# Counties in New Mexico by employer firm births, 2023

All 30 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 3 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/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bernalillo County | 1,017 |
| 2 | Santa Fe County | 293 |
| 3 | Doña Ana County | 225 |
| 4 | Sandoval County | 129 |
| 5 | San Juan County | 127 |
| 6 | Lea County | 104 |
| 7 | Eddy County | 93 |
| 8 | Curry County | 75 |
| 9 | Taos County | 65 |
| 10 | Chaves County | 59 |
| 11 | Valencia County | 58 |
| 12 | Otero County | 56 |
| 13 | Lincoln County | 51 |
| 14 | McKinley County | 38 |
| 15 | Rio Arriba County | 36 |
| 16 | Grant County | 31 |
| 17 | Luna County | 21 |
| 18 | Colfax County | 20 |
| 19 | Cibola County | 17 |
| 20 | Los Alamos County | 16 |
| 21 | Socorro County | 15 |
| 22 | Quay County | 14 |
| 22 | Roosevelt County | 14 |
| 24 | San Miguel County | 11 |
| 25 | Sierra County | 10 |
| 26 | Union County | 9 |
| 27 | De Baca County | 7 |
| 27 | Mora County | 7 |
| 29 | Torrance County | 6 |
| 30 | Hidalgo County | 4 |