# Counties in New Jersey by employer firms, 2023

All 21 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/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bergen County | 25,527 |
| 2 | Middlesex County | 17,675 |
| 3 | Essex County | 15,506 |
| 4 | Monmouth County | 15,476 |
| 5 | Morris County | 12,968 |
| 6 | Union County | 11,576 |
| 7 | Ocean County | 11,525 |
| 8 | Hudson County | 11,154 |
| 9 | Passaic County | 10,068 |
| 10 | Camden County | 8,677 |
| 11 | Burlington County | 7,974 |
| 12 | Somerset County | 7,685 |
| 13 | Mercer County | 7,478 |
| 14 | Gloucester County | 4,860 |
| 15 | Atlantic County | 4,791 |
| 16 | Hunterdon County | 3,083 |
| 17 | Sussex County | 2,620 |
| 18 | Cape May County | 2,584 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 2,257 |
| 20 | Warren County | 1,856 |
| 21 | Salem County | 911 |