# Employer firms in San Diego County

Employer firms in San Diego County was 68,886 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-06073`
- 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/san-diego-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 68,886 |
| 2022 | 68,089 |
| 2021 | 65,085 |
| 2020 | 64,692 |
| 2019 | 63,385 |
| 2018 | 62,311 |
| 2017 | 61,244 |
| 2016 | 60,390 |
| 2015 | 59,109 |
| 2014 | 57,997 |
| 2013 | 56,800 |
| 2012 | 56,189 |
| 2011 | 55,576 |
| 2010 | 55,033 |
| 2009 | 56,007 |
| 2008 | 57,205 |
| 2007 | 57,598 |
| 2006 | 57,002 |
| 2005 | 55,136 |
| 2004 | 53,945 |
| 2003 | 52,691 |
| 2002 | 51,591 |
| 2001 | 50,589 |
| 2000 | 49,691 |
| 1999 | 48,923 |
| 1998 | 47,786 |
| 1997 | 46,353 |
| 1996 | 45,693 |
| 1995 | 45,086 |
| 1994 | 44,635 |
| 1993 | 44,356 |
| 1992 | 44,818 |
| 1991 | 45,458 |
| 1990 | 45,644 |
| 1989 | 43,968 |
| 1988 | 42,655 |
| 1987 | 41,046 |
| 1986 | 39,378 |
| 1985 | 37,695 |
| 1984 | 36,030 |
| 1983 | 33,811 |
| 1982 | 32,704 |
| 1981 | 32,612 |
| 1980 | 31,888 |
| 1979 | 30,748 |
| 1978 | 28,607 |