# Employer firms in Wayne County

Employer firms in Wayne County was 1,761 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-37191`
- 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/wayne-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-37191

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,761 |
| 2022 | 1,748 |
| 2021 | 1,733 |
| 2020 | 1,719 |
| 2019 | 1,752 |
| 2018 | 1,734 |
| 2017 | 1,750 |
| 2016 | 1,747 |
| 2015 | 1,750 |
| 2014 | 1,741 |
| 2013 | 1,752 |
| 2012 | 1,761 |
| 2011 | 1,787 |
| 2010 | 1,803 |
| 2009 | 1,826 |
| 2008 | 1,897 |
| 2007 | 1,933 |
| 2006 | 1,931 |
| 2005 | 1,900 |
| 2004 | 1,894 |
| 2003 | 1,904 |
| 2002 | 1,895 |
| 2001 | 1,928 |
| 2000 | 1,933 |
| 1999 | 1,960 |
| 1998 | 1,943 |
| 1997 | 1,908 |
| 1996 | 1,884 |
| 1995 | 1,854 |
| 1994 | 1,815 |
| 1993 | 1,784 |
| 1992 | 1,738 |
| 1991 | 1,726 |
| 1990 | 1,746 |
| 1989 | 1,728 |
| 1988 | 1,697 |
| 1987 | 1,724 |
| 1986 | 1,695 |
| 1985 | 1,689 |
| 1984 | 1,652 |
| 1983 | 1,581 |
| 1982 | 1,565 |
| 1981 | 1,613 |
| 1980 | 1,595 |
| 1979 | 1,591 |
| 1978 | 1,532 |