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

All 88 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/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Franklin County | 40,012 |
| 2 | Cuyahoga County | 38,931 |
| 3 | Hamilton County | 27,197 |
| 4 | Summit County | 15,784 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 13,285 |
| 6 | Lucas County | 11,018 |
| 7 | Stark County | 9,576 |
| 8 | Butler County | 9,290 |
| 9 | Delaware County | 7,494 |
| 10 | Lorain County | 6,930 |
| 11 | Lake County | 6,824 |
| 12 | Warren County | 6,628 |
| 13 | Mahoning County | 6,255 |
| 14 | Medina County | 5,285 |
| 15 | Clermont County | 5,107 |
| 16 | Trumbull County | 4,397 |
| 17 | Greene County | 4,203 |
| 18 | Licking County | 4,039 |
| 19 | Portage County | 3,765 |
| 20 | Fairfield County | 3,532 |
| 21 | Wood County | 3,508 |
| 22 | Geauga County | 3,194 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 3,015 |
| 24 | Richland County | 2,907 |
| 25 | Miami County | 2,631 |
| 26 | Allen County | 2,585 |
| 27 | Clark County | 2,566 |
| 28 | Tuscarawas County | 2,436 |
| 29 | Ashtabula County | 2,254 |
| 30 | Columbiana County | 2,236 |
| 31 | Erie County | 2,077 |
| 32 | Muskingum County | 2,007 |
| 33 | Hancock County | 1,954 |
| 34 | Belmont County | 1,643 |
| 35 | Union County | 1,633 |
| 36 | Washington County | 1,616 |
| 37 | Holmes County | 1,550 |
| 38 | Ross County | 1,549 |
| 39 | Scioto County | 1,508 |
| 40 | Sandusky County | 1,474 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 1,422 |
| 42 | Huron County | 1,410 |
| 43 | Athens County | 1,375 |
| 44 | Knox County | 1,368 |
| 45 | Darke County | 1,324 |
| 46 | Seneca County | 1,254 |
| 47 | Marion County | 1,248 |
| 48 | Ashland County | 1,220 |
| 49 | Mercer County | 1,217 |
| 50 | Ottawa County | 1,216 |
| 51 | Shelby County | 1,160 |
| 52 | Fulton County | 1,124 |
| 53 | Auglaize County | 1,110 |
| 54 | Pickaway County | 1,108 |
| 55 | Madison County | 1,070 |
| 56 | Logan County | 1,044 |
| 57 | Lawrence County | 1,039 |
| 58 | Guernsey County | 982 |
| 59 | Clinton County | 962 |
| 60 | Defiance County | 940 |
| 61 | Crawford County | 935 |
| 62 | Williams County | 932 |
| 63 | Putnam County | 866 |
| 64 | Highland County | 861 |
| 65 | Preble County | 807 |
| 66 | Brown County | 784 |
| 67 | Gallia County | 772 |
| 68 | Jackson County | 760 |
| 69 | Coshocton County | 754 |
| 70 | Champaign County | 748 |
| 71 | Fayette County | 705 |
| 72 | Henry County | 682 |
| 73 | Adams County | 681 |
| 74 | Van Wert County | 676 |
| 75 | Pike County | 620 |
| 76 | Wyandot County | 598 |
| 77 | Perry County | 594 |
| 78 | Hocking County | 592 |
| 79 | Hardin County | 568 |
| 80 | Morrow County | 565 |
| 81 | Carroll County | 556 |
| 82 | Paulding County | 422 |
| 83 | Meigs County | 358 |
| 84 | Monroe County | 356 |
| 85 | Harrison County | 350 |
| 86 | Noble County | 268 |
| 87 | Morgan County | 240 |
| 88 | Vinton County | 216 |