# Employer firms in Skagit County

Employer firms in Skagit County was 2,990 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53057`
- 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/skagit-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53057

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,990 |
| 2022 | 2,958 |
| 2021 | 2,953 |
| 2020 | 2,944 |
| 2019 | 2,991 |
| 2018 | 2,968 |
| 2017 | 2,921 |
| 2016 | 2,900 |
| 2015 | 2,852 |
| 2014 | 2,804 |
| 2013 | 2,768 |
| 2012 | 2,761 |
| 2011 | 2,787 |
| 2010 | 2,868 |
| 2009 | 2,948 |
| 2008 | 3,077 |
| 2007 | 3,076 |
| 2006 | 3,040 |
| 2005 | 2,965 |
| 2004 | 2,883 |
| 2003 | 2,834 |
| 2002 | 2,791 |
| 2001 | 2,778 |
| 2000 | 2,728 |
| 1999 | 2,707 |
| 1998 | 2,700 |
| 1997 | 2,649 |
| 1996 | 2,609 |
| 1995 | 2,575 |
| 1994 | 2,508 |
| 1993 | 2,429 |
| 1992 | 2,339 |
| 1991 | 2,220 |
| 1990 | 2,144 |
| 1989 | 2,009 |
| 1988 | 1,905 |
| 1987 | 1,863 |
| 1986 | 1,815 |
| 1985 | 1,757 |
| 1984 | 1,729 |
| 1983 | 1,643 |
| 1982 | 1,607 |
| 1981 | 1,610 |
| 1980 | 1,620 |
| 1979 | 1,599 |
| 1978 | 1,487 |