# Counties in Kansas by employer firm births, 2023

All 98 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 7 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/kansas-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Johnson County | 1,132 |
| 2 | Sedgwick County | 750 |
| 3 | Wyandotte County | 170 |
| 4 | Shawnee County | 160 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 138 |
| 6 | Leavenworth County | 85 |
| 7 | Butler County | 75 |
| 8 | Saline County | 68 |
| 9 | Reno County | 61 |
| 9 | Riley County | 61 |
| 11 | Finney County | 60 |
| 12 | Ellis County | 47 |
| 13 | Crawford County | 46 |
| 14 | Lyon County | 43 |
| 14 | Miami County | 43 |
| 16 | Pottawatomie County | 40 |
| 17 | Ford County | 36 |
| 18 | Harvey County | 35 |
| 19 | McPherson County | 33 |
| 19 | Seward County | 33 |
| 21 | Cowley County | 29 |
| 21 | Dickinson County | 29 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 25 |
| 23 | Osage County | 25 |
| 25 | Montgomery County | 24 |
| 26 | Atchison County | 23 |
| 26 | Bourbon County | 23 |
| 26 | Geary County | 23 |
| 29 | Barton County | 21 |
| 29 | Franklin County | 21 |
| 29 | Marshall County | 21 |
| 29 | Sumner County | 21 |
| 33 | Kingman County | 19 |
| 34 | Nemaha County | 18 |
| 35 | Allen County | 17 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 17 |
| 37 | Brown County | 16 |
| 37 | Pratt County | 16 |
| 39 | Anderson County | 15 |
| 39 | Gray County | 15 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 15 |
| 42 | Labette County | 14 |
| 42 | Marion County | 14 |
| 42 | Neosho County | 14 |
| 45 | Rice County | 13 |
| 45 | Wilson County | 13 |
| 47 | Cloud County | 11 |
| 47 | Haskell County | 11 |
| 47 | Morris County | 11 |
| 47 | Scott County | 11 |
| 47 | Thomas County | 11 |
| 52 | Coffey County | 10 |
| 52 | Linn County | 10 |
| 52 | Meade County | 10 |
| 52 | Phillips County | 10 |
| 52 | Rooks County | 10 |
| 52 | Russell County | 10 |
| 52 | Sherman County | 10 |
| 52 | Stevens County | 10 |
| 52 | Wabaunsee County | 10 |
| 61 | Clay County | 8 |
| 61 | Doniphan County | 8 |
| 61 | Grant County | 8 |
| 61 | Greenwood County | 8 |
| 61 | Harper County | 8 |
| 61 | Ottawa County | 8 |
| 67 | Barber County | 7 |
| 67 | Chautauqua County | 7 |
| 67 | Edwards County | 7 |
| 67 | Lane County | 7 |
| 67 | Pawnee County | 7 |
| 67 | Smith County | 7 |
| 67 | Washington County | 7 |
| 74 | Greeley County | 6 |
| 74 | Mitchell County | 6 |
| 74 | Norton County | 6 |
| 74 | Osborne County | 6 |
| 74 | Republic County | 6 |
| 74 | Trego County | 6 |
| 80 | Comanche County | 5 |
| 80 | Ellsworth County | 5 |
| 80 | Graham County | 5 |
| 80 | Kearny County | 5 |
| 80 | Ness County | 5 |
| 80 | Sheridan County | 5 |
| 80 | Wichita County | 5 |
| 80 | Woodson County | 5 |
| 88 | Jewell County | 4 |
| 88 | Rush County | 4 |
| 88 | Stafford County | 4 |
| 91 | Chase County | 3 |
| 91 | Clark County | 3 |
| 91 | Gove County | 3 |
| 91 | Hamilton County | 3 |
| 91 | Kiowa County | 3 |
| 91 | Morton County | 3 |
| 91 | Wallace County | 3 |
| 98 | Elk County | 0 |