# Employer firms in Wicomico County

Employer firms in Wicomico County was 1,965 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-24045`
- 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/wicomico-county-maryland
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-24045

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,965 |
| 2022 | 1,972 |
| 2021 | 1,966 |
| 2020 | 1,964 |
| 2019 | 2,000 |
| 2018 | 1,976 |
| 2017 | 1,996 |
| 2016 | 1,996 |
| 2015 | 1,998 |
| 2014 | 2,036 |
| 2013 | 2,031 |
| 2012 | 2,011 |
| 2011 | 2,030 |
| 2010 | 2,048 |
| 2009 | 2,089 |
| 2008 | 2,176 |
| 2007 | 2,225 |
| 2006 | 2,239 |
| 2005 | 2,193 |
| 2004 | 2,164 |
| 2003 | 2,119 |
| 2002 | 2,085 |
| 2001 | 2,068 |
| 2000 | 2,070 |
| 1999 | 2,050 |
| 1998 | 2,037 |
| 1997 | 2,017 |
| 1996 | 2,009 |
| 1995 | 2,028 |
| 1994 | 1,976 |
| 1993 | 1,939 |
| 1992 | 1,918 |
| 1991 | 1,915 |
| 1990 | 1,898 |
| 1989 | 1,820 |
| 1988 | 1,776 |
| 1987 | 1,738 |
| 1986 | 1,722 |
| 1985 | 1,669 |
| 1984 | 1,612 |
| 1983 | 1,538 |
| 1982 | 1,508 |
| 1981 | 1,509 |
| 1980 | 1,535 |
| 1979 | 1,547 |
| 1978 | 1,519 |