# Counties in New York by employer firm births, 2023

All 62 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-york-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New York County | 5,242 |
| 2 | Kings County | 5,010 |
| 3 | Queens County | 4,051 |
| 4 | Nassau County | 3,169 |
| 5 | Suffolk County | 2,958 |
| 6 | Westchester County | 1,626 |
| 7 | Bronx County | 1,191 |
| 8 | Erie County | 1,109 |
| 9 | Monroe County | 932 |
| 9 | Rockland County | 932 |
| 11 | Richmond County | 801 |
| 12 | Orange County | 733 |
| 13 | Albany County | 511 |
| 14 | Onondaga County | 498 |
| 15 | Dutchess County | 443 |
| 16 | Ulster County | 315 |
| 17 | Saratoga County | 289 |
| 18 | Niagara County | 214 |
| 19 | Schenectady County | 170 |
| 20 | Oneida County | 163 |
| 21 | Putnam County | 157 |
| 22 | Broome County | 149 |
| 23 | Sullivan County | 145 |
| 24 | Rensselaer County | 136 |
| 25 | Ontario County | 132 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 103 |
| 27 | Oswego County | 102 |
| 27 | Warren County | 102 |
| 29 | Chautauqua County | 101 |
| 30 | Tompkins County | 100 |
| 31 | Columbia County | 99 |
| 32 | Steuben County | 92 |
| 33 | Greene County | 90 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 87 |
| 35 | Delaware County | 74 |
| 36 | St. Lawrence County | 72 |
| 37 | Cattaraugus County | 71 |
| 38 | Chemung County | 64 |
| 39 | Clinton County | 62 |
| 39 | Washington County | 62 |
| 41 | Cayuga County | 61 |
| 42 | Fulton County | 60 |
| 43 | Otsego County | 59 |
| 44 | Livingston County | 58 |
| 45 | Madison County | 57 |
| 46 | Essex County | 55 |
| 47 | Herkimer County | 54 |
| 48 | Montgomery County | 50 |
| 49 | Genesee County | 45 |
| 50 | Chenango County | 43 |
| 51 | Orleans County | 39 |
| 51 | Schoharie County | 39 |
| 51 | Yates County | 39 |
| 54 | Franklin County | 37 |
| 54 | Tioga County | 37 |
| 56 | Cortland County | 36 |
| 57 | Allegany County | 32 |
| 58 | Seneca County | 31 |
| 59 | Wyoming County | 30 |
| 60 | Schuyler County | 18 |
| 61 | Lewis County | 13 |
| 62 | Hamilton County | 9 |