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

All 93 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/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Douglas County | 18,975 |
| 2 | Lancaster County | 9,818 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 4,810 |
| 4 | Hall County | 1,964 |
| 5 | Buffalo County | 1,890 |
| 6 | Madison County | 1,324 |
| 7 | Scotts Bluff County | 1,183 |
| 8 | Platte County | 1,157 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 1,126 |
| 10 | Dodge County | 1,107 |
| 11 | Adams County | 1,023 |
| 12 | Dawson County | 757 |
| 13 | Gage County | 729 |
| 14 | Cass County | 714 |
| 15 | Washington County | 694 |
| 16 | Saunders County | 678 |
| 17 | York County | 644 |
| 18 | Holt County | 522 |
| 18 | Seward County | 522 |
| 20 | Dakota County | 511 |
| 21 | Otoe County | 508 |
| 22 | Custer County | 471 |
| 23 | Red Willow County | 435 |
| 24 | Phelps County | 420 |
| 25 | Cuming County | 402 |
| 26 | Saline County | 382 |
| 27 | Keith County | 380 |
| 28 | Hamilton County | 376 |
| 29 | Box Butte County | 361 |
| 30 | Cedar County | 346 |
| 31 | Cheyenne County | 338 |
| 32 | Knox County | 330 |
| 33 | Colfax County | 310 |
| 34 | Richardson County | 291 |
| 35 | Antelope County | 290 |
| 36 | Cherry County | 289 |
| 37 | Dawes County | 286 |
| 38 | Jefferson County | 279 |
| 39 | Fillmore County | 278 |
| 40 | Wayne County | 277 |
| 41 | Butler County | 276 |
| 42 | Merrick County | 272 |
| 43 | Clay County | 264 |
| 44 | Thayer County | 262 |
| 45 | Boone County | 256 |
| 46 | Burt County | 242 |
| 47 | Pierce County | 239 |
| 48 | Valley County | 230 |
| 49 | Chase County | 223 |
| 49 | Howard County | 223 |
| 51 | Nemaha County | 219 |
| 52 | Sheridan County | 218 |
| 53 | Kearney County | 213 |
| 54 | Furnas County | 209 |
| 55 | Nuckolls County | 186 |
| 56 | Morrill County | 178 |
| 57 | Polk County | 163 |
| 58 | Brown County | 161 |
| 59 | Thurston County | 159 |
| 60 | Dixon County | 148 |
| 61 | Perkins County | 144 |
| 62 | Kimball County | 138 |
| 63 | Franklin County | 130 |
| 64 | Johnson County | 128 |
| 64 | Webster County | 128 |
| 66 | Greeley County | 122 |
| 67 | Harlan County | 120 |
| 68 | Garfield County | 107 |
| 69 | Sherman County | 106 |
| 70 | Nance County | 104 |
| 71 | Stanton County | 98 |
| 72 | Frontier County | 96 |
| 72 | Hitchcock County | 96 |
| 74 | Boyd County | 90 |
| 75 | Pawnee County | 88 |
| 76 | Dundy County | 84 |
| 77 | Gosper County | 76 |
| 78 | Deuel County | 74 |
| 79 | Garden County | 70 |
| 80 | Rock County | 60 |
| 81 | Grant County | 53 |
| 82 | Wheeler County | 40 |
| 83 | Thomas County | 39 |
| 84 | Logan County | 38 |
| 85 | Hayes County | 35 |
| 86 | Hooker County | 34 |
| 87 | Keya Paha County | 33 |
| 88 | Blaine County | 27 |
| 89 | Sioux County | 26 |
| 90 | Loup County | 21 |
| 91 | Arthur County | 14 |
| 91 | Banner County | 14 |
| 93 | McPherson County | 10 |