# Employer firms in Queens County

Employer firms in Queens County was 41,606 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-36081`
- 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/queens-county-new-york
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-36081

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 41,606 |
| 2022 | 40,844 |
| 2021 | 38,490 |
| 2020 | 40,259 |
| 2019 | 41,258 |
| 2018 | 40,730 |
| 2017 | 40,358 |
| 2016 | 39,668 |
| 2015 | 38,802 |
| 2014 | 37,981 |
| 2013 | 37,224 |
| 2012 | 36,087 |
| 2011 | 34,967 |
| 2010 | 34,278 |
| 2009 | 33,817 |
| 2008 | 33,528 |
| 2007 | 33,278 |
| 2006 | 32,925 |
| 2005 | 32,630 |
| 2004 | 31,853 |
| 2003 | 31,292 |
| 2002 | 30,451 |
| 2001 | 29,763 |
| 2000 | 29,301 |
| 1999 | 29,015 |
| 1998 | 28,798 |
| 1997 | 28,084 |
| 1996 | 27,657 |
| 1995 | 27,350 |
| 1994 | 26,857 |
| 1993 | 26,709 |
| 1992 | 26,553 |
| 1991 | 27,018 |
| 1990 | 27,618 |
| 1989 | 27,738 |
| 1988 | 27,364 |
| 1987 | 27,178 |
| 1986 | 26,857 |
| 1985 | 26,348 |
| 1984 | 25,906 |
| 1983 | 25,489 |
| 1982 | 25,111 |
| 1981 | 25,240 |
| 1980 | 25,237 |
| 1979 | 25,220 |
| 1978 | 24,979 |