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

All 72 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/wisconsin-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Milwaukee County | 29,369 |
| 2 | Dane County | 18,541 |
| 3 | Waukesha County | 14,859 |
| 4 | Brown County | 7,708 |
| 5 | Outagamie County | 6,128 |
| 6 | Racine County | 5,224 |
| 7 | Winnebago County | 4,514 |
| 8 | Kenosha County | 4,457 |
| 9 | Marathon County | 4,072 |
| 10 | Rock County | 4,028 |
| 11 | Washington County | 3,966 |
| 12 | La Crosse County | 3,627 |
| 13 | Walworth County | 3,489 |
| 14 | Eau Claire County | 3,350 |
| 15 | Ozaukee County | 3,208 |
| 16 | Sheboygan County | 3,095 |
| 17 | St. Croix County | 2,962 |
| 18 | Fond du Lac County | 2,541 |
| 19 | Jefferson County | 2,357 |
| 20 | Sauk County | 2,270 |
| 21 | Wood County | 2,136 |
| 22 | Chippewa County | 2,040 |
| 23 | Dodge County | 2,026 |
| 24 | Manitowoc County | 2,013 |
| 25 | Portage County | 1,961 |
| 26 | Columbia County | 1,788 |
| 27 | Barron County | 1,608 |
| 28 | Grant County | 1,553 |
| 29 | Oneida County | 1,518 |
| 30 | Door County | 1,434 |
| 31 | Waupaca County | 1,417 |
| 32 | Monroe County | 1,349 |
| 33 | Polk County | 1,324 |
| 34 | Marinette County | 1,253 |
| 35 | Douglas County | 1,247 |
| 36 | Dunn County | 1,185 |
| 37 | Green County | 1,174 |
| 38 | Shawano County | 1,091 |
| 39 | Calumet County | 1,056 |
| 40 | Vilas County | 1,048 |
| 41 | Pierce County | 1,014 |
| 42 | Clark County | 961 |
| 43 | Oconto County | 929 |
| 44 | Vernon County | 840 |
| 45 | Trempealeau County | 828 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 819 |
| 47 | Iowa County | 741 |
| 48 | Juneau County | 738 |
| 49 | Sawyer County | 722 |
| 50 | Langlade County | 660 |
| 51 | Ashland County | 622 |
| 52 | Washburn County | 610 |
| 53 | Kewaunee County | 585 |
| 54 | Bayfield County | 584 |
| 55 | Waushara County | 574 |
| 56 | Green Lake County | 537 |
| 56 | Taylor County | 537 |
| 58 | Richland County | 530 |
| 59 | Lafayette County | 513 |
| 60 | Crawford County | 498 |
| 61 | Adams County | 494 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 494 |
| 63 | Burnett County | 479 |
| 64 | Price County | 430 |
| 65 | Buffalo County | 415 |
| 66 | Rusk County | 411 |
| 67 | Marquette County | 396 |
| 68 | Forest County | 301 |
| 69 | Pepin County | 270 |
| 70 | Iron County | 227 |
| 71 | Florence County | 136 |
| 72 | Menominee County | 104 |