# Counties in Massachusetts by employer firms, 2023

All 14 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/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Middlesex County | 33,727 |
| 2 | Norfolk County | 15,953 |
| 3 | Suffolk County | 15,892 |
| 4 | Essex County | 15,358 |
| 5 | Worcester County | 14,272 |
| 6 | Plymouth County | 10,433 |
| 7 | Bristol County | 9,966 |
| 8 | Hampden County | 7,037 |
| 9 | Barnstable County | 6,726 |
| 10 | Berkshire County | 2,919 |
| 11 | Hampshire County | 2,849 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 1,286 |
| 13 | Nantucket County | 999 |
| 14 | Dukes County | 961 |