# Employer firms in Ouachita Parish

Employer firms in Ouachita Parish was 3,308 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-22073`
- 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/ouachita-parish-louisiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-22073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,308 |
| 2022 | 3,325 |
| 2021 | 3,314 |
| 2020 | 3,312 |
| 2019 | 3,321 |
| 2018 | 3,354 |
| 2017 | 3,372 |
| 2016 | 3,385 |
| 2015 | 3,393 |
| 2014 | 3,415 |
| 2013 | 3,430 |
| 2012 | 3,433 |
| 2011 | 3,416 |
| 2010 | 3,412 |
| 2009 | 3,444 |
| 2008 | 3,463 |
| 2007 | 3,502 |
| 2006 | 3,494 |
| 2005 | 3,482 |
| 2004 | 3,451 |
| 2003 | 3,367 |
| 2002 | 3,306 |
| 2001 | 3,252 |
| 2000 | 3,290 |
| 1999 | 3,289 |
| 1998 | 3,307 |
| 1997 | 3,307 |
| 1996 | 3,254 |
| 1995 | 3,184 |
| 1994 | 3,097 |
| 1993 | 3,083 |
| 1992 | 3,008 |
| 1991 | 2,978 |
| 1990 | 2,991 |
| 1989 | 2,964 |
| 1988 | 3,024 |
| 1987 | 3,116 |
| 1986 | 3,136 |
| 1985 | 3,118 |
| 1984 | 3,142 |
| 1983 | 2,998 |
| 1982 | 2,930 |
| 1981 | 2,912 |
| 1980 | 2,842 |
| 1979 | 2,812 |
| 1978 | 2,717 |