# Employer firms in Missouri

Employer firms in Missouri was 102,345 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-29`
- 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/missouri
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/missouri.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-29

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 102,345 |
| 2022 | 104,621 |
| 2021 | 104,163 |
| 2020 | 103,169 |
| 2019 | 104,315 |
| 2018 | 104,019 |
| 2017 | 109,875 |
| 2016 | 109,729 |
| 2015 | 107,538 |
| 2014 | 105,296 |
| 2013 | 103,076 |
| 2012 | 101,163 |
| 2011 | 101,298 |
| 2010 | 103,490 |
| 2009 | 104,397 |
| 2008 | 107,064 |
| 2007 | 108,815 |
| 2006 | 109,431 |
| 2005 | 110,103 |
| 2004 | 108,251 |
| 2003 | 105,773 |
| 2002 | 104,132 |
| 2001 | 103,389 |
| 2000 | 104,604 |
| 1999 | 104,565 |
| 1998 | 104,378 |
| 1997 | 103,284 |
| 1996 | 103,306 |
| 1995 | 102,637 |
| 1994 | 100,679 |
| 1993 | 98,639 |
| 1992 | 96,507 |
| 1991 | 96,032 |
| 1990 | 96,697 |
| 1989 | 95,091 |
| 1988 | 93,097 |
| 1987 | 91,486 |
| 1986 | 89,892 |
| 1985 | 88,164 |
| 1984 | 86,775 |
| 1983 | 83,961 |
| 1982 | 81,824 |
| 1981 | 83,619 |
| 1980 | 83,773 |
| 1979 | 83,817 |
| 1978 | 81,195 |