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

All 36 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/oregon-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Multnomah County | 38,504 |
| 2 | Washington County | 21,683 |
| 3 | Clackamas County | 16,672 |
| 4 | Lane County | 12,896 |
| 5 | Marion County | 12,162 |
| 6 | Deschutes County | 11,182 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 8,011 |
| 8 | Linn County | 3,750 |
| 9 | Yamhill County | 3,611 |
| 10 | Douglas County | 3,384 |
| 11 | Benton County | 2,984 |
| 12 | Josephine County | 2,640 |
| 13 | Umatilla County | 2,412 |
| 14 | Klamath County | 2,254 |
| 15 | Polk County | 2,221 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 2,019 |
| 17 | Coos County | 2,000 |
| 18 | Clatsop County | 1,863 |
| 19 | Hood River County | 1,408 |
| 20 | Columbia County | 1,392 |
| 21 | Malheur County | 1,087 |
| 22 | Wasco County | 1,062 |
| 23 | Tillamook County | 1,052 |
| 24 | Union County | 1,008 |
| 25 | Curry County | 893 |
| 26 | Crook County | 855 |
| 27 | Baker County | 703 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 652 |
| 29 | Wallowa County | 447 |
| 30 | Morrow County | 412 |
| 31 | Lake County | 353 |
| 32 | Grant County | 326 |
| 33 | Harney County | 322 |
| 34 | Gilliam County | 144 |
| 35 | Sherman County | 113 |
| 36 | Wheeler County | 75 |