# Employer firms in Mississippi

Employer firms in Mississippi was 41,438 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-28`
- 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/mississippi
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/mississippi.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-28

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 41,438 |
| 2022 | 41,254 |
| 2021 | 40,955 |
| 2020 | 40,403 |
| 2019 | 40,790 |
| 2018 | 40,797 |
| 2017 | 40,832 |
| 2016 | 40,941 |
| 2015 | 40,925 |
| 2014 | 41,087 |
| 2013 | 41,125 |
| 2012 | 41,394 |
| 2011 | 41,755 |
| 2010 | 42,147 |
| 2009 | 42,705 |
| 2008 | 43,650 |
| 2007 | 44,125 |
| 2006 | 43,401 |
| 2005 | 43,718 |
| 2004 | 43,687 |
| 2003 | 43,287 |
| 2002 | 42,948 |
| 2001 | 42,693 |
| 2000 | 43,283 |
| 1999 | 43,797 |
| 1998 | 43,723 |
| 1997 | 43,287 |
| 1996 | 42,940 |
| 1995 | 42,529 |
| 1994 | 41,698 |
| 1993 | 41,062 |
| 1992 | 40,023 |
| 1991 | 39,801 |
| 1990 | 39,987 |
| 1989 | 39,505 |
| 1988 | 39,172 |
| 1987 | 39,010 |
| 1986 | 38,947 |
| 1985 | 38,436 |
| 1984 | 38,440 |
| 1983 | 36,372 |
| 1982 | 36,062 |
| 1981 | 37,112 |
| 1980 | 37,475 |
| 1979 | 37,112 |
| 1978 | 35,908 |