# Employer firms in Scott County

Employer firms in Scott County was 3,418 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-19163`
- 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/scott-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-19163

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,418 |
| 2022 | 3,396 |
| 2021 | 3,415 |
| 2020 | 3,411 |
| 2019 | 3,422 |
| 2018 | 3,408 |
| 2017 | 3,412 |
| 2016 | 3,406 |
| 2015 | 3,434 |
| 2014 | 3,429 |
| 2013 | 3,468 |
| 2012 | 3,508 |
| 2011 | 3,468 |
| 2010 | 3,512 |
| 2009 | 3,570 |
| 2008 | 3,616 |
| 2007 | 3,639 |
| 2006 | 3,641 |
| 2005 | 3,590 |
| 2004 | 3,535 |
| 2003 | 3,491 |
| 2002 | 3,495 |
| 2001 | 3,536 |
| 2000 | 3,564 |
| 1999 | 3,582 |
| 1998 | 3,573 |
| 1997 | 3,526 |
| 1996 | 3,521 |
| 1995 | 3,483 |
| 1994 | 3,421 |
| 1993 | 3,365 |
| 1992 | 3,296 |
| 1991 | 3,313 |
| 1990 | 3,257 |
| 1989 | 3,187 |
| 1988 | 3,160 |
| 1987 | 3,099 |
| 1986 | 3,064 |
| 1985 | 3,047 |
| 1984 | 3,079 |
| 1983 | 2,992 |
| 1982 | 2,948 |
| 1981 | 2,986 |
| 1980 | 2,995 |
| 1979 | 3,036 |
| 1978 | 2,947 |