Data / Employer firms / Sacramento County

Employer firms in Sacramento County

Employer firms in Sacramento County was 25,118 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2.2% from 2022. That is the 9th highest of 58 counties in 2023.

2023, count25,118
Change on 2022+2.2%
Rank9th of 58Counties in California ranked
Series high25,1182023
Series low12,3651978

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Employer firms in Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023

10K15K20K25K30K19781985199219992006201320231978: 12,365 count1979: 13,290 count1980: 13,781 count1981: 14,018 count1982: 13,911 count1983: 14,342 count1984: 15,249 count1985: 15,868 count1986: 16,661 count1987: 17,104 count1988: 17,466 count1989: 17,812 count1990: 18,472 count1991: 18,928 count1992: 18,658 count1993: 18,419 count1994: 18,281 count1995: 18,290 count1996: 18,306 count1997: 18,272 count1998: 18,570 count1999: 18,804 count2000: 18,991 count2001: 18,988 count2002: 19,414 count2003: 19,763 count2004: 20,042 count2005: 20,421 count2006: 21,032 count2007: 21,104 count2008: 20,764 count2009: 20,294 count2010: 19,808 count2011: 19,771 count2012: 19,909 count2013: 20,029 count2014: 20,333 count2015: 20,773 count2016: 21,135 count2017: 21,446 count2018: 21,919 count2019: 22,482 count2020: 23,020 count2021: 23,323 count2022: 24,581 count2023: 25,118 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
202325,118
202224,581
202123,323
202023,020
201922,482
201821,919
201721,446
201621,135
201520,773
201420,333
201320,029
201219,909
201119,771
201019,808
200920,294
200820,764
200721,104
200621,032
200520,421
200420,042
200319,763
200219,414
200118,988
200018,991
199918,804
199818,570
199718,272
199618,306
199518,290
199418,281
199318,419
199218,658
199118,928
199018,472
198917,812
198817,466
198717,104
198616,661
198515,868
198415,249
198314,342
198213,911
198114,018
198013,781
197913,290
197812,365

Compared with California and United States

Place2023
Sacramento County25,118
California725,847
United States5,593,727

Rankings

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.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/sacramento-county-california. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/sacramento-county-california.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/sacramento-county-california (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_sacramento_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/sacramento-county-california. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Sacramento County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/sacramento-county-california
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/sacramento-county-california.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Sacramento County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-06067"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06067

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Sacramento County?

Employer firms in Sacramento County was 25,118 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2.2% from 2022. That is the 9th highest of 58 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Sacramento County?

25,118 in 2023, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Sacramento County

All statistics for Sacramento County | Sacramento County in figures