# Employer firms in Minnesota

Employer firms in Minnesota was 103,804 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-27`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/minnesota
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/minnesota.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-27

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 103,804 |
| 2022 | 103,681 |
| 2021 | 102,744 |
| 2020 | 101,637 |
| 2019 | 102,019 |
| 2018 | 102,100 |
| 2017 | 102,534 |
| 2016 | 102,226 |
| 2015 | 101,394 |
| 2014 | 100,792 |
| 2013 | 100,279 |
| 2012 | 100,262 |
| 2011 | 99,852 |
| 2010 | 100,253 |
| 2009 | 101,410 |
| 2008 | 103,972 |
| 2007 | 105,835 |
| 2006 | 106,078 |
| 2005 | 104,696 |
| 2004 | 103,298 |
| 2003 | 101,321 |
| 2002 | 99,770 |
| 2001 | 99,873 |
| 2000 | 99,240 |
| 1999 | 98,215 |
| 1998 | 97,011 |
| 1997 | 94,540 |
| 1996 | 92,779 |
| 1995 | 91,245 |
| 1994 | 89,166 |
| 1993 | 86,794 |
| 1992 | 84,167 |
| 1991 | 83,465 |
| 1990 | 82,883 |
| 1989 | 81,151 |
| 1988 | 79,644 |
| 1987 | 78,136 |
| 1986 | 77,111 |
| 1985 | 76,390 |
| 1984 | 75,774 |
| 1983 | 72,590 |
| 1982 | 71,090 |
| 1981 | 71,769 |
| 1980 | 71,638 |
| 1979 | 70,716 |
| 1978 | 67,986 |