# Employer firms in Salt Lake County

Employer firms in Salt Lake County was 26,020 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-49035`
- 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/salt-lake-county-utah
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-49035

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 26,020 |
| 2022 | 25,570 |
| 2021 | 25,014 |
| 2020 | 24,030 |
| 2019 | 23,661 |
| 2018 | 23,349 |
| 2017 | 22,943 |
| 2016 | 22,562 |
| 2015 | 22,165 |
| 2014 | 21,859 |
| 2013 | 21,546 |
| 2012 | 21,123 |
| 2011 | 20,774 |
| 2010 | 20,720 |
| 2009 | 20,971 |
| 2008 | 21,800 |
| 2007 | 21,835 |
| 2006 | 21,085 |
| 2005 | 20,149 |
| 2004 | 19,492 |
| 2003 | 19,027 |
| 2002 | 18,566 |
| 2001 | 18,363 |
| 2000 | 18,108 |
| 1999 | 17,986 |
| 1998 | 17,752 |
| 1997 | 17,351 |
| 1996 | 16,784 |
| 1995 | 16,211 |
| 1994 | 15,581 |
| 1993 | 14,983 |
| 1992 | 14,411 |
| 1991 | 14,039 |
| 1990 | 13,787 |
| 1989 | 13,640 |
| 1988 | 13,589 |
| 1987 | 13,513 |
| 1986 | 13,298 |
| 1985 | 13,257 |
| 1984 | 13,127 |
| 1983 | 12,601 |
| 1982 | 12,280 |
| 1981 | 12,265 |
| 1980 | 12,153 |
| 1979 | 12,249 |
| 1978 | 11,927 |