# Employer firms in Sumner County

Employer firms in Sumner County was 3,003 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-47165`
- 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/sumner-county-tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-47165

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,003 |
| 2022 | 2,905 |
| 2021 | 2,831 |
| 2020 | 2,717 |
| 2019 | 2,678 |
| 2018 | 2,618 |
| 2017 | 2,575 |
| 2016 | 2,541 |
| 2015 | 2,508 |
| 2014 | 2,459 |
| 2013 | 2,421 |
| 2012 | 2,378 |
| 2011 | 2,369 |
| 2010 | 2,405 |
| 2009 | 2,425 |
| 2008 | 2,471 |
| 2007 | 2,471 |
| 2006 | 2,400 |
| 2005 | 2,331 |
| 2004 | 2,273 |
| 2003 | 2,207 |
| 2002 | 2,162 |
| 2001 | 2,166 |
| 2000 | 2,202 |
| 1999 | 2,214 |
| 1998 | 2,142 |
| 1997 | 2,143 |
| 1996 | 2,109 |
| 1995 | 2,069 |
| 1994 | 1,951 |
| 1993 | 1,875 |
| 1992 | 1,819 |
| 1991 | 1,758 |
| 1990 | 1,766 |
| 1989 | 1,750 |
| 1988 | 1,692 |
| 1987 | 1,675 |
| 1986 | 1,557 |
| 1985 | 1,473 |
| 1984 | 1,430 |
| 1983 | 1,317 |
| 1982 | 1,266 |
| 1981 | 1,265 |
| 1980 | 1,257 |
| 1979 | 1,241 |
| 1978 | 1,218 |