# Employer firms in Shawnee County

Employer firms in Shawnee County was 3,100 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-20177`
- 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/shawnee-county-kansas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-20177

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,100 |
| 2022 | 3,119 |
| 2021 | 3,150 |
| 2020 | 3,160 |
| 2019 | 3,199 |
| 2018 | 3,227 |
| 2017 | 3,284 |
| 2016 | 3,305 |
| 2015 | 3,322 |
| 2014 | 3,334 |
| 2013 | 3,374 |
| 2012 | 3,470 |
| 2011 | 3,456 |
| 2010 | 3,552 |
| 2009 | 3,628 |
| 2008 | 3,705 |
| 2007 | 3,790 |
| 2006 | 3,797 |
| 2005 | 3,773 |
| 2004 | 3,733 |
| 2003 | 3,702 |
| 2002 | 3,667 |
| 2001 | 3,635 |
| 2000 | 3,689 |
| 1999 | 3,701 |
| 1998 | 3,699 |
| 1997 | 3,655 |
| 1996 | 3,651 |
| 1995 | 3,643 |
| 1994 | 3,588 |
| 1993 | 3,559 |
| 1992 | 3,549 |
| 1991 | 3,522 |
| 1990 | 3,567 |
| 1989 | 3,548 |
| 1988 | 3,510 |
| 1987 | 3,420 |
| 1986 | 3,377 |
| 1985 | 3,322 |
| 1984 | 3,349 |
| 1983 | 3,293 |
| 1982 | 3,236 |
| 1981 | 3,260 |
| 1980 | 3,233 |
| 1979 | 3,232 |
| 1978 | 3,111 |