Data / Employer firms / Milwaukee County

Employer firms in Milwaukee County

Employer firms in Milwaukee County was 14,184 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.9% from 2022. That is the 1st highest of 72 counties in 2023.

2023, count14,184
Change on 2022+0.9%
Rank1st of 72Counties in Wisconsin ranked
Series high15,8261990
Series low13,5152012

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023

13.5K14K14.5K15K15.5K16K19781985199219992006201320231978: 15,323 count1979: 15,580 count1980: 15,572 count1981: 15,468 count1982: 15,310 count1983: 15,553 count1984: 15,656 count1985: 15,254 count1986: 15,178 count1987: 15,363 count1988: 15,577 count1989: 15,697 count1990: 15,826 count1991: 15,695 count1992: 15,571 count1993: 15,734 count1994: 15,699 count1995: 15,639 count1996: 15,501 count1997: 15,390 count1998: 15,459 count1999: 15,269 count2000: 15,108 count2001: 14,916 count2002: 14,903 count2003: 14,781 count2004: 14,894 count2005: 14,938 count2006: 14,900 count2007: 14,864 count2008: 14,569 count2009: 14,176 count2010: 13,916 count2011: 13,679 count2012: 13,515 count2013: 13,542 count2014: 13,555 count2015: 13,645 count2016: 13,739 count2017: 13,745 count2018: 13,716 count2019: 13,740 count2020: 13,712 count2021: 13,911 count2022: 14,055 count2023: 14,184 count13K14K15K16K19781994201020231978: 15,323 count1979: 15,580 count1980: 15,572 count1981: 15,468 count1982: 15,310 count1983: 15,553 count1984: 15,656 count1985: 15,254 count1986: 15,178 count1987: 15,363 count1988: 15,577 count1989: 15,697 count1990: 15,826 count1991: 15,695 count1992: 15,571 count1993: 15,734 count1994: 15,699 count1995: 15,639 count1996: 15,501 count1997: 15,390 count1998: 15,459 count1999: 15,269 count2000: 15,108 count2001: 14,916 count2002: 14,903 count2003: 14,781 count2004: 14,894 count2005: 14,938 count2006: 14,900 count2007: 14,864 count2008: 14,569 count2009: 14,176 count2010: 13,916 count2011: 13,679 count2012: 13,515 count2013: 13,542 count2014: 13,555 count2015: 13,645 count2016: 13,739 count2017: 13,745 count2018: 13,716 count2019: 13,740 count2020: 13,712 count2021: 13,911 count2022: 14,055 count2023: 14,184 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
202314,184
202214,055
202113,911
202013,712
201913,740
201813,716
201713,745
201613,739
201513,645
201413,555
201313,542
201213,515
201113,679
201013,916
200914,176
200814,569
200714,864
200614,900
200514,938
200414,894
200314,781
200214,903
200114,916
200015,108
199915,269
199815,459
199715,390
199615,501
199515,639
199415,699
199315,734
199215,571
199115,695
199015,826
198915,697
198815,577
198715,363
198615,178
198515,254
198415,656
198315,553
198215,310
198115,468
198015,572
197915,580
197815,323

Compared with Wisconsin and United States

Place2023
Milwaukee County14,184
Wisconsin98,413
United States5,593,727

Milwaukee County compared with nearby places

Adams County: 331 countAshland County: 416 countBarron County: 1,106 countBayfield County: 380 countBrown County: 5,001 countBuffalo County: 259 countBurnett County: 338 countCalumet County: 807 countChippewa County: 1,314 countClark County: 668 countColumbia County: 1,121 countCrawford County: 311 countDane County: 10,900 countDodge County: 1,410 countDoor County: 1,020 countDouglas County: 823 countDunn County: 759 countEau Claire County: 2,195 countFlorence County: 95 countFond du Lac County: 1,767 countForest County: 185 countGrant County: 948 countGreen County: 846 countGreen Lake County: 384 countIowa County: 493 countIron County: 161 countJackson County: 331 countJefferson County: 1,682 countJuneau County: 444 countKenosha County: 2,682 countKewaunee County: 388 countLa Crosse County: 2,421 countLafayette County: 296 countLanglade County: 482 countLincoln County: 564 countManitowoc County: 1,414 countMarathon County: 2,636 countMarinette County: 820 countMarquette County: 233 countMenominee County: 23 countMilwaukee County: 14,184 countMonroe County: 804 countOconto County: 616 countOneida County: 1,103 countOutagamie County: 4,101 countOzaukee County: 2,288 countPepin County: 175 countPierce County: 636 countPolk County: 952 countPortage County: 1,347 countPrice County: 308 countRacine County: 3,210 countRichland County: 333 countRock County: 2,637 countRusk County: 259 countSt. Croix County: 1,977 countSauk County: 1,446 countSawyer County: 505 countShawano County: 757 countSheboygan County: 2,090 countTaylor County: 413 countTrempealeau County: 538 countVernon County: 552 countVilas County: 750 countWalworth County: 2,279 countWashburn County: 392 countWashington County: 2,800 countWaukesha County: 9,769 countWaupaca County: 959 countWaushara County: 418 countWinnebago County: 2,834 countWood County: 1,392 count
  • Under 300
  • 300 to 500
  • 500 to 800
  • 800 to 1,300
  • 1,300 to 2,300
  • 2,300 and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Milwaukee County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

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.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/milwaukee-county-wisconsin. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/milwaukee-county-wisconsin.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/milwaukee-county-wisconsin (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_milwaukee_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/milwaukee-county-wisconsin. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Milwaukee County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/milwaukee-county-wisconsin
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/milwaukee-county-wisconsin.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Milwaukee County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-55079"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-55079

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Milwaukee County?

Employer firms in Milwaukee County was 14,184 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.9% from 2022. That is the 1st highest of 72 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Milwaukee County?

15,826 in 1990, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Milwaukee County

All statistics for Milwaukee County | Milwaukee County in figures