# Employer firms in Summit County

Employer firms in Summit County was 1,662 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-08117`
- 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/summit-county-colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-08117

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,662 |
| 2022 | 1,679 |
| 2021 | 1,665 |
| 2020 | 1,611 |
| 2019 | 1,618 |
| 2018 | 1,602 |
| 2017 | 1,603 |
| 2016 | 1,593 |
| 2015 | 1,548 |
| 2014 | 1,510 |
| 2013 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 1,456 |
| 2011 | 1,418 |
| 2010 | 1,461 |
| 2009 | 1,472 |
| 2008 | 1,504 |
| 2007 | 1,476 |
| 2006 | 1,438 |
| 2005 | 1,374 |
| 2004 | 1,335 |
| 2003 | 1,334 |
| 2002 | 1,345 |
| 2001 | 1,320 |
| 2000 | 1,275 |
| 1999 | 1,243 |
| 1998 | 1,196 |
| 1997 | 1,145 |
| 1996 | 1,092 |
| 1995 | 1,049 |
| 1994 | 965 |
| 1993 | 911 |
| 1992 | 829 |
| 1991 | 776 |
| 1990 | 738 |
| 1989 | 709 |
| 1988 | 659 |
| 1987 | 624 |
| 1986 | 634 |
| 1985 | 614 |
| 1984 | 570 |
| 1983 | 568 |
| 1982 | 573 |
| 1981 | 514 |
| 1980 | 472 |
| 1979 | 437 |
| 1978 | 401 |