# Employer firms in York County

Employer firms in York County was 4,933 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-45091`
- 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/york-county-south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-45091

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,933 |
| 2022 | 4,750 |
| 2021 | 4,541 |
| 2020 | 4,334 |
| 2019 | 4,259 |
| 2018 | 4,157 |
| 2017 | 4,003 |
| 2016 | 3,865 |
| 2015 | 3,769 |
| 2014 | 3,710 |
| 2013 | 3,632 |
| 2012 | 3,590 |
| 2011 | 3,548 |
| 2010 | 3,561 |
| 2009 | 3,629 |
| 2008 | 3,757 |
| 2007 | 3,721 |
| 2006 | 3,614 |
| 2005 | 3,445 |
| 2004 | 3,358 |
| 2003 | 3,250 |
| 2002 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 3,172 |
| 2000 | 3,107 |
| 1999 | 3,056 |
| 1998 | 3,027 |
| 1997 | 2,909 |
| 1996 | 2,798 |
| 1995 | 2,741 |
| 1994 | 2,640 |
| 1993 | 2,589 |
| 1992 | 2,548 |
| 1991 | 2,547 |
| 1990 | 2,513 |
| 1989 | 2,428 |
| 1988 | 2,363 |
| 1987 | 2,241 |
| 1986 | 2,158 |
| 1985 | 2,016 |
| 1984 | 1,906 |
| 1983 | 1,780 |
| 1982 | 1,724 |
| 1981 | 1,741 |
| 1980 | 1,708 |
| 1979 | 1,669 |
| 1978 | 1,618 |