# Employer firms in Riverside County

Employer firms in Riverside County was 34,083 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06065`
- 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/riverside-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06065

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 34,083 |
| 2022 | 33,453 |
| 2021 | 31,390 |
| 2020 | 30,764 |
| 2019 | 29,839 |
| 2018 | 29,157 |
| 2017 | 28,386 |
| 2016 | 27,670 |
| 2015 | 27,063 |
| 2014 | 26,376 |
| 2013 | 25,716 |
| 2012 | 25,445 |
| 2011 | 25,026 |
| 2010 | 25,028 |
| 2009 | 25,567 |
| 2008 | 26,502 |
| 2007 | 26,958 |
| 2006 | 26,332 |
| 2005 | 24,855 |
| 2004 | 23,814 |
| 2003 | 23,031 |
| 2002 | 22,293 |
| 2001 | 21,426 |
| 2000 | 20,864 |
| 1999 | 20,243 |
| 1998 | 19,580 |
| 1997 | 18,947 |
| 1996 | 18,632 |
| 1995 | 18,403 |
| 1994 | 18,101 |
| 1993 | 18,278 |
| 1992 | 18,754 |
| 1991 | 18,908 |
| 1990 | 18,650 |
| 1989 | 17,722 |
| 1988 | 16,865 |
| 1987 | 15,874 |
| 1986 | 14,933 |
| 1985 | 14,150 |
| 1984 | 13,375 |
| 1983 | 12,249 |
| 1982 | 11,957 |
| 1981 | 11,969 |
| 1980 | 11,824 |
| 1979 | 11,422 |
| 1978 | 10,636 |