# Employer firms in Wichita County

Employer firms in Wichita County was 2,515 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48485`
- 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/wichita-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48485

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,515 |
| 2022 | 2,513 |
| 2021 | 2,474 |
| 2020 | 2,501 |
| 2019 | 2,529 |
| 2018 | 2,528 |
| 2017 | 2,529 |
| 2016 | 2,541 |
| 2015 | 2,572 |
| 2014 | 2,615 |
| 2013 | 2,583 |
| 2012 | 2,596 |
| 2011 | 2,589 |
| 2010 | 2,649 |
| 2009 | 2,645 |
| 2008 | 2,661 |
| 2007 | 2,647 |
| 2006 | 2,630 |
| 2005 | 2,584 |
| 2004 | 2,606 |
| 2003 | 2,620 |
| 2002 | 2,631 |
| 2001 | 2,622 |
| 2000 | 2,633 |
| 1999 | 2,645 |
| 1998 | 2,737 |
| 1997 | 2,755 |
| 1996 | 2,741 |
| 1995 | 2,759 |
| 1994 | 2,752 |
| 1993 | 2,703 |
| 1992 | 2,682 |
| 1991 | 2,676 |
| 1990 | 2,752 |
| 1989 | 2,798 |
| 1988 | 2,859 |
| 1987 | 2,877 |
| 1986 | 2,972 |
| 1985 | 3,017 |
| 1984 | 3,038 |
| 1983 | 2,957 |
| 1982 | 2,924 |
| 1981 | 2,906 |
| 1980 | 2,873 |
| 1979 | 2,764 |
| 1978 | 2,718 |