# Employer firms in Union County

Employer firms in Union County was 11,576 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-34039`
- 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/union-county-new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-34039

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,576 |
| 2022 | 11,453 |
| 2021 | 11,048 |
| 2020 | 11,242 |
| 2019 | 11,322 |
| 2018 | 11,145 |
| 2017 | 11,050 |
| 2016 | 11,102 |
| 2015 | 10,948 |
| 2014 | 11,074 |
| 2013 | 11,074 |
| 2012 | 11,004 |
| 2011 | 10,890 |
| 2010 | 10,991 |
| 2009 | 11,190 |
| 2008 | 11,683 |
| 2007 | 11,976 |
| 2006 | 11,988 |
| 2005 | 11,926 |
| 2004 | 11,850 |
| 2003 | 11,725 |
| 2002 | 11,757 |
| 2001 | 11,837 |
| 2000 | 11,868 |
| 1999 | 11,851 |
| 1998 | 11,944 |
| 1997 | 11,862 |
| 1996 | 11,826 |
| 1995 | 11,807 |
| 1994 | 11,586 |
| 1993 | 11,635 |
| 1992 | 11,539 |
| 1991 | 11,756 |
| 1990 | 12,121 |
| 1989 | 12,265 |
| 1988 | 12,188 |
| 1987 | 12,029 |
| 1986 | 11,926 |
| 1985 | 11,784 |
| 1984 | 11,613 |
| 1983 | 11,433 |
| 1982 | 11,319 |
| 1981 | 11,403 |
| 1980 | 11,441 |
| 1979 | 11,435 |
| 1978 | 11,180 |