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

All 87 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/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 43,883 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 15,186 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 11,892 |
| 4 | Anoka County | 8,780 |
| 5 | Washington County | 7,032 |
| 6 | St. Louis County | 5,529 |
| 7 | Stearns County | 4,672 |
| 8 | Olmsted County | 4,036 |
| 9 | Wright County | 4,014 |
| 10 | Scott County | 3,984 |
| 11 | Carver County | 2,855 |
| 12 | Sherburne County | 2,512 |
| 13 | Crow Wing County | 2,346 |
| 14 | Blue Earth County | 2,143 |
| 15 | Otter Tail County | 1,882 |
| 16 | Rice County | 1,764 |
| 17 | Clay County | 1,484 |
| 18 | Douglas County | 1,478 |
| 19 | Kandiyohi County | 1,438 |
| 20 | Chisago County | 1,384 |
| 21 | Goodhue County | 1,365 |
| 22 | Itasca County | 1,343 |
| 23 | Beltrami County | 1,320 |
| 24 | Winona County | 1,258 |
| 25 | Steele County | 1,148 |
| 26 | Becker County | 1,125 |
| 27 | Morrison County | 1,114 |
| 28 | Benton County | 1,058 |
| 29 | McLeod County | 1,047 |
| 30 | Polk County | 1,038 |
| 31 | Isanti County | 975 |
| 32 | Cass County | 955 |
| 33 | Brown County | 897 |
| 34 | Mower County | 892 |
| 35 | Lyon County | 855 |
| 36 | Nicollet County | 848 |
| 37 | Freeborn County | 826 |
| 38 | Mille Lacs County | 800 |
| 39 | Fillmore County | 798 |
| 40 | Carlton County | 792 |
| 41 | Le Sueur County | 778 |
| 42 | Pine County | 733 |
| 43 | Martin County | 712 |
| 44 | Meeker County | 701 |
| 45 | Hubbard County | 674 |
| 46 | Nobles County | 642 |
| 47 | Todd County | 628 |
| 48 | Wabasha County | 603 |
| 49 | Renville County | 592 |
| 50 | Redwood County | 580 |
| 51 | Waseca County | 530 |
| 52 | Dodge County | 512 |
| 53 | Faribault County | 484 |
| 54 | Houston County | 478 |
| 55 | Aitkin County | 477 |
| 56 | Roseau County | 472 |
| 57 | Wadena County | 443 |
| 58 | Cottonwood County | 435 |
| 59 | Koochiching County | 420 |
| 60 | Pennington County | 416 |
| 61 | Chippewa County | 414 |
| 62 | Sibley County | 400 |
| 63 | Stevens County | 393 |
| 64 | Pipestone County | 384 |
| 65 | Lake County | 381 |
| 66 | Yellow Medicine County | 380 |
| 67 | Pope County | 379 |
| 68 | Swift County | 370 |
| 69 | Kanabec County | 367 |
| 70 | Jackson County | 362 |
| 71 | Marshall County | 356 |
| 72 | Watonwan County | 333 |
| 73 | Cook County | 328 |
| 74 | Murray County | 326 |
| 75 | Rock County | 325 |
| 76 | Norman County | 262 |
| 77 | Grant County | 258 |
| 78 | Lac qui Parle County | 242 |
| 79 | Clearwater County | 236 |
| 80 | Lincoln County | 225 |
| 81 | Big Stone County | 223 |
| 82 | Wilkin County | 208 |
| 83 | Kittson County | 202 |
| 84 | Lake of the Woods County | 180 |
| 85 | Traverse County | 151 |
| 86 | Red Lake County | 125 |
| 87 | Mahnomen County | 121 |