# Employer firms in Missoula County

Employer firms in Missoula County was 3,917 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-30063`
- 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/missoula-county-montana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-30063

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,917 |
| 2022 | 3,842 |
| 2021 | 3,828 |
| 2020 | 3,753 |
| 2019 | 3,708 |
| 2018 | 3,649 |
| 2017 | 3,620 |
| 2016 | 3,549 |
| 2015 | 3,493 |
| 2014 | 3,431 |
| 2013 | 3,380 |
| 2012 | 3,375 |
| 2011 | 3,388 |
| 2010 | 3,409 |
| 2009 | 3,464 |
| 2008 | 3,551 |
| 2007 | 3,577 |
| 2006 | 3,497 |
| 2005 | 3,392 |
| 2004 | 3,276 |
| 2003 | 3,170 |
| 2002 | 3,054 |
| 2001 | 2,980 |
| 2000 | 2,951 |
| 1999 | 2,925 |
| 1998 | 2,880 |
| 1997 | 2,764 |
| 1996 | 2,723 |
| 1995 | 2,648 |
| 1994 | 2,566 |
| 1993 | 2,471 |
| 1992 | 2,385 |
| 1991 | 2,337 |
| 1990 | 2,295 |
| 1989 | 2,212 |
| 1988 | 2,241 |
| 1987 | 2,196 |
| 1986 | 2,156 |
| 1985 | 2,140 |
| 1984 | 2,094 |
| 1983 | 2,013 |
| 1982 | 1,921 |
| 1981 | 1,977 |
| 1980 | 2,025 |
| 1979 | 2,049 |
| 1978 | 1,963 |