# Employer firms in Palm Beach County

Employer firms in Palm Beach County was 42,084 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-12099`
- 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/palm-beach-county-florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-12099

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 42,084 |
| 2022 | 41,222 |
| 2021 | 40,408 |
| 2020 | 38,533 |
| 2019 | 38,073 |
| 2018 | 37,438 |
| 2017 | 36,909 |
| 2016 | 36,211 |
| 2015 | 35,351 |
| 2014 | 34,415 |
| 2013 | 33,580 |
| 2012 | 32,908 |
| 2011 | 32,114 |
| 2010 | 31,569 |
| 2009 | 31,879 |
| 2008 | 32,932 |
| 2007 | 33,824 |
| 2006 | 33,512 |
| 2005 | 32,341 |
| 2004 | 31,049 |
| 2003 | 30,048 |
| 2002 | 29,119 |
| 2001 | 28,588 |
| 2000 | 28,105 |
| 1999 | 27,888 |
| 1998 | 27,337 |
| 1997 | 26,794 |
| 1996 | 26,470 |
| 1995 | 25,924 |
| 1994 | 25,019 |
| 1993 | 24,181 |
| 1992 | 23,199 |
| 1991 | 22,677 |
| 1990 | 22,454 |
| 1989 | 21,625 |
| 1988 | 20,853 |
| 1987 | 19,762 |
| 1986 | 18,868 |
| 1985 | 17,823 |
| 1984 | 16,942 |
| 1983 | 15,835 |
| 1982 | 14,894 |
| 1981 | 14,457 |
| 1980 | 13,451 |
| 1979 | 12,458 |
| 1978 | 11,594 |