# Employer firms in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Employer firms in South Central Connecticut Planning Region was 10,633 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-09170`
- 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/south-central-connecticut-planning-region-connecticut
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-09170

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10,633 |
| 2022 | 10,627 |
| 2021 | 10,431 |
| 2020 | 10,525 |
| 2019 | 10,656 |
| 2018 | 10,627 |
| 2017 | 10,746 |
| 2016 | 10,863 |
| 2015 | 10,783 |
| 2014 | 10,831 |
| 2013 | 10,825 |
| 2012 | 10,818 |
| 2011 | 10,794 |
| 2010 | 10,944 |
| 2009 | 11,179 |
| 2008 | 11,455 |
| 2007 | 11,593 |
| 2006 | 11,637 |
| 2005 | 11,659 |
| 2004 | 11,579 |
| 2003 | 11,531 |
| 2002 | 11,618 |
| 2001 | 11,654 |
| 2000 | 11,783 |
| 1999 | 11,758 |
| 1998 | 11,882 |
| 1997 | 11,892 |
| 1996 | 11,929 |
| 1995 | 11,967 |
| 1994 | 11,885 |
| 1993 | 11,895 |
| 1992 | 11,816 |
| 1991 | 12,197 |
| 1990 | 12,672 |
| 1989 | 12,822 |
| 1988 | 12,618 |
| 1987 | 12,185 |
| 1986 | 11,858 |
| 1985 | 11,449 |
| 1984 | 11,218 |
| 1983 | 10,823 |
| 1982 | 10,619 |
| 1981 | 10,665 |
| 1980 | 10,641 |
| 1979 | 10,506 |
| 1978 | 10,176 |