# Employer firms in Western Connecticut Planning Region

Employer firms in Western Connecticut Planning Region was 15,039 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-09190`
- 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/western-connecticut-planning-region-connecticut
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-09190

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15,039 |
| 2022 | 14,960 |
| 2021 | 14,685 |
| 2020 | 14,779 |
| 2019 | 14,876 |
| 2018 | 14,941 |
| 2017 | 15,007 |
| 2016 | 15,252 |
| 2015 | 15,092 |
| 2014 | 15,107 |
| 2013 | 15,087 |
| 2012 | 15,059 |
| 2011 | 14,950 |
| 2010 | 15,115 |
| 2009 | 15,400 |
| 2008 | 15,921 |
| 2007 | 16,124 |
| 2006 | 16,264 |
| 2005 | 16,052 |
| 2004 | 15,928 |
| 2003 | 15,851 |
| 2002 | 15,953 |
| 2001 | 16,201 |
| 2000 | 16,450 |
| 1999 | 16,352 |
| 1998 | 16,258 |
| 1997 | 15,994 |
| 1996 | 15,877 |
| 1995 | 15,826 |
| 1994 | 15,424 |
| 1993 | 15,217 |
| 1992 | 15,156 |
| 1991 | 15,364 |
| 1990 | 15,850 |
| 1989 | 15,851 |
| 1988 | 15,621 |
| 1987 | 15,272 |
| 1986 | 14,841 |
| 1985 | 14,354 |
| 1984 | 14,037 |
| 1983 | 13,398 |
| 1982 | 12,991 |
| 1981 | 12,842 |
| 1980 | 12,700 |
| 1979 | 12,351 |
| 1978 | 11,770 |