# Employer firms in Washington

Employer firms in Washington was 142,661 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-53`
- 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/washington
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/washington.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-53

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 142,661 |
| 2022 | 142,271 |
| 2021 | 139,124 |
| 2020 | 137,435 |
| 2019 | 137,952 |
| 2018 | 136,529 |
| 2017 | 134,096 |
| 2016 | 132,184 |
| 2015 | 129,906 |
| 2014 | 127,571 |
| 2013 | 125,777 |
| 2012 | 124,494 |
| 2011 | 124,228 |
| 2010 | 125,899 |
| 2009 | 127,595 |
| 2008 | 132,818 |
| 2007 | 132,838 |
| 2006 | 130,095 |
| 2005 | 126,278 |
| 2004 | 122,818 |
| 2003 | 120,187 |
| 2002 | 118,333 |
| 2001 | 118,927 |
| 2000 | 118,696 |
| 1999 | 118,059 |
| 1998 | 117,328 |
| 1997 | 114,684 |
| 1996 | 112,880 |
| 1995 | 111,380 |
| 1994 | 109,115 |
| 1993 | 105,889 |
| 1992 | 102,526 |
| 1991 | 99,835 |
| 1990 | 98,047 |
| 1989 | 94,030 |
| 1988 | 91,515 |
| 1987 | 89,070 |
| 1986 | 87,209 |
| 1985 | 85,154 |
| 1984 | 83,972 |
| 1983 | 79,041 |
| 1982 | 76,421 |
| 1981 | 77,173 |
| 1980 | 76,491 |
| 1979 | 75,702 |
| 1978 | 71,790 |