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

All 64 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/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 19,286 |
| 2 | Orleans Parish | 17,461 |
| 3 | Jefferson Parish | 16,062 |
| 4 | Lafayette Parish | 12,209 |
| 5 | St. Tammany Parish | 11,235 |
| 6 | Caddo Parish | 8,016 |
| 7 | Calcasieu Parish | 6,143 |
| 8 | Ouachita Parish | 5,450 |
| 9 | Rapides Parish | 4,112 |
| 10 | Ascension Parish | 4,054 |
| 11 | Tangipahoa Parish | 3,888 |
| 12 | Bossier Parish | 3,735 |
| 13 | Terrebonne Parish | 3,356 |
| 14 | Livingston Parish | 3,270 |
| 15 | Lafourche Parish | 2,208 |
| 16 | St. Landry Parish | 2,132 |
| 17 | Iberia Parish | 1,913 |
| 18 | Lincoln Parish | 1,529 |
| 19 | St. Charles Parish | 1,466 |
| 20 | Acadia Parish | 1,465 |
| 21 | St. Mary Parish | 1,427 |
| 22 | Vermilion Parish | 1,382 |
| 23 | St. Martin Parish | 1,146 |
| 24 | St. Bernard Parish | 1,058 |
| 24 | Vernon Parish | 1,058 |
| 26 | Natchitoches Parish | 1,044 |
| 27 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 1,029 |
| 28 | Webster Parish | 1,023 |
| 29 | Avoyelles Parish | 965 |
| 30 | Washington Parish | 906 |
| 31 | Plaquemines Parish | 885 |
| 32 | Beauregard Parish | 878 |
| 33 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 869 |
| 34 | Iberville Parish | 827 |
| 35 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 804 |
| 36 | De Soto Parish | 662 |
| 37 | Evangeline Parish | 643 |
| 38 | Richland Parish | 591 |
| 39 | Sabine Parish | 584 |
| 40 | Morehouse Parish | 566 |
| 41 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 535 |
| 42 | Concordia Parish | 490 |
| 43 | Franklin Parish | 482 |
| 44 | LaSalle Parish | 471 |
| 45 | Union Parish | 464 |
| 46 | St. James Parish | 463 |
| 47 | Allen Parish | 436 |
| 48 | East Feliciana Parish | 396 |
| 49 | Winn Parish | 345 |
| 50 | Assumption Parish | 332 |
| 51 | Bienville Parish | 322 |
| 51 | Jackson Parish | 322 |
| 53 | West Feliciana Parish | 320 |
| 54 | Grant Parish | 291 |
| 55 | Catahoula Parish | 273 |
| 56 | Claiborne Parish | 269 |
| 57 | Madison Parish | 266 |
| 58 | West Carroll Parish | 234 |
| 59 | Caldwell Parish | 229 |
| 60 | Red River Parish | 204 |
| 61 | East Carroll Parish | 174 |
| 62 | Cameron Parish | 166 |
| 63 | St. Helena Parish | 148 |
| 64 | Tensas Parish | 132 |