# Employer firms in Ocean County

Employer firms in Ocean County was 11,525 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-34029`
- 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/ocean-county-new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-34029

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,525 |
| 2022 | 11,157 |
| 2021 | 10,571 |
| 2020 | 10,562 |
| 2019 | 10,504 |
| 2018 | 10,324 |
| 2017 | 10,180 |
| 2016 | 9,959 |
| 2015 | 9,753 |
| 2014 | 9,729 |
| 2013 | 9,439 |
| 2012 | 9,145 |
| 2011 | 9,057 |
| 2010 | 9,133 |
| 2009 | 9,287 |
| 2008 | 9,782 |
| 2007 | 9,977 |
| 2006 | 9,979 |
| 2005 | 9,706 |
| 2004 | 9,463 |
| 2003 | 9,248 |
| 2002 | 9,077 |
| 2001 | 8,931 |
| 2000 | 8,698 |
| 1999 | 8,588 |
| 1998 | 8,460 |
| 1997 | 8,239 |
| 1996 | 8,100 |
| 1995 | 7,931 |
| 1994 | 7,604 |
| 1993 | 7,415 |
| 1992 | 7,172 |
| 1991 | 7,101 |
| 1990 | 7,400 |
| 1989 | 7,514 |
| 1988 | 7,463 |
| 1987 | 7,183 |
| 1986 | 6,660 |
| 1985 | 6,194 |
| 1984 | 5,823 |
| 1983 | 5,526 |
| 1982 | 5,300 |
| 1981 | 5,209 |
| 1980 | 5,205 |
| 1979 | 5,075 |
| 1978 | 4,764 |