# Employer firms in New Jersey

Employer firms in New Jersey was 175,347 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-34`
- 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/new-jersey
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/new-jersey.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-34

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 175,347 |
| 2022 | 173,772 |
| 2021 | 168,318 |
| 2020 | 171,064 |
| 2019 | 172,394 |
| 2018 | 171,446 |
| 2017 | 171,470 |
| 2016 | 171,728 |
| 2015 | 170,445 |
| 2014 | 171,070 |
| 2013 | 171,131 |
| 2012 | 170,862 |
| 2011 | 169,039 |
| 2010 | 170,231 |
| 2009 | 173,544 |
| 2008 | 180,027 |
| 2007 | 183,338 |
| 2006 | 183,888 |
| 2005 | 181,234 |
| 2004 | 179,444 |
| 2003 | 177,000 |
| 2002 | 176,366 |
| 2001 | 176,775 |
| 2000 | 175,886 |
| 1999 | 175,457 |
| 1998 | 174,670 |
| 1997 | 171,554 |
| 1996 | 169,043 |
| 1995 | 167,685 |
| 1994 | 163,321 |
| 1993 | 161,567 |
| 1992 | 158,964 |
| 1991 | 160,722 |
| 1990 | 165,007 |
| 1989 | 164,968 |
| 1988 | 162,771 |
| 1987 | 158,334 |
| 1986 | 153,536 |
| 1985 | 149,041 |
| 1984 | 144,970 |
| 1983 | 140,132 |
| 1982 | 136,674 |
| 1981 | 136,904 |
| 1980 | 136,249 |
| 1979 | 134,106 |
| 1978 | 129,443 |