# Employer firms in Nueces County

Employer firms in Nueces County was 6,088 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48355`
- 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/nueces-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48355

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,088 |
| 2022 | 6,062 |
| 2021 | 6,030 |
| 2020 | 6,070 |
| 2019 | 6,083 |
| 2018 | 6,065 |
| 2017 | 6,042 |
| 2016 | 6,092 |
| 2015 | 6,098 |
| 2014 | 6,049 |
| 2013 | 5,967 |
| 2012 | 5,943 |
| 2011 | 5,945 |
| 2010 | 5,976 |
| 2009 | 6,018 |
| 2008 | 6,129 |
| 2007 | 6,187 |
| 2006 | 6,228 |
| 2005 | 6,163 |
| 2004 | 6,131 |
| 2003 | 6,109 |
| 2002 | 6,051 |
| 2001 | 6,046 |
| 2000 | 6,047 |
| 1999 | 6,164 |
| 1998 | 6,251 |
| 1997 | 6,125 |
| 1996 | 6,131 |
| 1995 | 6,130 |
| 1994 | 5,990 |
| 1993 | 5,842 |
| 1992 | 5,760 |
| 1991 | 5,733 |
| 1990 | 5,709 |
| 1989 | 5,631 |
| 1988 | 5,709 |
| 1987 | 5,789 |
| 1986 | 5,977 |
| 1985 | 6,007 |
| 1984 | 6,122 |
| 1983 | 5,977 |
| 1982 | 5,802 |
| 1981 | 5,540 |
| 1980 | 5,395 |
| 1979 | 5,256 |
| 1978 | 4,982 |