# Employer firms in North Dakota

Employer firms in North Dakota was 17,941 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-38`
- 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/north-dakota
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/north-dakota.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-38

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 17,941 |
| 2022 | 17,717 |
| 2021 | 17,594 |
| 2020 | 17,505 |
| 2019 | 17,526 |
| 2018 | 17,411 |
| 2017 | 17,504 |
| 2016 | 17,724 |
| 2015 | 17,934 |
| 2014 | 17,707 |
| 2013 | 17,345 |
| 2012 | 16,983 |
| 2011 | 16,318 |
| 2010 | 16,046 |
| 2009 | 15,846 |
| 2008 | 15,842 |
| 2007 | 15,776 |
| 2006 | 15,637 |
| 2005 | 15,536 |
| 2004 | 15,370 |
| 2003 | 15,100 |
| 2002 | 15,035 |
| 2001 | 15,173 |
| 2000 | 15,253 |
| 1999 | 15,371 |
| 1998 | 15,439 |
| 1997 | 15,304 |
| 1996 | 15,441 |
| 1995 | 15,377 |
| 1994 | 15,133 |
| 1993 | 14,870 |
| 1992 | 14,602 |
| 1991 | 14,619 |
| 1990 | 14,735 |
| 1989 | 14,707 |
| 1988 | 14,633 |
| 1987 | 14,435 |
| 1986 | 14,419 |
| 1985 | 14,533 |
| 1984 | 14,790 |
| 1983 | 14,252 |
| 1982 | 14,048 |
| 1981 | 14,141 |
| 1980 | 14,029 |
| 1979 | 13,905 |
| 1978 | 13,253 |