# Employer firms in Montana

Employer firms in Montana was 30,773 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-30`
- 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/montana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/montana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-30

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 30,773 |
| 2022 | 30,309 |
| 2021 | 29,594 |
| 2020 | 28,744 |
| 2019 | 28,394 |
| 2018 | 28,105 |
| 2017 | 27,795 |
| 2016 | 27,697 |
| 2015 | 27,498 |
| 2014 | 27,116 |
| 2013 | 26,976 |
| 2012 | 26,782 |
| 2011 | 26,485 |
| 2010 | 26,798 |
| 2009 | 27,148 |
| 2008 | 28,140 |
| 2007 | 28,301 |
| 2006 | 27,547 |
| 2005 | 26,494 |
| 2004 | 25,768 |
| 2003 | 24,913 |
| 2002 | 24,299 |
| 2001 | 24,197 |
| 2000 | 23,951 |
| 1999 | 23,699 |
| 1998 | 23,499 |
| 1997 | 22,942 |
| 1996 | 22,424 |
| 1995 | 21,922 |
| 1994 | 21,233 |
| 1993 | 20,517 |
| 1992 | 20,095 |
| 1991 | 19,654 |
| 1990 | 19,520 |
| 1989 | 19,125 |
| 1988 | 19,091 |
| 1987 | 19,030 |
| 1986 | 19,077 |
| 1985 | 19,242 |
| 1984 | 19,305 |
| 1983 | 18,362 |
| 1982 | 17,893 |
| 1981 | 18,123 |
| 1980 | 17,985 |
| 1979 | 17,972 |
| 1978 | 17,389 |