# Employer firms in Orange County

Employer firms in Orange County was 8,307 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-36071`
- 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/orange-county-new-york
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-36071

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,307 |
| 2022 | 8,114 |
| 2021 | 7,795 |
| 2020 | 7,828 |
| 2019 | 7,809 |
| 2018 | 7,739 |
| 2017 | 7,625 |
| 2016 | 7,568 |
| 2015 | 7,394 |
| 2014 | 7,282 |
| 2013 | 7,188 |
| 2012 | 7,286 |
| 2011 | 7,253 |
| 2010 | 7,323 |
| 2009 | 7,370 |
| 2008 | 7,499 |
| 2007 | 7,541 |
| 2006 | 7,452 |
| 2005 | 7,294 |
| 2004 | 7,132 |
| 2003 | 7,000 |
| 2002 | 6,872 |
| 2001 | 6,734 |
| 2000 | 6,600 |
| 1999 | 6,511 |
| 1998 | 6,430 |
| 1997 | 6,315 |
| 1996 | 6,231 |
| 1995 | 6,163 |
| 1994 | 6,033 |
| 1993 | 6,049 |
| 1992 | 6,008 |
| 1991 | 6,063 |
| 1990 | 6,138 |
| 1989 | 6,107 |
| 1988 | 5,908 |
| 1987 | 5,685 |
| 1986 | 5,379 |
| 1985 | 5,173 |
| 1984 | 4,914 |
| 1983 | 4,691 |
| 1982 | 4,536 |
| 1981 | 4,560 |
| 1980 | 4,498 |
| 1979 | 4,441 |
| 1978 | 4,355 |