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

All 56 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/montana-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gallatin County | 9,632 |
| 2 | Yellowstone County | 7,526 |
| 3 | Flathead County | 6,888 |
| 4 | Missoula County | 6,663 |
| 5 | Lewis and Clark County | 3,612 |
| 6 | Cascade County | 3,117 |
| 7 | Ravalli County | 2,360 |
| 8 | Silver Bow County | 1,444 |
| 9 | Park County | 1,279 |
| 10 | Lake County | 1,273 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 935 |
| 12 | Carbon County | 628 |
| 13 | Richland County | 618 |
| 14 | Madison County | 602 |
| 15 | Hill County | 586 |
| 16 | Beaverhead County | 555 |
| 17 | Fergus County | 554 |
| 17 | Sanders County | 554 |
| 19 | Custer County | 542 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 503 |
| 21 | Dawson County | 392 |
| 22 | Stillwater County | 391 |
| 23 | Valley County | 341 |
| 24 | Deer Lodge County | 333 |
| 25 | Teton County | 323 |
| 26 | Glacier County | 315 |
| 27 | Broadwater County | 276 |
| 28 | Big Horn County | 269 |
| 29 | Roosevelt County | 267 |
| 30 | Sweet Grass County | 263 |
| 31 | Rosebud County | 258 |
| 32 | Powell County | 250 |
| 33 | Toole County | 226 |
| 34 | Pondera County | 221 |
| 35 | Chouteau County | 220 |
| 36 | Sheridan County | 213 |
| 37 | Mineral County | 193 |
| 38 | Blaine County | 190 |
| 39 | Musselshell County | 185 |
| 40 | Phillips County | 180 |
| 41 | Fallon County | 177 |
| 42 | Granite County | 175 |
| 43 | Meagher County | 132 |
| 44 | Judith Basin County | 108 |
| 45 | Powder River County | 102 |
| 46 | Wheatland County | 97 |
| 47 | Daniels County | 96 |
| 48 | Liberty County | 94 |
| 49 | McCone County | 80 |
| 50 | Garfield County | 65 |
| 51 | Prairie County | 60 |
| 52 | Carter County | 50 |
| 53 | Golden Valley County | 44 |
| 53 | Wibaux County | 44 |
| 55 | Treasure County | 30 |
| 56 | Petroleum County | 25 |