Data / Employer firms / Monterey County

Employer firms in Monterey County

Employer firms in Monterey County was 7,222 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.3% from 2022. That is the 21st highest of 58 counties in 2023.

2023, count7,222
Change on 2022+1.3%
Rank21st of 58Counties in California ranked
Series high7,2222023
Series low5,1351978

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 Monterey County, 1978 to 2023

5,0005,5006,0006,5007,0007,50019781985199219992006201320231978: 5,135 count1979: 5,378 count1980: 5,502 count1981: 5,489 count1982: 5,458 count1983: 5,592 count1984: 5,910 count1985: 6,028 count1986: 6,230 count1987: 6,357 count1988: 6,515 count1989: 6,639 count1990: 6,799 count1991: 6,750 count1992: 6,628 count1993: 6,577 count1994: 6,544 count1995: 6,536 count1996: 6,564 count1997: 6,642 count1998: 6,729 count1999: 6,788 count2000: 6,835 count2001: 6,966 count2002: 6,998 count2003: 6,978 count2004: 7,026 count2005: 7,041 count2006: 7,124 count2007: 7,104 count2008: 6,967 count2009: 6,779 count2010: 6,672 count2011: 6,584 count2012: 6,604 count2013: 6,619 count2014: 6,729 count2015: 6,754 count2016: 6,865 count2017: 6,835 count2018: 6,946 count2019: 6,983 count2020: 7,034 count2021: 6,960 count2022: 7,128 count2023: 7,222 count5,0006,0007,0008,00019781994201020231978: 5,135 count1979: 5,378 count1980: 5,502 count1981: 5,489 count1982: 5,458 count1983: 5,592 count1984: 5,910 count1985: 6,028 count1986: 6,230 count1987: 6,357 count1988: 6,515 count1989: 6,639 count1990: 6,799 count1991: 6,750 count1992: 6,628 count1993: 6,577 count1994: 6,544 count1995: 6,536 count1996: 6,564 count1997: 6,642 count1998: 6,729 count1999: 6,788 count2000: 6,835 count2001: 6,966 count2002: 6,998 count2003: 6,978 count2004: 7,026 count2005: 7,041 count2006: 7,124 count2007: 7,104 count2008: 6,967 count2009: 6,779 count2010: 6,672 count2011: 6,584 count2012: 6,604 count2013: 6,619 count2014: 6,729 count2015: 6,754 count2016: 6,865 count2017: 6,835 count2018: 6,946 count2019: 6,983 count2020: 7,034 count2021: 6,960 count2022: 7,128 count2023: 7,222 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
20237,222
20227,128
20216,960
20207,034
20196,983
20186,946
20176,835
20166,865
20156,754
20146,729
20136,619
20126,604
20116,584
20106,672
20096,779
20086,967
20077,104
20067,124
20057,041
20047,026
20036,978
20026,998
20016,966
20006,835
19996,788
19986,729
19976,642
19966,564
19956,536
19946,544
19936,577
19926,628
19916,750
19906,799
19896,639
19886,515
19876,357
19866,230
19856,028
19845,910
19835,592
19825,458
19815,489
19805,502
19795,378
19785,135

Compared with California and United States

Place2023
Monterey County7,222
California725,847
United States5,593,727

Monterey County compared with nearby places

Alameda County: 32,199 countAlpine County: 28 countAmador County: 732 countButte County: 3,735 countCalaveras County: 801 countColusa County: 335 countContra Costa County: 19,485 countDel Norte County: 355 countEl Dorado County: 3,974 countFresno County: 14,573 countGlenn County: 432 countHumboldt County: 2,541 countImperial County: 2,089 countInyo County: 425 countKern County: 10,702 countKings County: 1,487 countLake County: 883 countLassen County: 317 countLos Angeles County: 220,105 countMadera County: 1,919 countMarin County: 8,001 countMariposa County: 303 countMendocino County: 1,970 countMerced County: 2,767 countModoc County: 141 countMono County: 484 countMonterey County: 7,222 countNapa County: 3,761 countNevada County: 2,711 countOrange County: 80,628 countPlacer County: 9,504 countPlumas County: 460 countRiverside County: 34,083 countSacramento County: 25,118 countSan Benito County: 1,008 countSan Bernardino County: 31,388 countSan Diego County: 68,886 countSan Francisco County: 25,746 countSan Joaquin County: 10,265 countSan Luis Obispo County: 7,081 countSan Mateo County: 16,766 countSanta Barbara County: 9,787 countSanta Clara County: 36,608 countSanta Cruz County: 5,828 countShasta County: 3,633 countSierra County: 54 countSiskiyou County: 837 countSolano County: 6,011 countSonoma County: 11,530 countStanislaus County: 7,606 countSutter County: 1,864 countTehama County: 801 countTrinity County: 188 countTulare County: 5,454 countTuolumne County: 1,083 countVentura County: 17,396 countYolo County: 3,600 countYuba County: 737 count
  • Under 1,000
  • 1,000 to 4,000
  • 4,000 to 8,000
  • 8,000 to 18K
  • 18K and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Monterey 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, Monterey 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, Monterey 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/monterey-county-california. 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, Monterey 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/monterey-county-california.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Monterey 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/monterey-county-california (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_monterey_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Monterey 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/monterey-county-california. 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, Monterey 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/monterey-county-california
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/monterey-county-california.
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 Monterey County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-06053"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06053

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 Monterey County?

Employer firms in Monterey County was 7,222 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.3% from 2022. That is the 21st highest of 58 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 Monterey County?

7,222 in 2023, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Monterey County

All statistics for Monterey County | Monterey County in figures