# Employer firms in Oakland County

Employer firms in Oakland County was 29,009 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-26125`
- 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/oakland-county-michigan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-26125

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 29,009 |
| 2022 | 28,850 |
| 2021 | 28,311 |
| 2020 | 28,450 |
| 2019 | 28,670 |
| 2018 | 28,689 |
| 2017 | 28,664 |
| 2016 | 28,725 |
| 2015 | 28,417 |
| 2014 | 28,278 |
| 2013 | 28,135 |
| 2012 | 27,932 |
| 2011 | 27,737 |
| 2010 | 27,601 |
| 2009 | 28,392 |
| 2008 | 29,331 |
| 2007 | 30,083 |
| 2006 | 30,591 |
| 2005 | 30,327 |
| 2004 | 30,181 |
| 2003 | 29,821 |
| 2002 | 29,663 |
| 2001 | 30,183 |
| 2000 | 30,271 |
| 1999 | 30,453 |
| 1998 | 30,464 |
| 1997 | 30,052 |
| 1996 | 29,938 |
| 1995 | 29,640 |
| 1994 | 28,877 |
| 1993 | 28,316 |
| 1992 | 27,936 |
| 1991 | 28,043 |
| 1990 | 27,824 |
| 1989 | 27,175 |
| 1988 | 26,297 |
| 1987 | 25,437 |
| 1986 | 24,874 |
| 1985 | 24,020 |
| 1984 | 23,281 |
| 1983 | 22,287 |
| 1982 | 21,632 |
| 1981 | 21,745 |
| 1980 | 21,684 |
| 1979 | 21,314 |
| 1978 | 20,585 |