# Counties in North Dakota by business establishments (QCEW), 2025

All 53 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/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cass County | 9,501 |
| 2 | Burleigh County | 4,413 |
| 3 | Grand Forks County | 2,803 |
| 4 | Ward County | 2,680 |
| 5 | Williams County | 2,182 |
| 6 | Stark County | 1,575 |
| 7 | Morton County | 1,242 |
| 8 | Stutsman County | 871 |
| 9 | McKenzie County | 838 |
| 10 | Richland County | 703 |
| 11 | Walsh County | 527 |
| 12 | Ramsey County | 524 |
| 13 | Mountrail County | 512 |
| 14 | Barnes County | 452 |
| 15 | McLean County | 416 |
| 16 | Traill County | 402 |
| 17 | Pembina County | 397 |
| 18 | Bottineau County | 337 |
| 19 | Mercer County | 332 |
| 20 | Dickey County | 300 |
| 21 | Rolette County | 286 |
| 22 | Ransom County | 264 |
| 23 | McHenry County | 242 |
| 24 | LaMoure County | 241 |
| 25 | Dunn County | 221 |
| 26 | Wells County | 207 |
| 27 | Bowman County | 203 |
| 28 | Pierce County | 198 |
| 29 | Sargent County | 183 |
| 30 | Nelson County | 178 |
| 31 | Cavalier County | 176 |
| 32 | Foster County | 174 |
| 33 | Emmons County | 170 |
| 34 | Hettinger County | 149 |
| 35 | Benson County | 147 |
| 36 | Renville County | 143 |
| 37 | McIntosh County | 136 |
| 38 | Kidder County | 128 |
| 39 | Divide County | 124 |
| 40 | Burke County | 122 |
| 41 | Adams County | 120 |
| 42 | Logan County | 116 |
| 43 | Griggs County | 112 |
| 44 | Grant County | 110 |
| 45 | Eddy County | 99 |
| 46 | Towner County | 98 |
| 47 | Golden Valley County | 91 |
| 48 | Steele County | 86 |
| 49 | Sioux County | 81 |
| 50 | Billings County | 74 |
| 51 | Oliver County | 73 |
| 52 | Sheridan County | 49 |
| 53 | Slope County | 16 |