# Counties in Alabama by employer firm births, 2023

All 65 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 2 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 887 |
| 2 | Madison County | 554 |
| 3 | Mobile County | 443 |
| 4 | Baldwin County | 439 |
| 5 | Shelby County | 334 |
| 6 | Montgomery County | 287 |
| 7 | Lee County | 220 |
| 8 | Tuscaloosa County | 214 |
| 9 | Houston County | 136 |
| 10 | Marshall County | 135 |
| 11 | Morgan County | 126 |
| 12 | Lauderdale County | 115 |
| 13 | Cullman County | 107 |
| 14 | Limestone County | 103 |
| 15 | St. Clair County | 101 |
| 16 | Calhoun County | 98 |
| 17 | Etowah County | 95 |
| 18 | Colbert County | 71 |
| 18 | Elmore County | 71 |
| 20 | Coffee County | 61 |
| 21 | DeKalb County | 57 |
| 22 | Blount County | 55 |
| 22 | Jackson County | 55 |
| 24 | Walker County | 54 |
| 25 | Autauga County | 49 |
| 26 | Tallapoosa County | 48 |
| 27 | Covington County | 46 |
| 27 | Talladega County | 46 |
| 29 | Russell County | 45 |
| 30 | Dale County | 41 |
| 31 | Chilton County | 39 |
| 32 | Escambia County | 33 |
| 33 | Franklin County | 29 |
| 33 | Geneva County | 29 |
| 33 | Marion County | 29 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 25 |
| 37 | Clarke County | 24 |
| 38 | Chambers County | 23 |
| 38 | Cherokee County | 23 |
| 40 | Marengo County | 22 |
| 40 | Monroe County | 22 |
| 40 | Pike County | 22 |
| 43 | Butler County | 20 |
| 43 | Winston County | 20 |
| 45 | Lawrence County | 18 |
| 46 | Barbour County | 17 |
| 46 | Dallas County | 17 |
| 48 | Bibb County | 16 |
| 49 | Sumter County | 15 |
| 50 | Clay County | 14 |
| 50 | Henry County | 14 |
| 50 | Lamar County | 14 |
| 50 | Macon County | 14 |
| 50 | Washington County | 14 |
| 55 | Cleburne County | 13 |
| 55 | Fayette County | 13 |
| 57 | Conecuh County | 11 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 10 |
| 58 | Hale County | 10 |
| 60 | Bullock County | 8 |
| 60 | Pickens County | 8 |
| 60 | Wilcox County | 8 |
| 63 | Crenshaw County | 7 |
| 63 | Greene County | 7 |
| 65 | Perry County | 6 |