# Employer firms in Washtenaw County

Employer firms in Washtenaw County was 6,602 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-26161`
- 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/washtenaw-county-michigan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-26161

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,602 |
| 2022 | 6,561 |
| 2021 | 6,421 |
| 2020 | 6,488 |
| 2019 | 6,512 |
| 2018 | 6,455 |
| 2017 | 6,394 |
| 2016 | 6,436 |
| 2015 | 6,342 |
| 2014 | 6,305 |
| 2013 | 6,240 |
| 2012 | 6,223 |
| 2011 | 6,161 |
| 2010 | 6,164 |
| 2009 | 6,247 |
| 2008 | 6,397 |
| 2007 | 6,406 |
| 2006 | 6,457 |
| 2005 | 6,438 |
| 2004 | 6,396 |
| 2003 | 6,400 |
| 2002 | 6,362 |
| 2001 | 6,426 |
| 2000 | 6,411 |
| 1999 | 6,340 |
| 1998 | 6,286 |
| 1997 | 6,234 |
| 1996 | 6,149 |
| 1995 | 6,034 |
| 1994 | 5,853 |
| 1993 | 5,757 |
| 1992 | 5,635 |
| 1991 | 5,585 |
| 1990 | 5,560 |
| 1989 | 5,424 |
| 1988 | 5,261 |
| 1987 | 5,084 |
| 1986 | 4,849 |
| 1985 | 4,663 |
| 1984 | 4,506 |
| 1983 | 4,279 |
| 1982 | 4,137 |
| 1981 | 4,187 |
| 1980 | 4,144 |
| 1979 | 4,118 |
| 1978 | 3,982 |