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

All 102 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/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cook County | 137,360 |
| 2 | DuPage County | 33,761 |
| 3 | Lake County | 19,957 |
| 4 | Will County | 15,895 |
| 5 | Kane County | 12,973 |
| 6 | McHenry County | 7,906 |
| 7 | Winnebago County | 5,795 |
| 8 | Madison County | 5,402 |
| 9 | Sangamon County | 4,974 |
| 10 | St. Clair County | 4,802 |
| 11 | Champaign County | 4,122 |
| 12 | Peoria County | 3,886 |
| 13 | McLean County | 3,364 |
| 14 | Rock Island County | 2,819 |
| 15 | Tazewell County | 2,549 |
| 16 | Kendall County | 2,478 |
| 17 | LaSalle County | 2,434 |
| 18 | Kankakee County | 2,130 |
| 19 | DeKalb County | 1,984 |
| 20 | Macon County | 1,942 |
| 21 | Adams County | 1,752 |
| 22 | Williamson County | 1,445 |
| 23 | Vermilion County | 1,275 |
| 24 | Effingham County | 1,229 |
| 25 | Grundy County | 1,201 |
| 26 | Whiteside County | 1,168 |
| 27 | Jackson County | 1,119 |
| 28 | Stephenson County | 1,026 |
| 29 | Ogle County | 1,022 |
| 30 | Coles County | 1,015 |
| 31 | Henry County | 1,011 |
| 32 | Knox County | 964 |
| 33 | Clinton County | 928 |
| 34 | Macoupin County | 894 |
| 35 | Boone County | 878 |
| 36 | Jefferson County | 858 |
| 37 | Livingston County | 848 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 818 |
| 39 | Woodford County | 798 |
| 40 | Marion County | 778 |
| 41 | Bureau County | 756 |
| 42 | Jo Daviess County | 736 |
| 43 | Morgan County | 708 |
| 44 | Christian County | 694 |
| 45 | Franklin County | 693 |
| 46 | Montgomery County | 688 |
| 47 | Lee County | 675 |
| 48 | Iroquois County | 652 |
| 49 | Fulton County | 636 |
| 50 | Randolph County | 597 |
| 51 | Douglas County | 596 |
| 52 | Logan County | 551 |
| 53 | McDonough County | 542 |
| 54 | Saline County | 506 |
| 55 | Shelby County | 468 |
| 56 | Fayette County | 454 |
| 57 | Crawford County | 421 |
| 58 | Pike County | 414 |
| 59 | Hancock County | 408 |
| 60 | Carroll County | 397 |
| 61 | Washington County | 386 |
| 62 | Piatt County | 385 |
| 63 | Jersey County | 384 |
| 64 | Richland County | 380 |
| 65 | Warren County | 366 |
| 66 | Ford County | 365 |
| 67 | Wayne County | 363 |
| 68 | Moultrie County | 353 |
| 69 | Edgar County | 345 |
| 70 | Clark County | 337 |
| 70 | De Witt County | 337 |
| 72 | White County | 329 |
| 73 | Bond County | 322 |
| 74 | Perry County | 321 |
| 75 | Union County | 312 |
| 76 | Mercer County | 302 |
| 77 | Clay County | 299 |
| 78 | Mason County | 285 |
| 79 | Wabash County | 280 |
| 80 | Cass County | 264 |
| 81 | Marshall County | 258 |
| 82 | Greene County | 246 |
| 83 | Jasper County | 244 |
| 84 | Lawrence County | 242 |
| 85 | Menard County | 232 |
| 86 | Hamilton County | 207 |
| 87 | Massac County | 198 |
| 88 | Cumberland County | 197 |
| 89 | Johnson County | 193 |
| 90 | Putnam County | 164 |
| 90 | Schuyler County | 164 |
| 92 | Stark County | 149 |
| 93 | Edwards County | 145 |
| 94 | Henderson County | 142 |
| 95 | Brown County | 126 |
| 96 | Gallatin County | 124 |
| 97 | Pulaski County | 105 |
| 98 | Scott County | 99 |
| 99 | Alexander County | 92 |
| 100 | Calhoun County | 88 |
| 101 | Hardin County | 54 |
| 102 | Pope County | 47 |