# Employer firms in Multnomah County

Employer firms in Multnomah County was 20,707 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-41051`
- 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/multnomah-county-oregon
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-41051

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 20,707 |
| 2022 | 20,777 |
| 2021 | 20,194 |
| 2020 | 20,599 |
| 2019 | 20,566 |
| 2018 | 20,583 |
| 2017 | 20,388 |
| 2016 | 20,140 |
| 2015 | 19,520 |
| 2014 | 19,163 |
| 2013 | 18,778 |
| 2012 | 18,511 |
| 2011 | 18,220 |
| 2010 | 17,984 |
| 2009 | 17,944 |
| 2008 | 18,267 |
| 2007 | 18,098 |
| 2006 | 17,813 |
| 2005 | 17,319 |
| 2004 | 17,066 |
| 2003 | 16,906 |
| 2002 | 16,728 |
| 2001 | 16,893 |
| 2000 | 16,885 |
| 1999 | 16,839 |
| 1998 | 16,850 |
| 1997 | 16,601 |
| 1996 | 16,477 |
| 1995 | 16,216 |
| 1994 | 15,866 |
| 1993 | 15,323 |
| 1992 | 14,966 |
| 1991 | 14,880 |
| 1990 | 14,819 |
| 1989 | 14,654 |
| 1988 | 14,547 |
| 1987 | 14,316 |
| 1986 | 14,293 |
| 1985 | 14,074 |
| 1984 | 14,110 |
| 1983 | 13,734 |
| 1982 | 13,785 |
| 1981 | 14,167 |
| 1980 | 14,045 |
| 1979 | 13,862 |
| 1978 | 13,543 |