# Counties in New Jersey by employer firm births, 2023

All 21 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/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bergen County | 1,942 |
| 2 | Middlesex County | 1,489 |
| 3 | Essex County | 1,290 |
| 4 | Monmouth County | 1,192 |
| 5 | Ocean County | 1,129 |
| 6 | Hudson County | 1,034 |
| 7 | Union County | 938 |
| 8 | Morris County | 892 |
| 9 | Passaic County | 774 |
| 10 | Camden County | 654 |
| 11 | Somerset County | 598 |
| 12 | Burlington County | 579 |
| 13 | Mercer County | 510 |
| 14 | Atlantic County | 344 |
| 15 | Gloucester County | 321 |
| 16 | Hunterdon County | 211 |
| 17 | Cape May County | 193 |
| 18 | Sussex County | 178 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 124 |
| 20 | Warren County | 113 |
| 21 | Salem County | 52 |