# Employer firms in St. Louis city

Employer firms in St. Louis city was 6,228 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-29510`
- 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/st-louis-city-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-29510

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,228 |
| 2022 | 6,898 |
| 2021 | 6,948 |
| 2020 | 6,999 |
| 2019 | 7,219 |
| 2018 | 6,944 |
| 2017 | 9,082 |
| 2016 | 8,981 |
| 2015 | 8,448 |
| 2014 | 7,613 |
| 2013 | 6,922 |
| 2012 | 6,412 |
| 2011 | 6,366 |
| 2010 | 6,363 |
| 2009 | 6,349 |
| 2008 | 6,413 |
| 2007 | 6,565 |
| 2006 | 6,613 |
| 2005 | 6,657 |
| 2004 | 6,659 |
| 2003 | 6,554 |
| 2002 | 6,600 |
| 2001 | 6,576 |
| 2000 | 6,744 |
| 1999 | 6,803 |
| 1998 | 6,929 |
| 1997 | 6,927 |
| 1996 | 7,057 |
| 1995 | 7,065 |
| 1994 | 7,122 |
| 1993 | 7,250 |
| 1992 | 7,279 |
| 1991 | 7,353 |
| 1990 | 7,573 |
| 1989 | 7,566 |
| 1988 | 7,606 |
| 1987 | 7,549 |
| 1986 | 7,683 |
| 1985 | 7,718 |
| 1984 | 7,842 |
| 1983 | 8,122 |
| 1982 | 8,017 |
| 1981 | 8,291 |
| 1980 | 8,366 |
| 1979 | 8,490 |
| 1978 | 8,460 |