# Counties in Arkansas by employer firm births, 2023

All 72 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 3 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/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pulaski County | 584 |
| 2 | Benton County | 535 |
| 3 | Washington County | 419 |
| 4 | Faulkner County | 189 |
| 5 | Saline County | 179 |
| 6 | Sebastian County | 171 |
| 7 | Craighead County | 170 |
| 8 | Garland County | 163 |
| 9 | Pope County | 88 |
| 10 | White County | 87 |
| 11 | Lonoke County | 83 |
| 12 | Baxter County | 72 |
| 13 | Crawford County | 67 |
| 14 | Jefferson County | 54 |
| 15 | Boone County | 51 |
| 16 | Carroll County | 47 |
| 17 | Miller County | 46 |
| 18 | Greene County | 38 |
| 18 | Independence County | 38 |
| 20 | Union County | 34 |
| 21 | Cleburne County | 32 |
| 21 | Crittenden County | 32 |
| 21 | Mississippi County | 32 |
| 24 | Conway County | 26 |
| 25 | Ouachita County | 25 |
| 26 | Clark County | 24 |
| 26 | Columbia County | 24 |
| 26 | Grant County | 24 |
| 26 | Hot Spring County | 24 |
| 30 | Johnson County | 23 |
| 31 | Drew County | 22 |
| 32 | Polk County | 21 |
| 33 | Franklin County | 20 |
| 33 | Madison County | 20 |
| 33 | Marion County | 20 |
| 36 | Yell County | 19 |
| 37 | Sevier County | 18 |
| 37 | St. Francis County | 18 |
| 39 | Cross County | 17 |
| 40 | Arkansas County | 16 |
| 40 | Howard County | 16 |
| 40 | Poinsett County | 16 |
| 43 | Sharp County | 15 |
| 44 | Bradley County | 13 |
| 44 | Logan County | 13 |
| 44 | Stone County | 13 |
| 47 | Phillips County | 12 |
| 47 | Pike County | 12 |
| 49 | Cleveland County | 11 |
| 49 | Lincoln County | 11 |
| 49 | Randolph County | 11 |
| 52 | Clay County | 10 |
| 52 | Dallas County | 10 |
| 52 | Izard County | 10 |
| 52 | Jackson County | 10 |
| 52 | Little River County | 10 |
| 57 | Hempstead County | 9 |
| 58 | Ashley County | 8 |
| 58 | Chicot County | 8 |
| 58 | Lawrence County | 8 |
| 58 | Van Buren County | 8 |
| 62 | Desha County | 7 |
| 62 | Fulton County | 7 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 7 |
| 62 | Perry County | 7 |
| 62 | Scott County | 7 |
| 62 | Searcy County | 7 |
| 68 | Lafayette County | 6 |
| 69 | Monroe County | 4 |
| 69 | Newton County | 4 |
| 69 | Prairie County | 4 |
| 72 | Lee County | 0 |