# Employer firms in Tarrant County

Employer firms in Tarrant County was 33,431 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48439`
- 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/tarrant-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48439

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 33,431 |
| 2022 | 32,742 |
| 2021 | 31,867 |
| 2020 | 30,839 |
| 2019 | 30,380 |
| 2018 | 29,778 |
| 2017 | 29,076 |
| 2016 | 28,572 |
| 2015 | 27,916 |
| 2014 | 27,340 |
| 2013 | 26,911 |
| 2012 | 26,535 |
| 2011 | 26,085 |
| 2010 | 25,957 |
| 2009 | 25,995 |
| 2008 | 26,107 |
| 2007 | 25,871 |
| 2006 | 25,584 |
| 2005 | 25,108 |
| 2004 | 24,676 |
| 2003 | 24,185 |
| 2002 | 23,919 |
| 2001 | 23,711 |
| 2000 | 23,635 |
| 1999 | 23,493 |
| 1998 | 23,543 |
| 1997 | 23,112 |
| 1996 | 22,794 |
| 1995 | 22,478 |
| 1994 | 21,914 |
| 1993 | 21,389 |
| 1992 | 20,745 |
| 1991 | 20,605 |
| 1990 | 20,407 |
| 1989 | 19,934 |
| 1988 | 20,032 |
| 1987 | 20,175 |
| 1986 | 20,288 |
| 1985 | 19,811 |
| 1984 | 19,091 |
| 1983 | 17,734 |
| 1982 | 16,959 |
| 1981 | 16,675 |
| 1980 | 16,243 |
| 1979 | 15,541 |
| 1978 | 14,602 |