 | 31,886 |
| 2000 | 31,985 |
| 1999 | 31,763 |
| 1998 | 31,482 |
| 1997 | 30,912 |
| 1996 | 30,355 |
| 1995 | 29,991 |
| 1994 | 29,321 |
| 1993 | 28,724 |
| 1992 | 28,236 |
| 1991 | 28,594 |
| 1990 | 29,648 |
| 1989 | 30,344 |
| 1988 | 29,730 |
| 1987 | 28,923 |
| 1986 | 28,092 |
| 1985 | 27,241 |
| 1984 | 26,350 |
| 1983 | 25,144 |
| 1982 | 24,303 |
| 1981 | 24,110 |
| 1980 | 23,710 |
| 1979 | 23,268 |
| 1978 | 22,576 |