# Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births, 2023

All 63 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/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 623 |
| 2 | Orleans Parish | 574 |
| 3 | Jefferson Parish | 557 |
| 4 | Lafayette Parish | 451 |
| 4 | St. Tammany Parish | 451 |
| 6 | Caddo Parish | 260 |
| 7 | Calcasieu Parish | 223 |
| 8 | Ouachita Parish | 212 |
| 9 | Ascension Parish | 164 |
| 10 | Livingston Parish | 155 |
| 11 | Bossier Parish | 150 |
| 12 | Tangipahoa Parish | 136 |
| 13 | Rapides Parish | 127 |
| 14 | Terrebonne Parish | 94 |
| 15 | Lafourche Parish | 89 |
| 16 | Lincoln Parish | 70 |
| 17 | Acadia Parish | 58 |
| 18 | St. Landry Parish | 56 |
| 19 | Vermilion Parish | 54 |
| 20 | St. Charles Parish | 52 |
| 21 | Natchitoches Parish | 50 |
| 22 | Iberia Parish | 49 |
| 22 | Webster Parish | 49 |
| 24 | St. Martin Parish | 36 |
| 24 | Vernon Parish | 36 |
| 26 | St. Bernard Parish | 35 |
| 27 | Beauregard Parish | 34 |
| 28 | Washington Parish | 33 |
| 29 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 32 |
| 30 | Sabine Parish | 31 |
| 30 | St. Mary Parish | 31 |
| 32 | Plaquemines Parish | 30 |
| 33 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 29 |
| 34 | LaSalle Parish | 28 |
| 34 | Richland Parish | 28 |
| 36 | Avoyelles Parish | 27 |
| 36 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 27 |
| 38 | De Soto Parish | 26 |
| 39 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 25 |
| 40 | Morehouse Parish | 23 |
| 41 | Franklin Parish | 20 |
| 41 | Iberville Parish | 20 |
| 43 | Evangeline Parish | 19 |
| 43 | Grant Parish | 19 |
| 45 | Concordia Parish | 18 |
| 45 | Union Parish | 18 |
| 45 | West Feliciana Parish | 18 |
| 48 | East Feliciana Parish | 17 |
| 49 | Caldwell Parish | 16 |
| 50 | Allen Parish | 14 |
| 51 | Winn Parish | 12 |
| 52 | Bienville Parish | 11 |
| 53 | Jackson Parish | 10 |
| 53 | St. James Parish | 10 |
| 55 | Assumption Parish | 8 |
| 55 | St. Helena Parish | 8 |
| 57 | Catahoula Parish | 7 |
| 58 | Cameron Parish | 6 |
| 58 | Claiborne Parish | 6 |
| 58 | Madison Parish | 6 |
| 58 | West Carroll Parish | 6 |
| 62 | East Carroll Parish | 5 |
| 63 | Red River Parish | 4 |