# Employer firms in Weld County

Employer firms in Weld County was 5,769 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-08123`
- 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/weld-county-colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-08123

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,769 |
| 2022 | 5,705 |
| 2021 | 5,565 |
| 2020 | 5,401 |
| 2019 | 5,326 |
| 2018 | 5,192 |
| 2017 | 5,018 |
| 2016 | 4,904 |
| 2015 | 4,783 |
| 2014 | 4,675 |
| 2013 | 4,434 |
| 2012 | 4,325 |
| 2011 | 4,282 |
| 2010 | 4,278 |
| 2009 | 4,334 |
| 2008 | 4,399 |
| 2007 | 4,384 |
| 2006 | 4,322 |
| 2005 | 4,198 |
| 2004 | 4,044 |
| 2003 | 3,922 |
| 2002 | 3,826 |
| 2001 | 3,682 |
| 2000 | 3,524 |
| 1999 | 3,412 |
| 1998 | 3,267 |
| 1997 | 3,161 |
| 1996 | 3,105 |
| 1995 | 3,055 |
| 1994 | 2,902 |
| 1993 | 2,732 |
| 1992 | 2,604 |
| 1991 | 2,560 |
| 1990 | 2,562 |
| 1989 | 2,506 |
| 1988 | 2,482 |
| 1987 | 2,470 |
| 1986 | 2,494 |
| 1985 | 2,462 |
| 1984 | 2,419 |
| 1983 | 2,266 |
| 1982 | 2,248 |
| 1981 | 2,278 |
| 1980 | 2,239 |
| 1979 | 2,172 |
| 1978 | 2,052 |