Data / Employer firms / Orange County

Employer firms in Orange County

Employer firms in Orange County was 32,715 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 3.5% from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 67 counties in 2023.

2023, count32,715
Change on 2022+3.5%
Rank4th of 67Counties in Florida ranked
Series high32,7152023
Series low8,7351978

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in Orange County, 1978 to 2023

5,00010K15K20K25K30K35K19781985199219992006201320231978: 8,735 count1979: 9,225 count1980: 9,591 count1981: 10,000 count1982: 10,223 count1983: 10,902 count1984: 11,642 count1985: 12,195 count1986: 12,826 count1987: 13,282 count1988: 13,803 count1989: 14,410 count1990: 14,980 count1991: 15,158 count1992: 15,451 count1993: 15,980 count1994: 16,491 count1995: 16,954 count1996: 17,327 count1997: 17,606 count1998: 17,903 count1999: 18,210 count2000: 18,303 count2001: 18,411 count2002: 18,702 count2003: 19,488 count2004: 20,682 count2005: 21,923 count2006: 23,209 count2007: 23,539 count2008: 22,980 count2009: 22,203 count2010: 21,974 count2011: 22,201 count2012: 22,923 count2013: 23,538 count2014: 24,134 count2015: 24,909 count2016: 25,831 count2017: 26,548 count2018: 27,294 count2019: 28,200 count2020: 28,553 count2021: 30,128 count2022: 31,613 count2023: 32,715 count010K20K30K40K19781994201020231978: 8,735 count1979: 9,225 count1980: 9,591 count1981: 10,000 count1982: 10,223 count1983: 10,902 count1984: 11,642 count1985: 12,195 count1986: 12,826 count1987: 13,282 count1988: 13,803 count1989: 14,410 count1990: 14,980 count1991: 15,158 count1992: 15,451 count1993: 15,980 count1994: 16,491 count1995: 16,954 count1996: 17,327 count1997: 17,606 count1998: 17,903 count1999: 18,210 count2000: 18,303 count2001: 18,411 count2002: 18,702 count2003: 19,488 count2004: 20,682 count2005: 21,923 count2006: 23,209 count2007: 23,539 count2008: 22,980 count2009: 22,203 count2010: 21,974 count2011: 22,201 count2012: 22,923 count2013: 23,538 count2014: 24,134 count2015: 24,909 count2016: 25,831 count2017: 26,548 count2018: 27,294 count2019: 28,200 count2020: 28,553 count2021: 30,128 count2022: 31,613 count2023: 32,715 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
202332,715
202231,613
202130,128
202028,553
201928,200
201827,294
201726,548
201625,831
201524,909
201424,134
201323,538
201222,923
201122,201
201021,974
200922,203
200822,980
200723,539
200623,209
200521,923
200420,682
200319,488
200218,702
200118,411
200018,303
199918,210
199817,903
199717,606
199617,327
199516,954
199416,491
199315,980
199215,451
199115,158
199014,980
198914,410
198813,803
198713,282
198612,826
198512,195
198411,642
198310,902
198210,223
198110,000
19809,591
19799,225
19788,735

Compared with Florida and United States

Place2023
Orange County32,715
Florida455,648
United States5,593,727

Orange County compared with nearby places

Alachua County: 5,169 countBaker County: 393 countBay County: 4,079 countBradford County: 383 countBrevard County: 11,828 countBroward County: 51,563 countCalhoun County: 170 countCharlotte County: 3,605 countCitrus County: 2,387 countClay County: 3,411 countCollier County: 11,213 countColumbia County: 1,200 countDeSoto County: 480 countDixie County: 175 countDuval County: 20,095 countEscambia County: 5,689 countFlagler County: 2,233 countFranklin County: 280 countGadsden County: 639 countGilchrist County: 239 countGlades County: 114 countGulf County: 326 countHamilton County: 136 countHardee County: 362 countHendry County: 642 countHernando County: 3,045 countHighlands County: 1,705 countHillsborough County: 31,306 countHolmes County: 267 countIndian River County: 3,912 countJackson County: 672 countJefferson County: 254 countLafayette County: 102 countLake County: 6,946 countLee County: 17,000 countLeon County: 6,344 countLevy County: 712 countLiberty County: 74 countMadison County: 279 countManatee County: 8,603 countMarion County: 6,545 countMartin County: 5,314 countMiami-Dade County: 75,781 countMonroe County: 3,347 countNassau County: 1,781 countOkaloosa County: 4,630 countOkeechobee County: 775 countOrange County: 32,715 countOsceola County: 6,459 countPalm Beach County: 42,084 countPasco County: 8,935 countPinellas County: 24,390 countPolk County: 10,300 countPutnam County: 1,078 countSt. Johns County: 6,692 countSt. Lucie County: 5,718 countSanta Rosa County: 2,697 countSarasota County: 12,355 countSeminole County: 11,543 countSumter County: 1,527 countSuwannee County: 620 countTaylor County: 374 countUnion County: 134 countVolusia County: 10,915 countWakulla County: 438 countWalton County: 2,474 countWashington County: 382 count
  • Under 300
  • 300 to 600
  • 600 to 2,500
  • 2,500 to 5,700
  • 5,700 to 11K
  • 11K and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Orange County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

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.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Orange County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Orange County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/orange-county-florida. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Orange County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/orange-county-florida.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Orange County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/orange-county-florida (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_orange_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Orange County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/orange-county-florida. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Orange County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/orange-county-florida
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/orange-county-florida.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Orange County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-12095"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12095

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Orange County?

Employer firms in Orange County was 32,715 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 3.5% from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 67 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Orange County?

32,715 in 2023, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Orange County

All statistics for Orange County | Orange County in figures