# Employer firms in Pennsylvania

Employer firms in Pennsylvania was 211,009 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-42`
- 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/pennsylvania
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/pennsylvania.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-42

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 211,009 |
| 2022 | 210,907 |
| 2021 | 205,854 |
| 2020 | 207,745 |
| 2019 | 208,529 |
| 2018 | 207,343 |
| 2017 | 207,435 |
| 2016 | 208,189 |
| 2015 | 206,903 |
| 2014 | 207,123 |
| 2013 | 207,558 |
| 2012 | 208,231 |
| 2011 | 207,346 |
| 2010 | 208,070 |
| 2009 | 210,997 |
| 2008 | 214,002 |
| 2007 | 215,984 |
| 2006 | 216,624 |
| 2005 | 216,403 |
| 2004 | 215,154 |
| 2003 | 212,696 |
| 2002 | 211,987 |
| 2001 | 212,314 |
| 2000 | 212,797 |
| 1999 | 212,310 |
| 1998 | 212,227 |
| 1997 | 209,888 |
| 1996 | 208,543 |
| 1995 | 208,953 |
| 1994 | 205,834 |
| 1993 | 206,067 |
| 1992 | 205,455 |
| 1991 | 207,581 |
| 1990 | 209,270 |
| 1989 | 205,979 |
| 1988 | 201,481 |
| 1987 | 196,202 |
| 1986 | 191,670 |
| 1985 | 186,153 |
| 1984 | 184,526 |
| 1983 | 180,159 |
| 1982 | 176,891 |
| 1981 | 179,335 |
| 1980 | 181,884 |
| 1979 | 182,569 |
| 1978 | 177,755 |