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

All 159 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/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fulton County | 81,140 |
| 2 | Gwinnett County | 34,352 |
| 3 | Cobb County | 28,335 |
| 4 | DeKalb County | 23,668 |
| 5 | Chatham County | 10,968 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 9,298 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 8,278 |
| 8 | Hall County | 6,052 |
| 9 | Henry County | 5,463 |
| 10 | Muscogee County | 5,324 |
| 11 | Clayton County | 5,156 |
| 12 | Richmond County | 5,142 |
| 13 | Fayette County | 4,816 |
| 14 | Bibb County | 4,740 |
| 15 | Clarke County | 4,002 |
| 16 | Coweta County | 3,770 |
| 17 | Columbia County | 3,588 |
| 18 | Houston County | 3,514 |
| 19 | Douglas County | 3,493 |
| 20 | Glynn County | 3,326 |
| 21 | Lowndes County | 3,294 |
| 22 | Bartow County | 3,049 |
| 23 | Paulding County | 3,016 |
| 24 | Carroll County | 2,768 |
| 25 | Whitfield County | 2,722 |
| 26 | Dougherty County | 2,604 |
| 27 | Rockdale County | 2,564 |
| 28 | Floyd County | 2,420 |
| 29 | Walton County | 2,395 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 2,223 |
| 31 | Newton County | 2,169 |
| 32 | Bulloch County | 1,978 |
| 33 | Troup County | 1,829 |
| 34 | Barrow County | 1,798 |
| 35 | Oconee County | 1,687 |
| 36 | Thomas County | 1,534 |
| 37 | Spalding County | 1,499 |
| 38 | Gordon County | 1,275 |
| 39 | Catoosa County | 1,266 |
| 40 | Effingham County | 1,249 |
| 41 | Laurens County | 1,238 |
| 42 | Camden County | 1,228 |
| 43 | Tift County | 1,206 |
| 44 | Habersham County | 1,158 |
| 45 | Colquitt County | 1,150 |
| 46 | Bryan County | 1,139 |
| 47 | Liberty County | 1,121 |
| 48 | Dawson County | 1,048 |
| 49 | Baldwin County | 1,012 |
| 50 | Coffee County | 1,010 |
| 51 | Ware County | 989 |
| 52 | Pickens County | 933 |
| 53 | Walker County | 928 |
| 54 | White County | 860 |
| 55 | Gilmer County | 848 |
| 56 | Fannin County | 840 |
| 57 | Decatur County | 798 |
| 58 | Union County | 788 |
| 59 | Toombs County | 787 |
| 60 | Polk County | 785 |
| 61 | Lumpkin County | 738 |
| 62 | Morgan County | 724 |
| 63 | Sumter County | 714 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 713 |
| 65 | Wayne County | 697 |
| 66 | Peach County | 658 |
| 67 | Greene County | 652 |
| 68 | Stephens County | 643 |
| 69 | Lee County | 641 |
| 70 | Putnam County | 634 |
| 71 | Haralson County | 633 |
| 72 | Rabun County | 621 |
| 73 | Franklin County | 612 |
| 74 | Hart County | 608 |
| 75 | Harris County | 605 |
| 76 | Crisp County | 597 |
| 77 | Butts County | 550 |
| 78 | Murray County | 549 |
| 79 | Elbert County | 546 |
| 80 | Upson County | 536 |
| 81 | Grady County | 534 |
| 82 | Madison County | 516 |
| 83 | Appling County | 507 |
| 84 | McDuffie County | 500 |
| 85 | Burke County | 489 |
| 86 | Emanuel County | 477 |
| 87 | Mitchell County | 474 |
| 88 | Pierce County | 450 |
| 89 | Tattnall County | 449 |
| 90 | Meriwether County | 433 |
| 91 | Washington County | 426 |
| 92 | Cook County | 414 |
| 92 | Jones County | 414 |
| 92 | Pike County | 414 |
| 95 | Jefferson County | 412 |
| 96 | Chattooga County | 399 |
| 97 | Banks County | 386 |
| 98 | Dodge County | 378 |
| 99 | Lamar County | 370 |
| 100 | Worth County | 369 |
| 101 | Ben Hill County | 366 |
| 102 | Towns County | 365 |
| 103 | Dade County | 327 |
| 104 | Berrien County | 322 |
| 105 | Brooks County | 314 |
| 106 | Screven County | 294 |
| 107 | Jeff Davis County | 290 |
| 108 | Bacon County | 288 |
| 109 | Jasper County | 287 |
| 110 | Evans County | 284 |
| 111 | Candler County | 277 |
| 112 | Early County | 271 |
| 113 | Oglethorpe County | 260 |
| 114 | Brantley County | 256 |
| 114 | McIntosh County | 256 |
| 116 | Wilkes County | 247 |
| 117 | Macon County | 230 |
| 118 | Pulaski County | 227 |
| 119 | Dooly County | 226 |
| 119 | Telfair County | 226 |
| 121 | Bleckley County | 225 |
| 122 | Seminole County | 224 |
| 123 | Terrell County | 222 |
| 124 | Lincoln County | 194 |
| 125 | Charlton County | 186 |
| 126 | Taylor County | 184 |
| 127 | Turner County | 182 |
| 128 | Heard County | 178 |
| 129 | Clinch County | 177 |
| 130 | Wilkinson County | 176 |
| 131 | Miller County | 168 |
| 132 | Irwin County | 162 |
| 133 | Randolph County | 160 |
| 134 | Crawford County | 158 |
| 135 | Long County | 154 |
| 136 | Montgomery County | 146 |
| 137 | Johnson County | 142 |
| 138 | Chattahoochee County | 136 |
| 138 | Jenkins County | 136 |
| 140 | Lanier County | 135 |
| 141 | Atkinson County | 129 |
| 141 | Calhoun County | 129 |
| 143 | Wilcox County | 118 |
| 144 | Twiggs County | 116 |
| 145 | Marion County | 114 |
| 146 | Treutlen County | 104 |
| 147 | Talbot County | 102 |
| 148 | Warren County | 99 |
| 149 | Hancock County | 96 |
| 150 | Stewart County | 90 |
| 151 | Wheeler County | 81 |
| 152 | Schley County | 77 |
| 153 | Clay County | 76 |
| 154 | Baker County | 66 |
| 155 | Echols County | 57 |
| 156 | Glascock County | 49 |
| 157 | Quitman County | 45 |
| 157 | Webster County | 45 |
| 159 | Taliaferro County | 26 |