# Employer firms in Pierce County

Employer firms in Pierce County was 14,925 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53053`
- 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/pierce-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53053

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 14,925 |
| 2022 | 14,912 |
| 2021 | 14,435 |
| 2020 | 14,066 |
| 2019 | 14,017 |
| 2018 | 13,799 |
| 2017 | 13,543 |
| 2016 | 13,259 |
| 2015 | 13,017 |
| 2014 | 12,922 |
| 2013 | 12,741 |
| 2012 | 12,678 |
| 2011 | 12,574 |
| 2010 | 12,757 |
| 2009 | 13,064 |
| 2008 | 13,676 |
| 2007 | 13,817 |
| 2006 | 13,597 |
| 2005 | 13,089 |
| 2004 | 12,795 |
| 2003 | 12,506 |
| 2002 | 12,291 |
| 2001 | 12,262 |
| 2000 | 12,121 |
| 1999 | 12,128 |
| 1998 | 11,924 |
| 1997 | 11,731 |
| 1996 | 11,535 |
| 1995 | 11,443 |
| 1994 | 11,267 |
| 1993 | 10,943 |
| 1992 | 10,566 |
| 1991 | 10,198 |
| 1990 | 9,937 |
| 1989 | 9,579 |
| 1988 | 9,262 |
| 1987 | 9,043 |
| 1986 | 8,827 |
| 1985 | 8,653 |
| 1984 | 8,580 |
| 1983 | 8,083 |
| 1982 | 7,822 |
| 1981 | 7,831 |
| 1980 | 7,790 |
| 1979 | 7,739 |
| 1978 | 7,297 |