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

All 120 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/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 34,197 |
| 2 | Fayette County | 15,422 |
| 3 | Boone County | 6,440 |
| 4 | Kenton County | 6,165 |
| 5 | Warren County | 5,504 |
| 6 | Hardin County | 3,801 |
| 7 | Daviess County | 3,643 |
| 8 | Campbell County | 3,591 |
| 9 | Madison County | 3,209 |
| 10 | McCracken County | 2,894 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 2,774 |
| 12 | Oldham County | 2,560 |
| 13 | Pulaski County | 2,257 |
| 14 | Christian County | 2,204 |
| 15 | Jessamine County | 2,064 |
| 16 | Bullitt County | 1,896 |
| 17 | Scott County | 1,872 |
| 18 | Laurel County | 1,810 |
| 19 | Boyd County | 1,799 |
| 20 | Shelby County | 1,643 |
| 21 | Pike County | 1,620 |
| 22 | Nelson County | 1,555 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 1,477 |
| 24 | Calloway County | 1,354 |
| 25 | Barren County | 1,339 |
| 26 | Hopkins County | 1,232 |
| 27 | Floyd County | 1,177 |
| 28 | Woodford County | 1,115 |
| 29 | Clark County | 1,104 |
| 30 | Boyle County | 1,077 |
| 31 | Whitley County | 1,073 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 1,067 |
| 33 | Graves County | 1,040 |
| 34 | Perry County | 943 |
| 35 | Taylor County | 931 |
| 36 | Montgomery County | 909 |
| 37 | Greenup County | 827 |
| 38 | Rowan County | 824 |
| 39 | Logan County | 809 |
| 40 | Muhlenberg County | 744 |
| 41 | Simpson County | 734 |
| 42 | Mason County | 728 |
| 43 | Grayson County | 699 |
| 44 | Carter County | 666 |
| 45 | Grant County | 655 |
| 46 | Bourbon County | 641 |
| 47 | Johnson County | 631 |
| 48 | Knox County | 612 |
| 49 | Bell County | 609 |
| 50 | Mercer County | 604 |
| 51 | Anderson County | 588 |
| 52 | Russell County | 561 |
| 53 | Meade County | 559 |
| 54 | Marion County | 554 |
| 55 | Adair County | 534 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 534 |
| 57 | Ohio County | 532 |
| 58 | Harlan County | 530 |
| 59 | Letcher County | 498 |
| 60 | Spencer County | 474 |
| 61 | Wayne County | 466 |
| 62 | Garrard County | 452 |
| 63 | Allen County | 450 |
| 64 | Fleming County | 447 |
| 65 | Harrison County | 446 |
| 66 | Breckinridge County | 443 |
| 67 | Clay County | 425 |
| 68 | Henry County | 420 |
| 69 | Hart County | 417 |
| 70 | Union County | 392 |
| 71 | Casey County | 380 |
| 72 | Carroll County | 370 |
| 73 | Caldwell County | 368 |
| 73 | Trigg County | 368 |
| 73 | Washington County | 368 |
| 76 | Lawrence County | 362 |
| 77 | Breathitt County | 345 |
| 78 | Todd County | 336 |
| 79 | Larue County | 334 |
| 80 | Powell County | 317 |
| 81 | Butler County | 314 |
| 82 | Monroe County | 312 |
| 83 | Bath County | 311 |
| 84 | Magoffin County | 306 |
| 85 | Knott County | 305 |
| 86 | Clinton County | 300 |
| 87 | McCreary County | 299 |
| 88 | Morgan County | 298 |
| 89 | Webster County | 296 |
| 90 | Pendleton County | 293 |
| 91 | Lyon County | 292 |
| 92 | Rockcastle County | 289 |
| 93 | Lewis County | 276 |
| 94 | Livingston County | 264 |
| 94 | Metcalfe County | 264 |
| 96 | Estill County | 262 |
| 97 | Green County | 253 |
| 98 | McLean County | 251 |
| 99 | Hancock County | 239 |
| 100 | Bracken County | 232 |
| 101 | Martin County | 224 |
| 102 | Ballard County | 216 |
| 102 | Fulton County | 216 |
| 104 | Jackson County | 214 |
| 105 | Crittenden County | 211 |
| 106 | Cumberland County | 198 |
| 107 | Edmonson County | 192 |
| 108 | Wolfe County | 189 |
| 109 | Owen County | 187 |
| 110 | Leslie County | 176 |
| 111 | Gallatin County | 168 |
| 112 | Lee County | 166 |
| 113 | Trimble County | 162 |
| 114 | Carlisle County | 142 |
| 115 | Menifee County | 138 |
| 116 | Nicholas County | 136 |
| 117 | Hickman County | 113 |
| 118 | Elliott County | 98 |
| 119 | Owsley County | 92 |
| 120 | Robertson County | 59 |