# Counties in Arizona by employer firm births, 2023

All 15 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- 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/arizona-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Maricopa County | 8,152 |
| 2 | Pima County | 1,230 |
| 3 | Yavapai County | 479 |
| 4 | Pinal County | 434 |
| 5 | Mohave County | 282 |
| 6 | Coconino County | 220 |
| 7 | Yuma County | 192 |
| 8 | Navajo County | 117 |
| 9 | Cochise County | 114 |
| 10 | Santa Cruz County | 67 |
| 11 | Gila County | 48 |
| 12 | Apache County | 32 |
| 13 | Graham County | 24 |
| 14 | La Paz County | 23 |
| 15 | Greenlee County | 3 |