# Counties in Ohio by employer firm births, 2023

All 88 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/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Franklin County | 1,600 |
| 2 | Cuyahoga County | 1,492 |
| 3 | Hamilton County | 988 |
| 4 | Summit County | 625 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 532 |
| 6 | Lucas County | 435 |
| 7 | Butler County | 397 |
| 8 | Stark County | 362 |
| 9 | Delaware County | 353 |
| 10 | Warren County | 311 |
| 11 | Lorain County | 257 |
| 12 | Lake County | 240 |
| 13 | Mahoning County | 227 |
| 14 | Clermont County | 208 |
| 15 | Medina County | 203 |
| 16 | Fairfield County | 179 |
| 17 | Licking County | 170 |
| 18 | Greene County | 157 |
| 19 | Trumbull County | 146 |
| 20 | Geauga County | 133 |
| 21 | Portage County | 130 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 120 |
| 23 | Wood County | 116 |
| 24 | Miami County | 114 |
| 25 | Richland County | 106 |
| 26 | Clark County | 91 |
| 27 | Tuscarawas County | 86 |
| 28 | Union County | 84 |
| 29 | Ashtabula County | 82 |
| 30 | Allen County | 78 |
| 31 | Erie County | 73 |
| 31 | Holmes County | 73 |
| 33 | Columbiana County | 71 |
| 34 | Hancock County | 68 |
| 35 | Muskingum County | 67 |
| 36 | Knox County | 65 |
| 37 | Scioto County | 56 |
| 38 | Logan County | 51 |
| 38 | Seneca County | 51 |
| 40 | Belmont County | 49 |
| 40 | Darke County | 49 |
| 42 | Athens County | 47 |
| 42 | Shelby County | 47 |
| 44 | Madison County | 46 |
| 45 | Jefferson County | 45 |
| 46 | Ashland County | 44 |
| 47 | Sandusky County | 43 |
| 47 | Washington County | 43 |
| 49 | Ross County | 41 |
| 50 | Auglaize County | 40 |
| 50 | Pickaway County | 40 |
| 52 | Marion County | 39 |
| 53 | Mercer County | 38 |
| 54 | Fulton County | 37 |
| 55 | Guernsey County | 36 |
| 56 | Clinton County | 35 |
| 56 | Defiance County | 35 |
| 58 | Huron County | 34 |
| 59 | Williams County | 31 |
| 60 | Highland County | 30 |
| 60 | Hocking County | 30 |
| 60 | Preble County | 30 |
| 63 | Coshocton County | 29 |
| 63 | Ottawa County | 29 |
| 63 | Perry County | 29 |
| 66 | Morrow County | 28 |
| 67 | Champaign County | 27 |
| 67 | Gallia County | 27 |
| 69 | Crawford County | 26 |
| 69 | Fayette County | 26 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 26 |
| 69 | Lawrence County | 26 |
| 69 | Putnam County | 26 |
| 74 | Adams County | 25 |
| 75 | Brown County | 23 |
| 75 | Carroll County | 23 |
| 77 | Pike County | 20 |
| 78 | Hardin County | 19 |
| 78 | Paulding County | 19 |
| 78 | Van Wert County | 19 |
| 81 | Henry County | 17 |
| 81 | Wyandot County | 17 |
| 83 | Morgan County | 15 |
| 84 | Noble County | 12 |
| 85 | Meigs County | 11 |
| 86 | Harrison County | 10 |
| 87 | Monroe County | 9 |
| 88 | Vinton County | 6 |