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

All 105 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/kansas-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Johnson County | 28,431 |
| 2 | Sedgwick County | 14,038 |
| 3 | Shawnee County | 6,986 |
| 4 | Wyandotte County | 3,930 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 3,561 |
| 6 | Montgomery County | 2,025 |
| 7 | Riley County | 1,924 |
| 8 | Leavenworth County | 1,657 |
| 9 | Reno County | 1,648 |
| 10 | Butler County | 1,618 |
| 11 | Saline County | 1,547 |
| 12 | Finney County | 1,111 |
| 13 | Ellis County | 1,084 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 1,056 |
| 15 | McPherson County | 956 |
| 16 | Miami County | 938 |
| 17 | Barton County | 878 |
| 18 | Lyon County | 857 |
| 19 | Ford County | 842 |
| 20 | Harvey County | 827 |
| 21 | Cowley County | 767 |
| 22 | Pottawatomie County | 727 |
| 23 | Geary County | 718 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 686 |
| 25 | Sumner County | 600 |
| 26 | Seward County | 572 |
| 27 | Dickinson County | 541 |
| 28 | Labette County | 494 |
| 29 | Neosho County | 480 |
| 30 | Cherokee County | 425 |
| 31 | Jefferson County | 424 |
| 31 | Nemaha County | 424 |
| 33 | Atchison County | 414 |
| 34 | Thomas County | 404 |
| 35 | Allen County | 400 |
| 36 | Bourbon County | 394 |
| 36 | Marshall County | 394 |
| 38 | Pratt County | 391 |
| 39 | Osage County | 361 |
| 40 | Rice County | 349 |
| 41 | Marion County | 341 |
| 42 | Brown County | 339 |
| 43 | Jackson County | 330 |
| 44 | Cloud County | 302 |
| 45 | Russell County | 295 |
| 46 | Gray County | 294 |
| 47 | Washington County | 278 |
| 48 | Clay County | 275 |
| 48 | Sherman County | 275 |
| 50 | Mitchell County | 266 |
| 51 | Linn County | 265 |
| 52 | Coffey County | 252 |
| 53 | Scott County | 251 |
| 54 | Anderson County | 245 |
| 55 | Kingman County | 238 |
| 56 | Wilson County | 231 |
| 57 | Doniphan County | 230 |
| 58 | Phillips County | 228 |
| 59 | Grant County | 222 |
| 60 | Harper County | 219 |
| 61 | Republic County | 209 |
| 62 | Barber County | 206 |
| 63 | Pawnee County | 205 |
| 64 | Greenwood County | 203 |
| 65 | Stevens County | 200 |
| 66 | Rooks County | 195 |
| 67 | Norton County | 194 |
| 68 | Wabaunsee County | 184 |
| 69 | Ellsworth County | 182 |
| 70 | Haskell County | 168 |
| 71 | Stafford County | 167 |
| 72 | Meade County | 163 |
| 73 | Smith County | 162 |
| 74 | Morris County | 161 |
| 74 | Osborne County | 161 |
| 76 | Gove County | 160 |
| 77 | Kearny County | 150 |
| 77 | Ottawa County | 150 |
| 79 | Ness County | 140 |
| 80 | Cheyenne County | 138 |
| 81 | Logan County | 131 |
| 82 | Edwards County | 129 |
| 82 | Trego County | 129 |
| 84 | Decatur County | 126 |
| 85 | Sheridan County | 122 |
| 86 | Rawlins County | 119 |
| 87 | Graham County | 114 |
| 88 | Wichita County | 113 |
| 89 | Jewell County | 110 |
| 90 | Rush County | 108 |
| 91 | Lincoln County | 107 |
| 92 | Chautauqua County | 104 |
| 92 | Hamilton County | 104 |
| 94 | Kiowa County | 99 |
| 95 | Morton County | 96 |
| 96 | Woodson County | 92 |
| 97 | Wallace County | 91 |
| 98 | Comanche County | 90 |
| 98 | Stanton County | 90 |
| 100 | Clark County | 87 |
| 101 | Lane County | 86 |
| 102 | Chase County | 84 |
| 103 | Elk County | 79 |
| 104 | Hodgeman County | 78 |
| 105 | Greeley County | 70 |