# Employer firms in Plymouth County

Employer firms in Plymouth County was 10,433 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-25023`
- 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/plymouth-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-25023

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,433 |
| 2022 | 10,284 |
| 2021 | 9,900 |
| 2020 | 9,952 |
| 2019 | 9,940 |
| 2018 | 9,830 |
| 2017 | 9,818 |
| 2016 | 9,606 |
| 2015 | 9,318 |
| 2014 | 9,312 |
| 2013 | 9,223 |
| 2012 | 9,207 |
| 2011 | 9,110 |
| 2010 | 9,150 |
| 2009 | 9,338 |
| 2008 | 9,638 |
| 2007 | 9,895 |
| 2006 | 9,875 |
| 2005 | 9,706 |
| 2004 | 9,713 |
| 2003 | 9,775 |
| 2002 | 9,579 |
| 2001 | 9,486 |
| 2000 | 9,319 |
| 1999 | 9,198 |
| 1998 | 8,902 |
| 1997 | 8,693 |
| 1996 | 8,442 |
| 1995 | 8,411 |
| 1994 | 8,125 |
| 1993 | 7,938 |
| 1992 | 7,868 |
| 1991 | 8,030 |
| 1990 | 8,533 |
| 1989 | 8,743 |
| 1988 | 8,630 |
| 1987 | 8,257 |
| 1986 | 7,827 |
| 1985 | 7,413 |
| 1984 | 7,079 |
| 1983 | 6,635 |
| 1982 | 6,372 |
| 1981 | 6,324 |
| 1980 | 6,292 |
| 1979 | 6,139 |
| 1978 | 5,867 |