# Counties in Florida by employer firms, 2023

All 67 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/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County | 75,781 |
| 2 | Broward County | 51,563 |
| 3 | Palm Beach County | 42,084 |
| 4 | Orange County | 32,715 |
| 5 | Hillsborough County | 31,306 |
| 6 | Pinellas County | 24,390 |
| 7 | Duval County | 20,095 |
| 8 | Lee County | 17,000 |
| 9 | Sarasota County | 12,355 |
| 10 | Brevard County | 11,828 |
| 11 | Seminole County | 11,543 |
| 12 | Collier County | 11,213 |
| 13 | Volusia County | 10,915 |
| 14 | Polk County | 10,300 |
| 15 | Pasco County | 8,935 |
| 16 | Manatee County | 8,603 |
| 17 | Lake County | 6,946 |
| 18 | St. Johns County | 6,692 |
| 19 | Marion County | 6,545 |
| 20 | Osceola County | 6,459 |
| 21 | Leon County | 6,344 |
| 22 | St. Lucie County | 5,718 |
| 23 | Escambia County | 5,689 |
| 24 | Martin County | 5,314 |
| 25 | Alachua County | 5,169 |
| 26 | Okaloosa County | 4,630 |
| 27 | Bay County | 4,079 |
| 28 | Indian River County | 3,912 |
| 29 | Charlotte County | 3,605 |
| 30 | Clay County | 3,411 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 3,347 |
| 32 | Hernando County | 3,045 |
| 33 | Santa Rosa County | 2,697 |
| 34 | Walton County | 2,474 |
| 35 | Citrus County | 2,387 |
| 36 | Flagler County | 2,233 |
| 37 | Nassau County | 1,781 |
| 38 | Highlands County | 1,705 |
| 39 | Sumter County | 1,527 |
| 40 | Columbia County | 1,200 |
| 41 | Putnam County | 1,078 |
| 42 | Okeechobee County | 775 |
| 43 | Levy County | 712 |
| 44 | Jackson County | 672 |
| 45 | Hendry County | 642 |
| 46 | Gadsden County | 639 |
| 47 | Suwannee County | 620 |
| 48 | DeSoto County | 480 |
| 49 | Wakulla County | 438 |
| 50 | Baker County | 393 |
| 51 | Bradford County | 383 |
| 52 | Washington County | 382 |
| 53 | Taylor County | 374 |
| 54 | Hardee County | 362 |
| 55 | Gulf County | 326 |
| 56 | Franklin County | 280 |
| 57 | Madison County | 279 |
| 58 | Holmes County | 267 |
| 59 | Jefferson County | 254 |
| 60 | Gilchrist County | 239 |
| 61 | Dixie County | 175 |
| 62 | Calhoun County | 170 |
| 63 | Hamilton County | 136 |
| 64 | Union County | 134 |
| 65 | Glades County | 114 |
| 66 | Lafayette County | 102 |
| 67 | Liberty County | 74 |