# Employer firms in Okaloosa County

Employer firms in Okaloosa County was 4,630 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12091`
- 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/okaloosa-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12091

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,630 |
| 2022 | 4,556 |
| 2021 | 4,424 |
| 2020 | 4,241 |
| 2019 | 4,249 |
| 2018 | 4,188 |
| 2017 | 4,112 |
| 2016 | 4,045 |
| 2015 | 3,984 |
| 2014 | 3,892 |
| 2013 | 3,878 |
| 2012 | 3,846 |
| 2011 | 3,878 |
| 2010 | 3,824 |
| 2009 | 3,854 |
| 2008 | 4,029 |
| 2007 | 4,146 |
| 2006 | 4,144 |
| 2005 | 4,097 |
| 2004 | 3,870 |
| 2003 | 3,633 |
| 2002 | 3,501 |
| 2001 | 3,485 |
| 2000 | 3,502 |
| 1999 | 3,550 |
| 1998 | 3,573 |
| 1997 | 3,534 |
| 1996 | 3,476 |
| 1995 | 3,439 |
| 1994 | 3,282 |
| 1993 | 3,207 |
| 1992 | 3,040 |
| 1991 | 3,007 |
| 1990 | 3,023 |
| 1989 | 2,971 |
| 1988 | 2,935 |
| 1987 | 2,855 |
| 1986 | 2,796 |
| 1985 | 2,704 |
| 1984 | 2,591 |
| 1983 | 2,327 |
| 1982 | 2,178 |
| 1981 | 2,069 |
| 1980 | 2,007 |
| 1979 | 1,900 |
| 1978 | 1,826 |