# Employer firms in South Dakota

Employer firms in South Dakota was 21,106 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-46`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/south-dakota
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/south-dakota.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-46

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 21,106 |
| 2022 | 20,851 |
| 2021 | 20,411 |
| 2020 | 20,029 |
| 2019 | 19,949 |
| 2018 | 19,883 |
| 2017 | 19,803 |
| 2016 | 19,770 |
| 2015 | 19,596 |
| 2014 | 19,366 |
| 2013 | 19,315 |
| 2012 | 19,255 |
| 2011 | 19,118 |
| 2010 | 19,228 |
| 2009 | 19,220 |
| 2008 | 19,341 |
| 2007 | 19,441 |
| 2006 | 19,312 |
| 2005 | 19,105 |
| 2004 | 18,806 |
| 2003 | 18,455 |
| 2002 | 18,303 |
| 2001 | 18,073 |
| 2000 | 18,059 |
| 1999 | 17,972 |
| 1998 | 17,920 |
| 1997 | 17,665 |
| 1996 | 17,580 |
| 1995 | 17,433 |
| 1994 | 17,090 |
| 1993 | 16,600 |
| 1992 | 16,233 |
| 1991 | 16,103 |
| 1990 | 15,945 |
| 1989 | 15,538 |
| 1988 | 15,326 |
| 1987 | 15,140 |
| 1986 | 15,037 |
| 1985 | 15,050 |
| 1984 | 15,083 |
| 1983 | 14,536 |
| 1982 | 14,429 |
| 1981 | 14,685 |
| 1980 | 14,908 |
| 1979 | 14,852 |
| 1978 | 14,270 |