Data / Employer firms / San Luis Obispo County

Employer firms in San Luis Obispo County

Employer firms in San Luis Obispo County was 7,081 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.2% from 2022. That is the 22nd highest of 58 counties in 2023.

2023, count7,081
Change on 2022-0.2%
Rank22nd of 58Counties in California ranked
Series high7,0932022
Series low3,2021978

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.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in San Luis Obispo County, 1978 to 2023

3,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00019781985199219992006201320231978: 3,202 count1979: 3,381 count1980: 3,497 count1981: 3,562 count1982: 3,558 count1983: 3,647 count1984: 4,029 count1985: 4,326 count1986: 4,556 count1987: 4,712 count1988: 4,886 count1989: 5,046 count1990: 5,281 count1991: 5,217 count1992: 5,120 count1993: 5,029 count1994: 5,039 count1995: 5,152 count1996: 5,165 count1997: 5,281 count1998: 5,447 count1999: 5,617 count2000: 5,775 count2001: 5,905 count2002: 6,048 count2003: 6,154 count2004: 6,244 count2005: 6,389 count2006: 6,622 count2007: 6,721 count2008: 6,650 count2009: 6,491 count2010: 6,306 count2011: 6,273 count2012: 6,324 count2013: 6,341 count2014: 6,439 count2015: 6,607 count2016: 6,682 count2017: 6,688 count2018: 6,751 count2019: 6,834 count2020: 6,942 count2021: 6,929 count2022: 7,093 count2023: 7,081 count3,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00019781994201020231978: 3,202 count1979: 3,381 count1980: 3,497 count1981: 3,562 count1982: 3,558 count1983: 3,647 count1984: 4,029 count1985: 4,326 count1986: 4,556 count1987: 4,712 count1988: 4,886 count1989: 5,046 count1990: 5,281 count1991: 5,217 count1992: 5,120 count1993: 5,029 count1994: 5,039 count1995: 5,152 count1996: 5,165 count1997: 5,281 count1998: 5,447 count1999: 5,617 count2000: 5,775 count2001: 5,905 count2002: 6,048 count2003: 6,154 count2004: 6,244 count2005: 6,389 count2006: 6,622 count2007: 6,721 count2008: 6,650 count2009: 6,491 count2010: 6,306 count2011: 6,273 count2012: 6,324 count2013: 6,341 count2014: 6,439 count2015: 6,607 count2016: 6,682 count2017: 6,688 count2018: 6,751 count2019: 6,834 count2020: 6,942 count2021: 6,929 count2022: 7,093 count2023: 7,081 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
20237,081
20227,093
20216,929
20206,942
20196,834
20186,751
20176,688
20166,682
20156,607
20146,439
20136,341
20126,324
20116,273
20106,306
20096,491
20086,650
20076,721
20066,622
20056,389
20046,244
20036,154
20026,048
20015,905
20005,775
19995,617
19985,447
19975,281
19965,165
19955,152
19945,039
19935,029
19925,120
19915,217
19905,281
19895,046
19884,886
19874,712
19864,556
19854,326
19844,029
19833,647
19823,558
19813,562
19803,497
19793,381
19783,202

Compared with California and United States

Place2023
San Luis Obispo County7,081
California725,847
United States5,593,727

San Luis Obispo County compared with nearby places

Alameda County: 32,199 countAlpine County: 28 countAmador County: 732 countButte County: 3,735 countCalaveras County: 801 countColusa County: 335 countContra Costa County: 19,485 countDel Norte County: 355 countEl Dorado County: 3,974 countFresno County: 14,573 countGlenn County: 432 countHumboldt County: 2,541 countImperial County: 2,089 countInyo County: 425 countKern County: 10,702 countKings County: 1,487 countLake County: 883 countLassen County: 317 countLos Angeles County: 220,105 countMadera County: 1,919 countMarin County: 8,001 countMariposa County: 303 countMendocino County: 1,970 countMerced County: 2,767 countModoc County: 141 countMono County: 484 countMonterey County: 7,222 countNapa County: 3,761 countNevada County: 2,711 countOrange County: 80,628 countPlacer County: 9,504 countPlumas County: 460 countRiverside County: 34,083 countSacramento County: 25,118 countSan Benito County: 1,008 countSan Bernardino County: 31,388 countSan Diego County: 68,886 countSan Francisco County: 25,746 countSan Joaquin County: 10,265 countSan Luis Obispo County: 7,081 countSan Mateo County: 16,766 countSanta Barbara County: 9,787 countSanta Clara County: 36,608 countSanta Cruz County: 5,828 countShasta County: 3,633 countSierra County: 54 countSiskiyou County: 837 countSolano County: 6,011 countSonoma County: 11,530 countStanislaus County: 7,606 countSutter County: 1,864 countTehama County: 801 countTrinity County: 188 countTulare County: 5,454 countTuolumne County: 1,083 countVentura County: 17,396 countYolo County: 3,600 countYuba County: 737 count
  • Under 1,000
  • 1,000 to 4,000
  • 4,000 to 8,000
  • 8,000 to 18K
  • 18K and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. San Luis Obispo County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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.

Report a problem with this figure

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, San Luis Obispo 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, San Luis Obispo 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/san-luis-obispo-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, San Luis Obispo 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/san-luis-obispo-county-california.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, San Luis Obispo 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/san-luis-obispo-county-california (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_san_luis_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, San Luis Obispo 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/san-luis-obispo-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, San Luis Obispo 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/san-luis-obispo-county-california
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/san-luis-obispo-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 San Luis Obispo County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-06079"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-06079

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 San Luis Obispo County?

Employer firms in San Luis Obispo County was 7,081 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.2% from 2022. That is the 22nd 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 San Luis Obispo County?

7,093 in 2022, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for San Luis Obispo County

All statistics for San Luis Obispo County | San Luis Obispo County in figures