# Employer firms in Whatcom County

Employer firms in Whatcom County was 5,690 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53073`
- 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/whatcom-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53073

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,690 |
| 2022 | 5,639 |
| 2021 | 5,507 |
| 2020 | 5,457 |
| 2019 | 5,532 |
| 2018 | 5,461 |
| 2017 | 5,370 |
| 2016 | 5,285 |
| 2015 | 5,150 |
| 2014 | 5,049 |
| 2013 | 4,961 |
| 2012 | 4,916 |
| 2011 | 4,983 |
| 2010 | 5,057 |
| 2009 | 5,125 |
| 2008 | 5,314 |
| 2007 | 5,288 |
| 2006 | 5,113 |
| 2005 | 4,886 |
| 2004 | 4,719 |
| 2003 | 4,584 |
| 2002 | 4,454 |
| 2001 | 4,398 |
| 2000 | 4,352 |
| 1999 | 4,350 |
| 1998 | 4,346 |
| 1997 | 4,178 |
| 1996 | 4,111 |
| 1995 | 4,080 |
| 1994 | 3,989 |
| 1993 | 3,784 |
| 1992 | 3,640 |
| 1991 | 3,496 |
| 1990 | 3,302 |
| 1989 | 3,092 |
| 1988 | 2,896 |
| 1987 | 2,831 |
| 1986 | 2,729 |
| 1985 | 2,646 |
| 1984 | 2,635 |
| 1983 | 2,529 |
| 1982 | 2,439 |
| 1981 | 2,461 |
| 1980 | 2,452 |
| 1979 | 2,413 |
| 1978 | 2,303 |