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

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cumberland County | 17,916 |
| 2 | York County | 8,739 |
| 3 | Penobscot County | 5,234 |
| 4 | Kennebec County | 4,352 |
| 5 | Androscoggin County | 3,558 |
| 6 | Hancock County | 2,939 |
| 7 | Aroostook County | 2,390 |
| 8 | Knox County | 2,272 |
| 9 | Oxford County | 1,819 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | 1,782 |
| 11 | Somerset County | 1,583 |
| 12 | Waldo County | 1,438 |
| 13 | Sagadahoc County | 1,316 |
| 14 | Washington County | 1,184 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 1,120 |
| 16 | Piscataquis County | 609 |