# Employer firms in Norfolk city

Employer firms in Norfolk city was 3,958 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-51710`
- 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/norfolk-city-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-51710

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,958 |
| 2022 | 3,958 |
| 2021 | 3,956 |
| 2020 | 3,886 |
| 2019 | 3,936 |
| 2018 | 3,921 |
| 2017 | 3,903 |
| 2016 | 3,871 |
| 2015 | 3,845 |
| 2014 | 3,874 |
| 2013 | 3,929 |
| 2012 | 3,933 |
| 2011 | 3,961 |
| 2010 | 4,047 |
| 2009 | 4,132 |
| 2008 | 4,183 |
| 2007 | 4,257 |
| 2006 | 4,225 |
| 2005 | 4,188 |
| 2004 | 4,168 |
| 2003 | 4,119 |
| 2002 | 4,099 |
| 2001 | 4,120 |
| 2000 | 4,119 |
| 1999 | 4,157 |
| 1998 | 4,209 |
| 1997 | 4,226 |
| 1996 | 4,251 |
| 1995 | 4,299 |
| 1994 | 4,248 |
| 1993 | 4,286 |
| 1992 | 4,305 |
| 1991 | 4,407 |
| 1990 | 4,509 |
| 1989 | 4,511 |
| 1988 | 4,435 |
| 1987 | 4,410 |
| 1986 | 4,442 |
| 1985 | 4,405 |
| 1984 | 4,453 |
| 1983 | 4,378 |
| 1982 | 4,307 |
| 1981 | 4,371 |
| 1980 | 4,397 |
| 1979 | 4,454 |
| 1978 | 4,444 |