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

All 39 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 83,224 |
| 2 | Pierce County | 21,367 |
| 3 | Snohomish County | 21,038 |
| 4 | Spokane County | 16,031 |
| 5 | Clark County | 15,846 |
| 6 | Thurston County | 8,600 |
| 7 | Whatcom County | 7,470 |
| 8 | Kitsap County | 6,893 |
| 9 | Yakima County | 6,433 |
| 10 | Benton County | 5,506 |
| 11 | Skagit County | 3,884 |
| 12 | Chelan County | 3,253 |
| 13 | Cowlitz County | 2,738 |
| 13 | Grant County | 2,738 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 2,428 |
| 16 | Clallam County | 2,305 |
| 17 | Lewis County | 2,280 |
| 18 | Island County | 2,176 |
| 19 | Grays Harbor County | 1,860 |
| 20 | Walla Walla County | 1,826 |
| 21 | Okanogan County | 1,640 |
| 22 | Kittitas County | 1,444 |
| 23 | Mason County | 1,271 |
| 24 | Whitman County | 1,242 |
| 25 | Douglas County | 1,132 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 1,077 |
| 27 | San Juan County | 1,052 |
| 28 | Stevens County | 1,042 |
| 29 | Klickitat County | 842 |
| 30 | Adams County | 702 |
| 31 | Pacific County | 701 |
| 32 | Asotin County | 540 |
| 33 | Lincoln County | 442 |
| 34 | Pend Oreille County | 348 |
| 35 | Skamania County | 282 |
| 36 | Ferry County | 278 |
| 37 | Columbia County | 180 |
| 38 | Wahkiakum County | 131 |
| 39 | Garfield County | 71 |