# Employer firms in New York County

Employer firms in New York County was 69,993 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-36061`
- 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/new-york-county-new-york
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-36061

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 69,993 |
| 2022 | 69,941 |
| 2021 | 68,288 |
| 2020 | 72,934 |
| 2019 | 74,649 |
| 2018 | 75,598 |
| 2017 | 76,615 |
| 2016 | 77,732 |
| 2015 | 78,311 |
| 2014 | 78,324 |
| 2013 | 78,003 |
| 2012 | 77,450 |
| 2011 | 76,682 |
| 2010 | 76,119 |
| 2009 | 76,539 |
| 2008 | 77,379 |
| 2007 | 77,177 |
| 2006 | 77,066 |
| 2005 | 76,364 |
| 2004 | 75,555 |
| 2003 | 75,093 |
| 2002 | 74,580 |
| 2001 | 75,827 |
| 2000 | 75,885 |
| 1999 | 75,251 |
| 1998 | 75,051 |
| 1997 | 73,343 |
| 1996 | 72,404 |
| 1995 | 71,735 |
| 1994 | 70,754 |
| 1993 | 70,281 |
| 1992 | 69,742 |
| 1991 | 71,352 |
| 1990 | 73,170 |
| 1989 | 73,693 |
| 1988 | 73,787 |
| 1987 | 73,420 |
| 1986 | 73,987 |
| 1985 | 74,114 |
| 1984 | 74,356 |
| 1983 | 74,264 |
| 1982 | 73,634 |
| 1981 | 74,845 |
| 1980 | 74,426 |
| 1979 | 74,077 |
| 1978 | 73,193 |