# Employer firms in O'Brien County

Employer firms in O'Brien County was 426 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-19141`
- 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/obrien-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-19141

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 426 |
| 2022 | 434 |
| 2021 | 416 |
| 2020 | 424 |
| 2019 | 436 |
| 2018 | 437 |
| 2017 | 445 |
| 2016 | 442 |
| 2015 | 453 |
| 2014 | 440 |
| 2013 | 446 |
| 2012 | 447 |
| 2011 | 457 |
| 2010 | 459 |
| 2009 | 462 |
| 2008 | 456 |
| 2007 | 467 |
| 2006 | 474 |
| 2005 | 478 |
| 2004 | 482 |
| 2003 | 477 |
| 2002 | 475 |
| 2001 | 474 |
| 2000 | 481 |
| 1999 | 483 |
| 1998 | 486 |
| 1997 | 468 |
| 1996 | 451 |
| 1995 | 451 |
| 1994 | 460 |
| 1993 | 449 |
| 1992 | 442 |
| 1991 | 440 |
| 1990 | 439 |
| 1989 | 438 |
| 1988 | 448 |
| 1987 | 428 |
| 1986 | 435 |
| 1985 | 458 |
| 1984 | 475 |
| 1983 | 482 |
| 1982 | 492 |
| 1981 | 498 |
| 1980 | 515 |
| 1979 | 513 |
| 1978 | 501 |