# Employer firms in Norfolk County

Employer firms in Norfolk County was 15,953 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-25021`
- 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-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-25021

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15,953 |
| 2022 | 15,832 |
| 2021 | 15,448 |
| 2020 | 15,701 |
| 2019 | 15,754 |
| 2018 | 15,657 |
| 2017 | 15,604 |
| 2016 | 15,542 |
| 2015 | 15,333 |
| 2014 | 15,228 |
| 2013 | 15,179 |
| 2012 | 15,085 |
| 2011 | 14,901 |
| 2010 | 14,853 |
| 2009 | 15,064 |
| 2008 | 15,369 |
| 2007 | 15,601 |
| 2006 | 15,686 |
| 2005 | 15,405 |
| 2004 | 15,336 |
| 2003 | 15,530 |
| 2002 | 15,467 |
| 2001 | 15,652 |
| 2000 | 15,516 |
| 1999 | 15,344 |
| 1998 | 15,107 |
| 1997 | 14,919 |
| 1996 | 14,684 |
| 1995 | 14,635 |
| 1994 | 14,338 |
| 1993 | 13,985 |
| 1992 | 13,872 |
| 1991 | 14,113 |
| 1990 | 14,677 |
| 1989 | 14,999 |
| 1988 | 14,754 |
| 1987 | 14,335 |
| 1986 | 13,912 |
| 1985 | 13,419 |
| 1984 | 12,937 |
| 1983 | 12,313 |
| 1982 | 11,963 |
| 1981 | 11,968 |
| 1980 | 11,754 |
| 1979 | 11,592 |
| 1978 | 11,192 |