# Employer firms in Texas

Employer firms in Texas was 448,396 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-48`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/texas
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/texas.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-48

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 448,396 |
| 2022 | 438,100 |
| 2021 | 423,884 |
| 2020 | 411,932 |
| 2019 | 407,546 |
| 2018 | 399,487 |
| 2017 | 393,552 |
| 2016 | 388,412 |
| 2015 | 382,583 |
| 2014 | 376,035 |
| 2013 | 369,218 |
| 2012 | 363,094 |
| 2011 | 356,235 |
| 2010 | 354,302 |
| 2009 | 354,579 |
| 2008 | 356,176 |
| 2007 | 353,737 |
| 2006 | 348,430 |
| 2005 | 342,036 |
| 2004 | 337,218 |
| 2003 | 332,231 |
| 2002 | 328,305 |
| 2001 | 325,723 |
| 2000 | 323,973 |
| 1999 | 323,199 |
| 1998 | 322,527 |
| 1997 | 316,834 |
| 1996 | 313,662 |
| 1995 | 308,918 |
| 1994 | 301,753 |
| 1993 | 293,907 |
| 1992 | 285,519 |
| 1991 | 281,329 |
| 1990 | 279,668 |
| 1989 | 275,345 |
| 1988 | 275,464 |
| 1987 | 277,905 |
| 1986 | 285,057 |
| 1985 | 283,452 |
| 1984 | 280,182 |
| 1983 | 267,910 |
| 1982 | 258,663 |
| 1981 | 252,337 |
| 1980 | 244,371 |
| 1979 | 237,623 |
| 1978 | 226,949 |