# Employer firms in Middlesex County

Employer firms in Middlesex County was 17,675 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-34023`
- 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-new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-34023

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 17,675 |
| 2022 | 17,452 |
| 2021 | 16,873 |
| 2020 | 17,054 |
| 2019 | 17,281 |
| 2018 | 17,083 |
| 2017 | 17,116 |
| 2016 | 17,126 |
| 2015 | 16,916 |
| 2014 | 16,981 |
| 2013 | 16,883 |
| 2012 | 16,805 |
| 2011 | 16,568 |
| 2010 | 16,524 |
| 2009 | 16,749 |
| 2008 | 17,143 |
| 2007 | 17,391 |
| 2006 | 17,384 |
| 2005 | 17,022 |
| 2004 | 16,735 |
| 2003 | 16,402 |
| 2002 | 16,257 |
| 2001 | 16,419 |
| 2000 | 16,332 |
| 1999 | 16,139 |
| 1998 | 15,868 |
| 1997 | 15,409 |
| 1996 | 15,043 |
| 1995 | 14,773 |
| 1994 | 14,333 |
| 1993 | 14,099 |
| 1992 | 13,857 |
| 1991 | 13,954 |
| 1990 | 14,149 |
| 1989 | 14,065 |
| 1988 | 13,699 |
| 1987 | 13,109 |
| 1986 | 12,650 |
| 1985 | 12,127 |
| 1984 | 11,715 |
| 1983 | 11,278 |
| 1982 | 10,943 |
| 1981 | 10,814 |
| 1980 | 10,611 |
| 1979 | 10,365 |
| 1978 | 9,890 |