# Counties in Iowa by employer firm births, 2023

All 99 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/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Polk County | 765 |
| 2 | Linn County | 258 |
| 3 | Scott County | 203 |
| 4 | Johnson County | 184 |
| 5 | Dallas County | 169 |
| 6 | Black Hawk County | 123 |
| 7 | Dubuque County | 116 |
| 8 | Story County | 97 |
| 9 | Warren County | 84 |
| 10 | Woodbury County | 81 |
| 11 | Pottawattamie County | 79 |
| 12 | Cerro Gordo County | 59 |
| 13 | Sioux County | 47 |
| 14 | Webster County | 45 |
| 15 | Jasper County | 44 |
| 16 | Marion County | 43 |
| 17 | Clinton County | 40 |
| 18 | Muscatine County | 38 |
| 19 | Marshall County | 33 |
| 19 | Wapello County | 33 |
| 21 | Des Moines County | 32 |
| 21 | Dickinson County | 32 |
| 23 | Benton County | 31 |
| 23 | Madison County | 31 |
| 25 | Plymouth County | 30 |
| 26 | Boone County | 29 |
| 27 | Carroll County | 28 |
| 27 | Delaware County | 28 |
| 29 | Iowa County | 27 |
| 30 | Lee County | 26 |
| 30 | Winneshiek County | 26 |
| 32 | Washington County | 25 |
| 33 | Guthrie County | 23 |
| 33 | Jones County | 23 |
| 33 | Mills County | 23 |
| 36 | Buchanan County | 22 |
| 37 | Bremer County | 21 |
| 37 | Cedar County | 21 |
| 37 | Fayette County | 21 |
| 37 | Jefferson County | 21 |
| 41 | Clayton County | 20 |
| 41 | Henry County | 20 |
| 41 | Lyon County | 20 |
| 44 | Poweshiek County | 19 |
| 45 | Appanoose County | 18 |
| 45 | Buena Vista County | 18 |
| 47 | Harrison County | 17 |
| 47 | Howard County | 17 |
| 47 | O'Brien County | 17 |
| 50 | Allamakee County | 16 |
| 50 | Clay County | 16 |
| 50 | Mahaska County | 16 |
| 53 | Crawford County | 15 |
| 54 | Shelby County | 14 |
| 55 | Hamilton County | 13 |
| 55 | Humboldt County | 13 |
| 55 | Kossuth County | 13 |
| 55 | Page County | 13 |
| 55 | Winnebago County | 13 |
| 60 | Calhoun County | 12 |
| 60 | Cherokee County | 12 |
| 60 | Davis County | 12 |
| 60 | Greene County | 12 |
| 60 | Grundy County | 12 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 12 |
| 60 | Hardin County | 12 |
| 60 | Jackson County | 12 |
| 60 | Monona County | 12 |
| 60 | Union County | 12 |
| 70 | Keokuk County | 11 |
| 70 | Mitchell County | 11 |
| 70 | Van Buren County | 11 |
| 70 | Wayne County | 11 |
| 74 | Audubon County | 10 |
| 74 | Butler County | 10 |
| 74 | Cass County | 10 |
| 74 | Fremont County | 10 |
| 78 | Clarke County | 9 |
| 78 | Emmet County | 9 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 9 |
| 78 | Lucas County | 9 |
| 78 | Palo Alto County | 9 |
| 83 | Adair County | 8 |
| 83 | Chickasaw County | 8 |
| 83 | Floyd County | 8 |
| 83 | Ida County | 8 |
| 83 | Louisa County | 8 |
| 83 | Ringgold County | 8 |
| 83 | Sac County | 8 |
| 90 | Montgomery County | 7 |
| 90 | Osceola County | 7 |
| 90 | Pocahontas County | 7 |
| 90 | Wright County | 7 |
| 94 | Monroe County | 6 |
| 94 | Worth County | 6 |
| 96 | Decatur County | 5 |
| 96 | Tama County | 5 |
| 96 | Taylor County | 5 |
| 99 | Adams County | 4 |