# Employer firms in Summit County

Employer firms in Summit County was 9,793 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-39153`
- 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-ohio
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-39153

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9,793 |
| 2022 | 9,834 |
| 2021 | 9,671 |
| 2020 | 9,617 |
| 2019 | 9,695 |
| 2018 | 9,665 |
| 2017 | 9,735 |
| 2016 | 9,890 |
| 2015 | 9,910 |
| 2014 | 9,943 |
| 2013 | 9,957 |
| 2012 | 10,013 |
| 2011 | 10,043 |
| 2010 | 10,054 |
| 2009 | 10,347 |
| 2008 | 10,568 |
| 2007 | 10,738 |
| 2006 | 10,855 |
| 2005 | 10,896 |
| 2004 | 10,985 |
| 2003 | 10,990 |
| 2002 | 10,953 |
| 2001 | 11,093 |
| 2000 | 11,120 |
| 1999 | 11,180 |
| 1998 | 11,141 |
| 1997 | 10,989 |
| 1996 | 10,956 |
| 1995 | 10,782 |
| 1994 | 10,547 |
| 1993 | 10,339 |
| 1992 | 10,177 |
| 1991 | 10,186 |
| 1990 | 10,048 |
| 1989 | 9,860 |
| 1988 | 9,731 |
| 1987 | 9,479 |
| 1986 | 9,228 |
| 1985 | 8,999 |
| 1984 | 8,879 |
| 1983 | 8,648 |
| 1982 | 8,573 |
| 1981 | 8,747 |
| 1980 | 8,731 |
| 1979 | 8,745 |
| 1978 | 8,442 |