# Employer firms in Spotsylvania County

Employer firms in Spotsylvania County was 2,278 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-51177`
- 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/spotsylvania-county-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-51177

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,278 |
| 2022 | 2,261 |
| 2021 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 2,095 |
| 2019 | 2,093 |
| 2018 | 2,052 |
| 2017 | 2,030 |
| 2016 | 2,001 |
| 2015 | 1,973 |
| 2014 | 1,935 |
| 2013 | 1,907 |
| 2012 | 1,885 |
| 2011 | 1,893 |
| 2010 | 1,915 |
| 2009 | 1,951 |
| 2008 | 1,999 |
| 2007 | 2,047 |
| 2006 | 1,998 |
| 2005 | 1,882 |
| 2004 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 1,710 |
| 2002 | 1,646 |
| 2001 | 1,598 |
| 2000 | 1,565 |
| 1999 | 1,526 |
| 1998 | 1,485 |
| 1997 | 1,458 |
| 1996 | 1,423 |
| 1995 | 1,383 |
| 1994 | 1,287 |
| 1993 | 1,208 |
| 1992 | 1,151 |
| 1991 | 1,093 |
| 1990 | 1,085 |
| 1989 | 1,005 |
| 1988 | 921 |
| 1987 | 808 |
| 1986 | 701 |
| 1985 | 638 |
| 1984 | 576 |
| 1983 | 526 |
| 1982 | 486 |
| 1981 | 476 |
| 1980 | 455 |
| 1979 | 427 |
| 1978 | 393 |