# Counties in Illinois by employer firm births, 2023

All 98 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 4 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/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cook County | 7,269 |
| 2 | DuPage County | 1,665 |
| 3 | Lake County | 1,023 |
| 4 | Will County | 956 |
| 5 | Kane County | 749 |
| 6 | McHenry County | 391 |
| 7 | Madison County | 265 |
| 8 | Winnebago County | 239 |
| 9 | Sangamon County | 235 |
| 10 | Champaign County | 210 |
| 11 | Kendall County | 199 |
| 12 | St. Clair County | 180 |
| 13 | McLean County | 158 |
| 13 | Peoria County | 158 |
| 15 | Tazewell County | 115 |
| 16 | Rock Island County | 112 |
| 17 | LaSalle County | 95 |
| 18 | Adams County | 86 |
| 19 | Kankakee County | 84 |
| 20 | DeKalb County | 79 |
| 21 | Macon County | 77 |
| 21 | Williamson County | 77 |
| 23 | Ogle County | 60 |
| 24 | Effingham County | 57 |
| 25 | Grundy County | 55 |
| 26 | Boone County | 54 |
| 27 | Marion County | 49 |
| 28 | Monroe County | 48 |
| 29 | Woodford County | 46 |
| 30 | Henry County | 44 |
| 31 | Vermilion County | 43 |
| 32 | Jackson County | 41 |
| 33 | Coles County | 39 |
| 33 | Montgomery County | 39 |
| 35 | Jefferson County | 37 |
| 35 | Livingston County | 37 |
| 37 | Whiteside County | 36 |
| 38 | Clinton County | 35 |
| 39 | Macoupin County | 34 |
| 40 | Franklin County | 33 |
| 40 | Knox County | 33 |
| 42 | Stephenson County | 31 |
| 43 | Morgan County | 30 |
| 44 | Douglas County | 27 |
| 44 | Jo Daviess County | 27 |
| 46 | Fulton County | 26 |
| 47 | Christian County | 25 |
| 47 | Iroquois County | 25 |
| 47 | McDonough County | 25 |
| 47 | Randolph County | 25 |
| 51 | Bureau County | 24 |
| 51 | Union County | 24 |
| 53 | Lee County | 23 |
| 54 | Clark County | 22 |
| 55 | Fayette County | 21 |
| 56 | Ford County | 18 |
| 56 | Mercer County | 18 |
| 56 | Richland County | 18 |
| 56 | Wayne County | 18 |
| 60 | Menard County | 17 |
| 60 | Pike County | 17 |
| 60 | Shelby County | 17 |
| 63 | Hancock County | 16 |
| 63 | Saline County | 16 |
| 65 | Bond County | 15 |
| 65 | Carroll County | 15 |
| 65 | Clay County | 15 |
| 65 | Mason County | 15 |
| 65 | Piatt County | 15 |
| 70 | Jersey County | 14 |
| 70 | Logan County | 14 |
| 72 | Crawford County | 13 |
| 72 | Warren County | 13 |
| 74 | De Witt County | 12 |
| 74 | Perry County | 12 |
| 74 | Washington County | 12 |
| 77 | Cumberland County | 11 |
| 77 | Edgar County | 11 |
| 77 | Wabash County | 11 |
| 80 | Marshall County | 10 |
| 81 | Cass County | 9 |
| 81 | Greene County | 9 |
| 81 | Lawrence County | 9 |
| 81 | Putnam County | 9 |
| 81 | Stark County | 9 |
| 81 | White County | 9 |
| 87 | Jasper County | 8 |
| 87 | Moultrie County | 8 |
| 89 | Calhoun County | 7 |
| 89 | Hamilton County | 7 |
| 91 | Johnson County | 6 |
| 91 | Massac County | 6 |
| 91 | Schuyler County | 6 |
| 94 | Brown County | 5 |
| 94 | Scott County | 5 |
| 96 | Edwards County | 4 |
| 97 | Gallatin County | 3 |
| 97 | Hardin County | 3 |