# Employer firms in Virginia

Employer firms in Virginia was 144,508 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-51`
- 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/virginia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/virginia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-51

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 144,508 |
| 2022 | 143,142 |
| 2021 | 140,614 |
| 2020 | 138,570 |
| 2019 | 138,709 |
| 2018 | 137,321 |
| 2017 | 136,793 |
| 2016 | 135,895 |
| 2015 | 134,648 |
| 2014 | 133,602 |
| 2013 | 133,192 |
| 2012 | 132,786 |
| 2011 | 132,171 |
| 2010 | 133,048 |
| 2009 | 134,756 |
| 2008 | 138,256 |
| 2007 | 139,557 |
| 2006 | 138,283 |
| 2005 | 134,688 |
| 2004 | 131,598 |
| 2003 | 127,425 |
| 2002 | 125,311 |
| 2001 | 123,941 |
| 2000 | 123,010 |
| 1999 | 122,020 |
| 1998 | 121,297 |
| 1997 | 119,024 |
| 1996 | 116,868 |
| 1995 | 115,850 |
| 1994 | 112,413 |
| 1993 | 109,713 |
| 1992 | 107,037 |
| 1991 | 106,469 |
| 1990 | 108,042 |
| 1989 | 105,559 |
| 1988 | 102,468 |
| 1987 | 98,309 |
| 1986 | 95,002 |
| 1985 | 90,940 |
| 1984 | 88,167 |
| 1983 | 82,826 |
| 1982 | 80,427 |
| 1981 | 80,976 |
| 1980 | 80,524 |
| 1979 | 79,696 |
| 1978 | 76,561 |