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

All 115 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/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. Louis County | 47,200 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 26,173 |
| 3 | St. Louis city | 15,936 |
| 4 | Greene County | 11,442 |
| 5 | St. Charles County | 11,274 |
| 6 | Clay County | 6,915 |
| 7 | Boone County | 5,282 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 4,731 |
| 9 | Jasper County | 3,578 |
| 10 | Platte County | 3,232 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 3,125 |
| 12 | Cape Girardeau County | 2,882 |
| 13 | Cole County | 2,770 |
| 14 | Buchanan County | 2,731 |
| 15 | Cass County | 2,701 |
| 16 | Christian County | 2,486 |
| 17 | Taney County | 2,237 |
| 18 | St. Francois County | 1,939 |
| 19 | Camden County | 1,777 |
| 20 | Dunklin County | 1,759 |
| 21 | Butler County | 1,566 |
| 22 | Newton County | 1,530 |
| 23 | Howell County | 1,466 |
| 24 | Phelps County | 1,384 |
| 25 | Pettis County | 1,340 |
| 26 | Johnson County | 1,328 |
| 27 | Scott County | 1,316 |
| 28 | Lincoln County | 1,268 |
| 29 | Marion County | 1,025 |
| 30 | Barry County | 993 |
| 31 | Lawrence County | 980 |
| 32 | Callaway County | 970 |
| 33 | Lafayette County | 962 |
| 34 | Pemiscot County | 946 |
| 35 | New Madrid County | 937 |
| 36 | Pulaski County | 928 |
| 36 | Webster County | 928 |
| 38 | Stone County | 907 |
| 39 | Laclede County | 900 |
| 40 | Stoddard County | 884 |
| 41 | Adair County | 843 |
| 42 | Polk County | 830 |
| 43 | Warren County | 806 |
| 44 | Miller County | 795 |
| 45 | Washington County | 780 |
| 46 | Vernon County | 746 |
| 47 | Henry County | 723 |
| 48 | Crawford County | 703 |
| 49 | Randolph County | 682 |
| 50 | Ripley County | 674 |
| 50 | Saline County | 674 |
| 52 | Morgan County | 653 |
| 53 | Texas County | 646 |
| 54 | Audrain County | 641 |
| 55 | Nodaway County | 639 |
| 56 | Wright County | 612 |
| 57 | Perry County | 594 |
| 58 | Iron County | 590 |
| 59 | Benton County | 568 |
| 60 | Dent County | 561 |
| 61 | Gasconade County | 547 |
| 62 | Pike County | 514 |
| 63 | Ste. Genevieve County | 512 |
| 64 | Clinton County | 504 |
| 65 | Cooper County | 498 |
| 66 | Andrew County | 492 |
| 67 | Livingston County | 486 |
| 68 | Bates County | 484 |
| 68 | McDonald County | 484 |
| 70 | Ray County | 465 |
| 71 | Dallas County | 458 |
| 72 | Macon County | 442 |
| 73 | Mississippi County | 425 |
| 74 | Cedar County | 410 |
| 75 | Linn County | 398 |
| 76 | Wayne County | 391 |
| 77 | Moniteau County | 367 |
| 78 | Madison County | 349 |
| 79 | Barton County | 346 |
| 80 | Montgomery County | 340 |
| 81 | Carroll County | 321 |
| 82 | Grundy County | 290 |
| 83 | Daviess County | 289 |
| 83 | Douglas County | 289 |
| 85 | Harrison County | 283 |
| 86 | Osage County | 279 |
| 87 | Ralls County | 278 |
| 88 | DeKalb County | 277 |
| 89 | Oregon County | 276 |
| 90 | Reynolds County | 274 |
| 91 | Ozark County | 270 |
| 92 | Chariton County | 265 |
| 93 | St. Clair County | 259 |
| 94 | Monroe County | 258 |
| 95 | Carter County | 256 |
| 96 | Lewis County | 255 |
| 97 | Bollinger County | 252 |
| 98 | Shannon County | 246 |
| 99 | Gentry County | 242 |
| 100 | Caldwell County | 240 |
| 100 | Howard County | 240 |
| 102 | Atchison County | 230 |
| 103 | Hickory County | 211 |
| 104 | Shelby County | 210 |
| 105 | Maries County | 194 |
| 106 | Dade County | 190 |
| 107 | Clark County | 179 |
| 107 | Holt County | 179 |
| 109 | Scotland County | 153 |
| 110 | Sullivan County | 144 |
| 111 | Putnam County | 140 |
| 112 | Mercer County | 121 |
| 113 | Knox County | 110 |
| 114 | Schuyler County | 101 |
| 115 | Worth County | 66 |