# Counties in Maine by employer firm births, 2023

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cumberland County | 659 |
| 2 | York County | 349 |
| 3 | Penobscot County | 221 |
| 4 | Kennebec County | 165 |
| 5 | Androscoggin County | 143 |
| 6 | Hancock County | 135 |
| 7 | Aroostook County | 89 |
| 8 | Knox County | 82 |
| 9 | Somerset County | 80 |
| 10 | Oxford County | 77 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 72 |
| 12 | Waldo County | 64 |
| 13 | Washington County | 49 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 44 |
| 15 | Sagadahoc County | 42 |
| 16 | Piscataquis County | 19 |