# Employer firms in Pitt County

Employer firms in Pitt County was 3,044 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-37147`
- 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/pitt-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-37147

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,044 |
| 2022 | 2,974 |
| 2021 | 2,992 |
| 2020 | 2,872 |
| 2019 | 2,847 |
| 2018 | 2,837 |
| 2017 | 2,817 |
| 2016 | 2,818 |
| 2015 | 2,767 |
| 2014 | 2,785 |
| 2013 | 2,793 |
| 2012 | 2,833 |
| 2011 | 2,841 |
| 2010 | 2,851 |
| 2009 | 2,847 |
| 2008 | 2,909 |
| 2007 | 2,893 |
| 2006 | 2,838 |
| 2005 | 2,780 |
| 2004 | 2,679 |
| 2003 | 2,629 |
| 2002 | 2,606 |
| 2001 | 2,559 |
| 2000 | 2,535 |
| 1999 | 2,488 |
| 1998 | 2,445 |
| 1997 | 2,384 |
| 1996 | 2,326 |
| 1995 | 2,274 |
| 1994 | 2,193 |
| 1993 | 2,087 |
| 1992 | 2,060 |
| 1991 | 2,000 |
| 1990 | 2,045 |
| 1989 | 2,004 |
| 1988 | 1,937 |
| 1987 | 1,870 |
| 1986 | 1,813 |
| 1985 | 1,750 |
| 1984 | 1,712 |
| 1983 | 1,641 |
| 1982 | 1,559 |
| 1981 | 1,634 |
| 1980 | 1,654 |
| 1979 | 1,628 |
| 1978 | 1,552 |