# Employer firms in Ohio

Employer firms in Ohio was 167,526 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-39`
- 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/ohio
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/ohio.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-39

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 167,526 |
| 2022 | 167,160 |
| 2021 | 165,071 |
| 2020 | 163,514 |
| 2019 | 164,973 |
| 2018 | 164,861 |
| 2017 | 165,455 |
| 2016 | 166,653 |
| 2015 | 166,588 |
| 2014 | 166,713 |
| 2013 | 167,458 |
| 2012 | 168,665 |
| 2011 | 168,602 |
| 2010 | 170,202 |
| 2009 | 173,901 |
| 2008 | 179,410 |
| 2007 | 183,664 |
| 2006 | 186,141 |
| 2005 | 186,643 |
| 2004 | 187,034 |
| 2003 | 186,493 |
| 2002 | 186,693 |
| 2001 | 187,923 |
| 2000 | 189,597 |
| 1999 | 190,040 |
| 1998 | 190,329 |
| 1997 | 188,460 |
| 1996 | 187,600 |
| 1995 | 187,015 |
| 1994 | 183,292 |
| 1993 | 180,253 |
| 1992 | 177,200 |
| 1991 | 177,504 |
| 1990 | 178,212 |
| 1989 | 176,448 |
| 1988 | 173,355 |
| 1987 | 169,812 |
| 1986 | 167,003 |
| 1985 | 164,302 |
| 1984 | 163,290 |
| 1983 | 158,071 |
| 1982 | 156,355 |
| 1981 | 159,115 |
| 1980 | 159,944 |
| 1979 | 159,909 |
| 1978 | 155,785 |