# Counties in Arkansas by business establishments (QCEW), 2025

All 75 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishments_qcew`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pulaski County | 14,711 |
| 2 | Benton County | 9,148 |
| 3 | Washington County | 7,428 |
| 4 | Sebastian County | 3,794 |
| 5 | Faulkner County | 3,419 |
| 6 | Garland County | 3,407 |
| 7 | Craighead County | 3,090 |
| 8 | Saline County | 2,652 |
| 9 | White County | 1,889 |
| 10 | Pope County | 1,788 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 1,673 |
| 12 | Lonoke County | 1,496 |
| 13 | Baxter County | 1,381 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 1,332 |
| 15 | Union County | 1,192 |
| 16 | Crittenden County | 1,121 |
| 17 | Mississippi County | 1,058 |
| 18 | Boone County | 1,045 |
| 19 | Greene County | 970 |
| 20 | Independence County | 964 |
| 21 | Miller County | 936 |
| 22 | Carroll County | 828 |
| 23 | Clark County | 672 |
| 24 | Cleburne County | 650 |
| 25 | Columbia County | 633 |
| 26 | Hot Spring County | 632 |
| 27 | Arkansas County | 628 |
| 28 | St. Francis County | 594 |
| 29 | Phillips County | 578 |
| 30 | Ouachita County | 568 |
| 31 | Drew County | 528 |
| 32 | Johnson County | 522 |
| 33 | Polk County | 509 |
| 34 | Conway County | 505 |
| 35 | Ashley County | 503 |
| 36 | Hempstead County | 502 |
| 37 | Poinsett County | 484 |
| 38 | Logan County | 470 |
| 39 | Cross County | 455 |
| 40 | Desha County | 432 |
| 40 | Lawrence County | 432 |
| 42 | Yell County | 428 |
| 43 | Sharp County | 419 |
| 44 | Jackson County | 414 |
| 45 | Randolph County | 400 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 390 |
| 47 | Grant County | 374 |
| 48 | Chicot County | 366 |
| 49 | Clay County | 359 |
| 50 | Van Buren County | 345 |
| 51 | Bradley County | 341 |
| 52 | Howard County | 340 |
| 53 | Sevier County | 329 |
| 54 | Marion County | 318 |
| 55 | Stone County | 301 |
| 56 | Madison County | 300 |
| 57 | Izard County | 264 |
| 58 | Pike County | 261 |
| 59 | Little River County | 254 |
| 60 | Monroe County | 236 |
| 61 | Lincoln County | 228 |
| 62 | Dallas County | 218 |
| 63 | Fulton County | 217 |
| 64 | Lee County | 214 |
| 65 | Prairie County | 211 |
| 66 | Montgomery County | 188 |
| 66 | Nevada County | 188 |
| 66 | Woodruff County | 188 |
| 69 | Scott County | 183 |
| 70 | Searcy County | 176 |
| 71 | Perry County | 169 |
| 72 | Lafayette County | 164 |
| 73 | Cleveland County | 125 |
| 74 | Newton County | 124 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 103 |