# Employer firms in Mobile County

Employer firms in Mobile County was 6,604 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-01097`
- 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/mobile-county-alabama
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-01097

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,604 |
| 2022 | 6,626 |
| 2021 | 6,560 |
| 2020 | 6,480 |
| 2019 | 6,520 |
| 2018 | 6,513 |
| 2017 | 6,496 |
| 2016 | 6,467 |
| 2015 | 6,362 |
| 2014 | 6,361 |
| 2013 | 6,392 |
| 2012 | 6,438 |
| 2011 | 6,502 |
| 2010 | 6,656 |
| 2009 | 6,840 |
| 2008 | 7,008 |
| 2007 | 7,133 |
| 2006 | 7,038 |
| 2005 | 6,945 |
| 2004 | 6,908 |
| 2003 | 6,850 |
| 2002 | 6,899 |
| 2001 | 6,892 |
| 2000 | 7,014 |
| 1999 | 7,112 |
| 1998 | 7,119 |
| 1997 | 7,104 |
| 1996 | 7,113 |
| 1995 | 7,099 |
| 1994 | 6,982 |
| 1993 | 6,857 |
| 1992 | 6,750 |
| 1991 | 6,704 |
| 1990 | 6,703 |
| 1989 | 6,688 |
| 1988 | 6,703 |
| 1987 | 6,532 |
| 1986 | 6,391 |
| 1985 | 6,359 |
| 1984 | 6,214 |
| 1983 | 5,964 |
| 1982 | 6,029 |
| 1981 | 6,262 |
| 1980 | 6,273 |
| 1979 | 6,206 |
| 1978 | 6,031 |