# Employer firms in Yakima County

Employer firms in Yakima County was 3,953 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-53077`
- 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/yakima-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-53077

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,953 |
| 2022 | 3,905 |
| 2021 | 3,802 |
| 2020 | 3,783 |
| 2019 | 3,767 |
| 2018 | 3,768 |
| 2017 | 3,709 |
| 2016 | 3,702 |
| 2015 | 3,696 |
| 2014 | 3,673 |
| 2013 | 3,652 |
| 2012 | 3,664 |
| 2011 | 3,700 |
| 2010 | 3,738 |
| 2009 | 3,751 |
| 2008 | 3,828 |
| 2007 | 3,908 |
| 2006 | 3,862 |
| 2005 | 3,805 |
| 2004 | 3,762 |
| 2003 | 3,709 |
| 2002 | 3,685 |
| 2001 | 3,711 |
| 2000 | 3,785 |
| 1999 | 3,831 |
| 1998 | 3,846 |
| 1997 | 3,785 |
| 1996 | 3,769 |
| 1995 | 3,759 |
| 1994 | 3,751 |
| 1993 | 3,699 |
| 1992 | 3,598 |
| 1991 | 3,545 |
| 1990 | 3,523 |
| 1989 | 3,452 |
| 1988 | 3,426 |
| 1987 | 3,321 |
| 1986 | 3,312 |
| 1985 | 3,297 |
| 1984 | 3,301 |
| 1983 | 3,193 |
| 1982 | 3,130 |
| 1981 | 3,185 |
| 1980 | 3,220 |
| 1979 | 3,219 |
| 1978 | 3,144 |