# Employer firms in Sangamon County

Employer firms in Sangamon County was 3,754 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17167`
- 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/sangamon-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17167

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,754 |
| 2022 | 3,722 |
| 2021 | 3,708 |
| 2020 | 3,713 |
| 2019 | 3,787 |
| 2018 | 3,861 |
| 2017 | 3,853 |
| 2016 | 3,858 |
| 2015 | 3,885 |
| 2014 | 3,910 |
| 2013 | 3,904 |
| 2012 | 4,009 |
| 2011 | 4,028 |
| 2010 | 4,041 |
| 2009 | 4,081 |
| 2008 | 4,156 |
| 2007 | 4,181 |
| 2006 | 4,227 |
| 2005 | 4,213 |
| 2004 | 4,236 |
| 2003 | 4,191 |
| 2002 | 4,199 |
| 2001 | 4,207 |
| 2000 | 4,279 |
| 1999 | 4,244 |
| 1998 | 4,259 |
| 1997 | 4,226 |
| 1996 | 4,240 |
| 1995 | 4,198 |
| 1994 | 4,108 |
| 1993 | 4,012 |
| 1992 | 3,934 |
| 1991 | 3,875 |
| 1990 | 3,829 |
| 1989 | 3,770 |
| 1988 | 3,707 |
| 1987 | 3,682 |
| 1986 | 3,596 |
| 1985 | 3,534 |
| 1984 | 3,489 |
| 1983 | 3,427 |
| 1982 | 3,384 |
| 1981 | 3,447 |
| 1980 | 3,475 |
| 1979 | 3,527 |
| 1978 | 3,439 |