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

All 44 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/idaho-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ada County | 25,658 |
| 2 | Kootenai County | 8,919 |
| 3 | Canyon County | 8,742 |
| 4 | Bonneville County | 5,771 |
| 5 | Twin Falls County | 3,995 |
| 6 | Bannock County | 3,289 |
| 7 | Bonner County | 2,512 |
| 8 | Blaine County | 2,244 |
| 9 | Madison County | 1,751 |
| 10 | Bingham County | 1,532 |
| 11 | Nez Perce County | 1,458 |
| 12 | Latah County | 1,424 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 1,238 |
| 14 | Cassia County | 1,146 |
| 15 | Jerome County | 947 |
| 16 | Teton County | 915 |
| 17 | Valley County | 888 |
| 18 | Payette County | 878 |
| 19 | Minidoka County | 779 |
| 20 | Elmore County | 759 |
| 21 | Idaho County | 723 |
| 22 | Gem County | 685 |
| 23 | Gooding County | 634 |
| 24 | Boundary County | 609 |
| 25 | Fremont County | 591 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 568 |
| 27 | Shoshone County | 487 |
| 28 | Lemhi County | 452 |
| 29 | Benewah County | 420 |
| 30 | Owyhee County | 385 |
| 31 | Washington County | 370 |
| 32 | Clearwater County | 340 |
| 33 | Caribou County | 324 |
| 34 | Bear Lake County | 298 |
| 35 | Custer County | 282 |
| 36 | Power County | 278 |
| 37 | Boise County | 262 |
| 38 | Lewis County | 239 |
| 39 | Adams County | 214 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 206 |
| 41 | Oneida County | 180 |
| 42 | Butte County | 146 |
| 43 | Camas County | 75 |
| 44 | Clark County | 47 |