# Counties in Indiana by employer firm births, 2023

All 92 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/indiana-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Marion County | 1,346 |
| 2 | Hamilton County | 702 |
| 3 | Lake County | 566 |
| 4 | Allen County | 523 |
| 5 | St. Joseph County | 282 |
| 6 | Elkhart County | 246 |
| 7 | Hendricks County | 245 |
| 8 | Johnson County | 228 |
| 9 | Tippecanoe County | 208 |
| 10 | Vanderburgh County | 206 |
| 11 | Monroe County | 159 |
| 11 | Porter County | 159 |
| 13 | Clark County | 137 |
| 14 | Hancock County | 125 |
| 15 | Madison County | 121 |
| 16 | Boone County | 117 |
| 16 | Vigo County | 117 |
| 18 | Kosciusko County | 116 |
| 19 | Floyd County | 104 |
| 20 | LaPorte County | 100 |
| 21 | Delaware County | 87 |
| 22 | Howard County | 85 |
| 23 | Bartholomew County | 80 |
| 24 | Dearborn County | 68 |
| 25 | Warrick County | 67 |
| 26 | Morgan County | 66 |
| 27 | Noble County | 62 |
| 28 | LaGrange County | 61 |
| 29 | Marshall County | 56 |
| 30 | Daviess County | 54 |
| 31 | Huntington County | 53 |
| 32 | DeKalb County | 52 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 51 |
| 34 | Shelby County | 50 |
| 35 | Dubois County | 48 |
| 35 | Grant County | 48 |
| 37 | Montgomery County | 47 |
| 38 | Steuben County | 45 |
| 39 | Lawrence County | 42 |
| 40 | Jasper County | 41 |
| 41 | Jackson County | 39 |
| 42 | Henry County | 38 |
| 42 | Putnam County | 38 |
| 44 | Posey County | 37 |
| 45 | Greene County | 35 |
| 45 | Jefferson County | 35 |
| 47 | Wells County | 34 |
| 48 | Knox County | 32 |
| 48 | Randolph County | 32 |
| 50 | Adams County | 30 |
| 50 | Clay County | 30 |
| 50 | Fulton County | 30 |
| 53 | White County | 28 |
| 54 | Brown County | 27 |
| 54 | Clinton County | 27 |
| 54 | Gibson County | 27 |
| 57 | Franklin County | 26 |
| 57 | Jennings County | 26 |
| 57 | Parke County | 26 |
| 57 | Scott County | 26 |
| 57 | Whitley County | 26 |
| 62 | Wabash County | 25 |
| 63 | Cass County | 24 |
| 63 | Decatur County | 24 |
| 63 | Harrison County | 24 |
| 63 | Owen County | 24 |
| 63 | Ripley County | 24 |
| 68 | Rush County | 23 |
| 69 | Carroll County | 22 |
| 69 | Miami County | 22 |
| 71 | Fayette County | 21 |
| 72 | Washington County | 19 |
| 73 | Perry County | 18 |
| 74 | Spencer County | 17 |
| 75 | Jay County | 16 |
| 75 | Orange County | 16 |
| 75 | Starke County | 16 |
| 75 | Sullivan County | 16 |
| 75 | Tipton County | 16 |
| 80 | Fountain County | 14 |
| 80 | Vermillion County | 14 |
| 82 | Newton County | 13 |
| 83 | Pike County | 12 |
| 83 | Switzerland County | 12 |
| 83 | Warren County | 12 |
| 86 | Pulaski County | 11 |
| 87 | Martin County | 10 |
| 88 | Crawford County | 9 |
| 89 | Blackford County | 7 |
| 90 | Union County | 6 |
| 91 | Benton County | 5 |
| 91 | Ohio County | 5 |