# Counties in Florida by employer firm births, 2023

All 67 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/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County | 8,449 |
| 2 | Broward County | 5,262 |
| 3 | Palm Beach County | 4,476 |
| 4 | Orange County | 3,945 |
| 5 | Hillsborough County | 3,406 |
| 6 | Pinellas County | 2,520 |
| 7 | Lee County | 2,055 |
| 8 | Duval County | 1,928 |
| 9 | Collier County | 1,177 |
| 10 | Sarasota County | 1,159 |
| 11 | Polk County | 1,155 |
| 12 | Brevard County | 1,103 |
| 13 | Seminole County | 1,094 |
| 14 | Volusia County | 1,055 |
| 15 | Pasco County | 1,017 |
| 16 | Manatee County | 974 |
| 17 | Osceola County | 965 |
| 18 | St. Johns County | 799 |
| 19 | Lake County | 751 |
| 20 | Marion County | 698 |
| 21 | St. Lucie County | 688 |
| 22 | Escambia County | 562 |
| 23 | Martin County | 497 |
| 24 | Leon County | 492 |
| 25 | Okaloosa County | 429 |
| 26 | Alachua County | 415 |
| 27 | Charlotte County | 396 |
| 28 | Bay County | 391 |
| 29 | Clay County | 345 |
| 30 | Indian River County | 339 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 318 |
| 32 | Hernando County | 300 |
| 33 | Santa Rosa County | 276 |
| 34 | Walton County | 272 |
| 35 | Flagler County | 251 |
| 36 | Citrus County | 200 |
| 37 | Nassau County | 174 |
| 38 | Highlands County | 152 |
| 39 | Sumter County | 131 |
| 40 | Putnam County | 94 |
| 41 | Columbia County | 78 |
| 41 | Levy County | 78 |
| 43 | Hendry County | 70 |
| 44 | Okeechobee County | 63 |
| 45 | Gadsden County | 62 |
| 46 | Suwannee County | 60 |
| 47 | DeSoto County | 56 |
| 48 | Wakulla County | 51 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 45 |
| 50 | Gulf County | 43 |
| 51 | Baker County | 41 |
| 52 | Taylor County | 27 |
| 53 | Hardee County | 26 |
| 53 | Washington County | 26 |
| 55 | Bradford County | 25 |
| 55 | Gilchrist County | 25 |
| 57 | Holmes County | 22 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 18 |
| 58 | Jefferson County | 18 |
| 58 | Madison County | 18 |
| 61 | Dixie County | 11 |
| 61 | Glades County | 11 |
| 61 | Hamilton County | 11 |
| 64 | Union County | 10 |
| 65 | Calhoun County | 8 |
| 65 | Lafayette County | 8 |
| 65 | Liberty County | 8 |