# Employer firms in Santa Fe County

Employer firms in Santa Fe County was 3,951 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-35049`
- 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/santa-fe-county-new-mexico
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-35049

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,951 |
| 2022 | 3,912 |
| 2021 | 3,778 |
| 2020 | 3,885 |
| 2019 | 3,900 |
| 2018 | 3,902 |
| 2017 | 3,855 |
| 2016 | 3,869 |
| 2015 | 3,817 |
| 2014 | 3,821 |
| 2013 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3,829 |
| 2011 | 3,827 |
| 2010 | 3,875 |
| 2009 | 4,019 |
| 2008 | 4,190 |
| 2007 | 4,245 |
| 2006 | 4,194 |
| 2005 | 4,156 |
| 2004 | 4,053 |
| 2003 | 4,033 |
| 2002 | 3,926 |
| 2001 | 3,869 |
| 2000 | 3,816 |
| 1999 | 3,740 |
| 1998 | 3,662 |
| 1997 | 3,545 |
| 1996 | 3,526 |
| 1995 | 3,496 |
| 1994 | 3,400 |
| 1993 | 3,190 |
| 1992 | 3,089 |
| 1991 | 2,994 |
| 1990 | 2,863 |
| 1989 | 2,655 |
| 1988 | 2,560 |
| 1987 | 2,474 |
| 1986 | 2,469 |
| 1985 | 2,445 |
| 1984 | 2,357 |
| 1983 | 2,225 |
| 1982 | 2,071 |
| 1981 | 2,007 |
| 1980 | 1,949 |
| 1979 | 1,892 |
| 1978 | 1,778 |