# Counties in Maryland by employer firm births, 2023

All 24 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Montgomery County | 1,469 |
| 2 | Baltimore County | 1,113 |
| 3 | Prince George's County | 1,068 |
| 4 | Anne Arundel County | 779 |
| 5 | Baltimore city | 709 |
| 6 | Howard County | 638 |
| 7 | Frederick County | 363 |
| 8 | Harford County | 282 |
| 9 | Charles County | 202 |
| 10 | Carroll County | 199 |
| 11 | Washington County | 128 |
| 12 | St. Mary's County | 111 |
| 13 | Worcester County | 109 |
| 14 | Wicomico County | 104 |
| 15 | Calvert County | 97 |
| 16 | Cecil County | 95 |
| 17 | Queen Anne's County | 78 |
| 18 | Talbot County | 58 |
| 19 | Allegany County | 57 |
| 20 | Garrett County | 55 |
| 21 | Caroline County | 38 |
| 22 | Dorchester County | 28 |
| 23 | Somerset County | 21 |
| 24 | Kent County | 20 |