# Counties in Idaho by employer firm births, 2023

All 43 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 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/idaho-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ada County | 1,190 |
| 2 | Kootenai County | 516 |
| 3 | Canyon County | 490 |
| 4 | Bonneville County | 287 |
| 5 | Twin Falls County | 188 |
| 6 | Bannock County | 144 |
| 7 | Bonner County | 131 |
| 8 | Blaine County | 116 |
| 9 | Madison County | 99 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 74 |
| 11 | Bingham County | 67 |
| 12 | Latah County | 66 |
| 13 | Nez Perce County | 61 |
| 14 | Teton County | 55 |
| 15 | Gem County | 47 |
| 16 | Valley County | 45 |
| 17 | Cassia County | 43 |
| 17 | Payette County | 43 |
| 19 | Jerome County | 36 |
| 20 | Elmore County | 33 |
| 20 | Idaho County | 33 |
| 22 | Minidoka County | 31 |
| 23 | Boundary County | 26 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 24 |
| 24 | Fremont County | 24 |
| 26 | Owyhee County | 21 |
| 27 | Benewah County | 20 |
| 27 | Washington County | 20 |
| 29 | Shoshone County | 18 |
| 30 | Gooding County | 17 |
| 30 | Lemhi County | 17 |
| 32 | Boise County | 16 |
| 33 | Bear Lake County | 14 |
| 34 | Clearwater County | 13 |
| 34 | Custer County | 13 |
| 36 | Adams County | 11 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 8 |
| 38 | Power County | 6 |
| 39 | Caribou County | 5 |
| 40 | Oneida County | 4 |
| 41 | Butte County | 3 |
| 41 | Lewis County | 3 |
| 43 | Clark County | 0 |