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

All 95 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Davidson County | 31,435 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 22,317 |
| 3 | Knox County | 16,042 |
| 4 | Williamson County | 13,289 |
| 5 | Hamilton County | 12,472 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 8,124 |
| 7 | Sumner County | 5,184 |
| 8 | Montgomery County | 4,497 |
| 9 | Wilson County | 4,384 |
| 10 | Sullivan County | 3,928 |
| 11 | Washington County | 3,594 |
| 12 | Sevier County | 3,402 |
| 13 | Blount County | 3,221 |
| 14 | Maury County | 2,969 |
| 15 | Madison County | 2,800 |
| 16 | Putnam County | 2,392 |
| 17 | Bradley County | 2,359 |
| 18 | Anderson County | 1,946 |
| 19 | Robertson County | 1,575 |
| 20 | Hamblen County | 1,533 |
| 21 | Coffee County | 1,529 |
| 22 | Greene County | 1,487 |
| 23 | Cumberland County | 1,464 |
| 24 | Loudon County | 1,405 |
| 25 | Dickson County | 1,324 |
| 26 | Gibson County | 1,059 |
| 27 | McMinn County | 1,056 |
| 28 | Bedford County | 1,018 |
| 29 | Jefferson County | 996 |
| 30 | Roane County | 992 |
| 31 | Franklin County | 936 |
| 32 | Warren County | 930 |
| 33 | Tipton County | 919 |
| 34 | Cheatham County | 904 |
| 34 | Lawrence County | 904 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 886 |
| 37 | Dyer County | 836 |
| 38 | Hawkins County | 829 |
| 39 | Carter County | 816 |
| 40 | Henry County | 776 |
| 41 | Fayette County | 772 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 755 |
| 43 | Campbell County | 716 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 712 |
| 45 | Obion County | 704 |
| 46 | Giles County | 681 |
| 47 | Weakley County | 629 |
| 48 | Rhea County | 604 |
| 49 | Hardin County | 590 |
| 50 | Claiborne County | 583 |
| 51 | Marion County | 581 |
| 52 | Henderson County | 572 |
| 53 | White County | 557 |
| 54 | Cocke County | 546 |
| 55 | Carroll County | 531 |
| 55 | McNairy County | 531 |
| 57 | Scott County | 436 |
| 58 | Overton County | 429 |
| 59 | DeKalb County | 428 |
| 60 | Smith County | 399 |
| 61 | Haywood County | 398 |
| 62 | Humphreys County | 394 |
| 63 | Macon County | 391 |
| 64 | Hickman County | 382 |
| 65 | Grainger County | 370 |
| 66 | Fentress County | 364 |
| 67 | Hardeman County | 358 |
| 68 | Benton County | 354 |
| 69 | Lauderdale County | 344 |
| 70 | Johnson County | 342 |
| 71 | Polk County | 320 |
| 72 | Unicoi County | 310 |
| 73 | Crockett County | 296 |
| 73 | Decatur County | 296 |
| 73 | Sequatchie County | 296 |
| 76 | Chester County | 292 |
| 77 | Union County | 284 |
| 78 | Cannon County | 280 |
| 79 | Wayne County | 277 |
| 80 | Lewis County | 276 |
| 81 | Stewart County | 246 |
| 82 | Morgan County | 238 |
| 83 | Grundy County | 232 |
| 84 | Jackson County | 205 |
| 85 | Bledsoe County | 182 |
| 86 | Trousdale County | 180 |
| 87 | Perry County | 162 |
| 88 | Meigs County | 156 |
| 89 | Houston County | 147 |
| 90 | Clay County | 142 |
| 91 | Lake County | 114 |
| 92 | Pickett County | 110 |
| 93 | Hancock County | 102 |
| 94 | Moore County | 84 |
| 94 | Van Buren County | 84 |