Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW), 2025
Cass County had the highest business establishments (QCEW) of 53 counties in 2025, at 9,501. Slope County had the lowest, at 16. The median was 203 and the figure for North Dakota was 36,560. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Map of counties, 2025
- Under 110
- 110 to 140
- 140 to 200
- 200 to 340
- 340 to 750
- 750 and over
All counties, 2025
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About this ranking
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.
Counts places of business, not firms: for firms use employer_firms. Changes in how large employers report their locations can move the count without any change in activity.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv
MLA 9
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW), 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/north-dakota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/north-dakota-counties.
Harvard
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/north-dakota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Rank Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"establishments_qcew","level":"province","within":"North Dakota","limit":10}
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Which county has the highest business establishments (QCEW)?
Cass County, with 9,501 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Which county has the lowest business establishments (QCEW)?
Slope County, with 16 in 2025.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Business establishments (QCEW): other rankings
Counties in North Dakota: more rankings
- Business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)
- Business revenue: finance and insurance (Economic Census)
- Business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census)
- Business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census)
- Households with a broadband internet subscription
- Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate)
- Covered employment (QCEW)
- Real GDP growth