# Employer firms in Sharp County

Employer firms in Sharp County was 272 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-05135`
- 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/sharp-county-arkansas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-05135

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 272 |
| 2022 | 268 |
| 2021 | 257 |
| 2020 | 267 |
| 2019 | 269 |
| 2018 | 270 |
| 2017 | 273 |
| 2016 | 278 |
| 2015 | 264 |
| 2014 | 259 |
| 2013 | 268 |
| 2012 | 261 |
| 2011 | 275 |
| 2010 | 273 |
| 2009 | 281 |
| 2008 | 298 |
| 2007 | 307 |
| 2006 | 320 |
| 2005 | 302 |
| 2004 | 294 |
| 2003 | 298 |
| 2002 | 288 |
| 2001 | 303 |
| 2000 | 303 |
| 1999 | 296 |
| 1998 | 296 |
| 1997 | 294 |
| 1996 | 288 |
| 1995 | 265 |
| 1994 | 254 |
| 1993 | 231 |
| 1992 | 231 |
| 1991 | 219 |
| 1990 | 223 |
| 1989 | 203 |
| 1988 | 205 |
| 1987 | 197 |
| 1986 | 192 |
| 1985 | 184 |
| 1984 | 187 |
| 1983 | 174 |
| 1982 | 166 |
| 1981 | 168 |
| 1980 | 181 |
| 1979 | 187 |
| 1978 | 176 |