# Employer firms in Oregon

Employer firms in Oregon was 88,326 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-41`
- 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/oregon
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/oregon.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-41

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 88,326 |
| 2022 | 88,251 |
| 2021 | 85,959 |
| 2020 | 85,853 |
| 2019 | 85,701 |
| 2018 | 85,154 |
| 2017 | 83,732 |
| 2016 | 82,660 |
| 2015 | 80,950 |
| 2014 | 79,364 |
| 2013 | 78,342 |
| 2012 | 77,544 |
| 2011 | 77,041 |
| 2010 | 77,433 |
| 2009 | 78,654 |
| 2008 | 82,098 |
| 2007 | 82,635 |
| 2006 | 81,112 |
| 2005 | 78,683 |
| 2004 | 76,341 |
| 2003 | 74,880 |
| 2002 | 73,514 |
| 2001 | 73,798 |
| 2000 | 73,635 |
| 1999 | 73,447 |
| 1998 | 72,997 |
| 1997 | 71,792 |
| 1996 | 70,660 |
| 1995 | 69,315 |
| 1994 | 67,228 |
| 1993 | 64,386 |
| 1992 | 62,712 |
| 1991 | 61,682 |
| 1990 | 61,249 |
| 1989 | 60,098 |
| 1988 | 58,555 |
| 1987 | 57,416 |
| 1986 | 56,404 |
| 1985 | 54,968 |
| 1984 | 54,383 |
| 1983 | 51,716 |
| 1982 | 51,531 |
| 1981 | 53,563 |
| 1980 | 53,427 |
| 1979 | 52,455 |
| 1978 | 50,134 |