# Employer firms in Richmond County

Employer firms in Richmond County was 9,136 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-36085`
- 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/richmond-county-new-york
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-36085

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9,136 |
| 2022 | 8,989 |
| 2021 | 8,513 |
| 2020 | 8,885 |
| 2019 | 9,095 |
| 2018 | 9,035 |
| 2017 | 8,949 |
| 2016 | 8,878 |
| 2015 | 8,825 |
| 2014 | 8,809 |
| 2013 | 8,725 |
| 2012 | 8,655 |
| 2011 | 8,510 |
| 2010 | 8,421 |
| 2009 | 8,343 |
| 2008 | 8,470 |
| 2007 | 8,493 |
| 2006 | 8,422 |
| 2005 | 8,314 |
| 2004 | 8,157 |
| 2003 | 8,038 |
| 2002 | 7,984 |
| 2001 | 7,951 |
| 2000 | 7,882 |
| 1999 | 7,818 |
| 1998 | 7,757 |
| 1997 | 7,573 |
| 1996 | 7,447 |
| 1995 | 7,362 |
| 1994 | 7,238 |
| 1993 | 7,215 |
| 1992 | 7,230 |
| 1991 | 7,345 |
| 1990 | 7,499 |
| 1989 | 7,549 |
| 1988 | 7,487 |
| 1987 | 7,330 |
| 1986 | 7,314 |
| 1985 | 7,225 |
| 1984 | 7,336 |
| 1983 | 7,344 |
| 1982 | 7,144 |
| 1981 | 7,169 |
| 1980 | 7,133 |
| 1979 | 7,128 |
| 1978 | 7,052 |