# Employer firms in Winnebago County

Employer firms in Winnebago County was 4,808 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17201`
- 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/winnebago-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17201

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,808 |
| 2022 | 4,907 |
| 2021 | 4,774 |
| 2020 | 4,797 |
| 2019 | 4,872 |
| 2018 | 4,927 |
| 2017 | 4,923 |
| 2016 | 4,993 |
| 2015 | 5,001 |
| 2014 | 4,999 |
| 2013 | 5,066 |
| 2012 | 5,107 |
| 2011 | 5,143 |
| 2010 | 5,197 |
| 2009 | 5,308 |
| 2008 | 5,472 |
| 2007 | 5,513 |
| 2006 | 5,532 |
| 2005 | 5,472 |
| 2004 | 5,461 |
| 2003 | 5,416 |
| 2002 | 5,446 |
| 2001 | 5,482 |
| 2000 | 5,539 |
| 1999 | 5,565 |
| 1998 | 5,580 |
| 1997 | 5,545 |
| 1996 | 5,528 |
| 1995 | 5,557 |
| 1994 | 5,486 |
| 1993 | 5,424 |
| 1992 | 5,289 |
| 1991 | 5,228 |
| 1990 | 5,206 |
| 1989 | 5,144 |
| 1988 | 5,082 |
| 1987 | 4,973 |
| 1986 | 4,908 |
| 1985 | 4,882 |
| 1984 | 4,891 |
| 1983 | 4,731 |
| 1982 | 4,666 |
| 1981 | 4,736 |
| 1980 | 4,736 |
| 1979 | 4,720 |
| 1978 | 4,582 |