Counties in Utah by business establishments (QCEW)

Salt Lake County had the highest business establishments (QCEW) of 29 counties in 2016, at 43,142. Piute County had the lowest, at 46. The median was 625 and the figure for Utah was 95,901. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Highest43,142Salt Lake County

Lowest46Piute County

Median62529 counties

Utah95,901History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 200
200 to 400
400 to 1,000
1,000 to 3,100
3,100 and over

count, 2016. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

count. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Salt Lake County	43,142	+2.8%
2	Utah County	15,092	+4.4%
3	Davis County	8,110	+2.6%
4	Weber County	5,850	+2.5%
5	Washington County	5,371	+5.2%
6	Cache County	3,523	+2.5%
7	Summit County	2,743	+2.8%
8	Iron County	1,490	+4.1%
9	Box Elder County	1,309	+2.8%
10	Uintah County	1,256	-5.2%
11	Tooele County	1,075	+2%
12	Wasatch County	1,000	+5.6%
13	Duchesne County	806	-5.8%
14	Sevier County	653	-0.3%
15	Carbon County	625	+0.2%
16	Sanpete County	597	+4%
17	Grand County	550	+0.2%
18	Millard County	380	0%
19	San Juan County	335	-2.6%
20	Morgan County	320	+7.7%
21	Kane County	319	+0.3%
22	Juab County	271	+2.3%
23	Garfield County	250	+3.3%
24	Beaver County	243	+4.3%
25	Emery County	241	0%
26	Wayne County	128	+1.6%
27	Rich County	127	+4.1%
28	Daggett County	51	-1.9%
29	Piute County	46	+4.5%

Other periods

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/2016/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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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 Utah by business establishments (QCEW), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2016/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Utah by business establishments (QCEW), 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2016/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/utah-counties?period=2016. 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 Utah by business establishments (QCEW), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2016/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/utah-counties?period=2016.

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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 Utah by business establishments (QCEW), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2016/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/utah-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest business establishments (QCEW)?

Salt Lake County, with 43,142 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest business establishments (QCEW)?

Piute County, with 46 in 2016.

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.