Data / Employer firms / Monroe County

Employer firms in Monroe County

Employer firms in Monroe County was 3,347 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2% from 2022. That is the 31st highest of 67 counties in 2023.

2023, count3,347
Change on 2022+2%
Rank31st of 67Counties in Florida ranked
Series high3,3472023
Series low1,5331978

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in Monroe County, 1978 to 2023

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,50019781985199219992006201320231978: 1,533 count1979: 1,642 count1980: 1,708 count1981: 1,777 count1982: 1,778 count1983: 1,828 count1984: 1,938 count1985: 1,996 count1986: 2,071 count1987: 2,191 count1988: 2,287 count1989: 2,367 count1990: 2,421 count1991: 2,510 count1992: 2,564 count1993: 2,673 count1994: 2,766 count1995: 2,858 count1996: 2,924 count1997: 2,962 count1998: 3,071 count1999: 3,082 count2000: 3,060 count2001: 3,047 count2002: 3,046 count2003: 3,045 count2004: 3,072 count2005: 3,058 count2006: 2,977 count2007: 2,889 count2008: 2,836 count2009: 2,762 count2010: 2,763 count2011: 2,756 count2012: 2,866 count2013: 2,907 count2014: 2,981 count2015: 3,016 count2016: 3,090 count2017: 3,122 count2018: 3,105 count2019: 3,110 count2020: 3,109 count2021: 3,240 count2022: 3,282 count2023: 3,347 count1,5002,0002,5003,0003,50019781994201020231978: 1,533 count1979: 1,642 count1980: 1,708 count1981: 1,777 count1982: 1,778 count1983: 1,828 count1984: 1,938 count1985: 1,996 count1986: 2,071 count1987: 2,191 count1988: 2,287 count1989: 2,367 count1990: 2,421 count1991: 2,510 count1992: 2,564 count1993: 2,673 count1994: 2,766 count1995: 2,858 count1996: 2,924 count1997: 2,962 count1998: 3,071 count1999: 3,082 count2000: 3,060 count2001: 3,047 count2002: 3,046 count2003: 3,045 count2004: 3,072 count2005: 3,058 count2006: 2,977 count2007: 2,889 count2008: 2,836 count2009: 2,762 count2010: 2,763 count2011: 2,756 count2012: 2,866 count2013: 2,907 count2014: 2,981 count2015: 3,016 count2016: 3,090 count2017: 3,122 count2018: 3,105 count2019: 3,110 count2020: 3,109 count2021: 3,240 count2022: 3,282 count2023: 3,347 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
20233,347
20223,282
20213,240
20203,109
20193,110
20183,105
20173,122
20163,090
20153,016
20142,981
20132,907
20122,866
20112,756
20102,763
20092,762
20082,836
20072,889
20062,977
20053,058
20043,072
20033,045
20023,046
20013,047
20003,060
19993,082
19983,071
19972,962
19962,924
19952,858
19942,766
19932,673
19922,564
19912,510
19902,421
19892,367
19882,287
19872,191
19862,071
19851,996
19841,938
19831,828
19821,778
19811,777
19801,708
19791,642
19781,533

Compared with Florida and United States

Place2023
Monroe County3,347
Florida455,648
United States5,593,727

Monroe County compared with nearby places

Alachua County: 5,169 countBaker County: 393 countBay County: 4,079 countBradford County: 383 countBrevard County: 11,828 countBroward County: 51,563 countCalhoun County: 170 countCharlotte County: 3,605 countCitrus County: 2,387 countClay County: 3,411 countCollier County: 11,213 countColumbia County: 1,200 countDeSoto County: 480 countDixie County: 175 countDuval County: 20,095 countEscambia County: 5,689 countFlagler County: 2,233 countFranklin County: 280 countGadsden County: 639 countGilchrist County: 239 countGlades County: 114 countGulf County: 326 countHamilton County: 136 countHardee County: 362 countHendry County: 642 countHernando County: 3,045 countHighlands County: 1,705 countHillsborough County: 31,306 countHolmes County: 267 countIndian River County: 3,912 countJackson County: 672 countJefferson County: 254 countLafayette County: 102 countLake County: 6,946 countLee County: 17,000 countLeon County: 6,344 countLevy County: 712 countLiberty County: 74 countMadison County: 279 countManatee County: 8,603 countMarion County: 6,545 countMartin County: 5,314 countMiami-Dade County: 75,781 countMonroe County: 3,347 countNassau County: 1,781 countOkaloosa County: 4,630 countOkeechobee County: 775 countOrange County: 32,715 countOsceola County: 6,459 countPalm Beach County: 42,084 countPasco County: 8,935 countPinellas County: 24,390 countPolk County: 10,300 countPutnam County: 1,078 countSt. Johns County: 6,692 countSt. Lucie County: 5,718 countSanta Rosa County: 2,697 countSarasota County: 12,355 countSeminole County: 11,543 countSumter County: 1,527 countSuwannee County: 620 countTaylor County: 374 countUnion County: 134 countVolusia County: 10,915 countWakulla County: 438 countWalton County: 2,474 countWashington County: 382 count
  • Under 300
  • 300 to 600
  • 600 to 2,500
  • 2,500 to 5,700
  • 5,700 to 11K
  • 11K and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Monroe County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

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.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Monroe County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Monroe County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monroe-county-florida. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Monroe County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monroe-county-florida.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Monroe County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monroe-county-florida (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_monroe_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Monroe County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monroe-county-florida. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Monroe County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monroe-county-florida
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monroe-county-florida.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Monroe County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-12087"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12087

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Monroe County?

Employer firms in Monroe County was 3,347 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2% from 2022. That is the 31st highest of 67 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Monroe County?

3,347 in 2023, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Monroe County

All statistics for Monroe County | Monroe County in figures