# Employer firms in Perry County

Employer firms in Perry County was 415 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-21193`
- 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/perry-county-kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-21193

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 415 |
| 2022 | 403 |
| 2021 | 408 |
| 2020 | 416 |
| 2019 | 429 |
| 2018 | 426 |
| 2017 | 462 |
| 2016 | 479 |
| 2015 | 495 |
| 2014 | 512 |
| 2013 | 520 |
| 2012 | 531 |
| 2011 | 541 |
| 2010 | 540 |
| 2009 | 559 |
| 2008 | 567 |
| 2007 | 567 |
| 2006 | 563 |
| 2005 | 542 |
| 2004 | 542 |
| 2003 | 563 |
| 2002 | 589 |
| 2001 | 584 |
| 2000 | 598 |
| 1999 | 634 |
| 1998 | 629 |
| 1997 | 607 |
| 1996 | 593 |
| 1995 | 592 |
| 1994 | 581 |
| 1993 | 573 |
| 1992 | 563 |
| 1991 | 570 |
| 1990 | 577 |
| 1989 | 584 |
| 1988 | 571 |
| 1987 | 547 |
| 1986 | 543 |
| 1985 | 520 |
| 1984 | 520 |
| 1983 | 515 |
| 1982 | 530 |
| 1981 | 521 |
| 1980 | 510 |
| 1979 | 528 |
| 1978 | 486 |