# Employer firms in Snohomish County

Employer firms in Snohomish County was 15,473 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53061`
- 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/snohomish-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53061

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15,473 |
| 2022 | 15,423 |
| 2021 | 15,145 |
| 2020 | 14,834 |
| 2019 | 14,927 |
| 2018 | 14,668 |
| 2017 | 14,349 |
| 2016 | 14,076 |
| 2015 | 13,792 |
| 2014 | 13,494 |
| 2013 | 13,207 |
| 2012 | 12,952 |
| 2011 | 12,941 |
| 2010 | 13,144 |
| 2009 | 13,504 |
| 2008 | 14,291 |
| 2007 | 14,158 |
| 2006 | 13,701 |
| 2005 | 13,194 |
| 2004 | 12,764 |
| 2003 | 12,327 |
| 2002 | 12,125 |
| 2001 | 12,115 |
| 2000 | 12,003 |
| 1999 | 11,791 |
| 1998 | 11,708 |
| 1997 | 11,351 |
| 1996 | 11,032 |
| 1995 | 10,779 |
| 1994 | 10,441 |
| 1993 | 10,202 |
| 1992 | 9,922 |
| 1991 | 9,565 |
| 1990 | 9,395 |
| 1989 | 8,756 |
| 1988 | 8,390 |
| 1987 | 8,045 |
| 1986 | 7,722 |
| 1985 | 7,337 |
| 1984 | 7,016 |
| 1983 | 6,511 |
| 1982 | 6,156 |
| 1981 | 6,204 |
| 1980 | 6,106 |
| 1979 | 6,009 |
| 1978 | 5,593 |