# Employer firms in Wisconsin

Employer firms in Wisconsin was 98,413 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-55`
- 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 and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- 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.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- 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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/wisconsin
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/wisconsin.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-55

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 98,413 |
| 2022 | 98,004 |
| 2021 | 96,988 |
| 2020 | 97,028 |
| 2019 | 97,506 |
| 2018 | 97,541 |
| 2017 | 97,441 |
| 2016 | 97,694 |
| 2015 | 96,669 |
| 2014 | 96,169 |
| 2013 | 96,130 |
| 2012 | 96,784 |
| 2011 | 97,019 |
| 2010 | 98,315 |
| 2009 | 99,911 |
| 2008 | 102,441 |
| 2007 | 104,148 |
| 2006 | 104,402 |
| 2005 | 104,208 |
| 2004 | 103,208 |
| 2003 | 102,120 |
| 2002 | 102,092 |
| 2001 | 102,370 |
| 2000 | 102,647 |
| 1999 | 102,462 |
| 1998 | 102,118 |
| 1997 | 100,719 |
| 1996 | 99,767 |
| 1995 | 99,122 |
| 1994 | 97,358 |
| 1993 | 95,770 |
| 1992 | 93,599 |
| 1991 | 93,014 |
| 1990 | 92,829 |
| 1989 | 91,006 |
| 1988 | 89,468 |
| 1987 | 87,955 |
| 1986 | 85,858 |
| 1985 | 85,673 |
| 1984 | 85,521 |
| 1983 | 82,717 |
| 1982 | 81,244 |
| 1981 | 82,168 |
| 1980 | 81,920 |
| 1979 | 81,741 |
| 1978 | 79,045 |