# Counties in Connecticut by employer firms, 2023

All 9 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/employer-firms/connecticut-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Capitol Planning Region | 17,024 |
| 2 | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 15,039 |
| 3 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 10,633 |
| 4 | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 7,043 |
| 5 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 5,369 |
| 6 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 4,406 |
| 7 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 3,597 |
| 8 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 2,352 |
| 9 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 1,432 |