# Counties in Oklahoma by employer firm births, 2023

All 76 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 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/oklahoma-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oklahoma County | 1,474 |
| 2 | Tulsa County | 1,083 |
| 3 | Cleveland County | 410 |
| 4 | Canadian County | 237 |
| 5 | Rogers County | 126 |
| 6 | Wagoner County | 108 |
| 7 | Comanche County | 104 |
| 8 | Carter County | 97 |
| 9 | Payne County | 84 |
| 10 | Grady County | 83 |
| 10 | Logan County | 83 |
| 12 | Creek County | 75 |
| 13 | Le Flore County | 67 |
| 14 | Muskogee County | 61 |
| 15 | Delaware County | 60 |
| 16 | Pottawatomie County | 58 |
| 17 | Bryan County | 57 |
| 17 | Garfield County | 57 |
| 19 | Mayes County | 54 |
| 19 | McClain County | 54 |
| 19 | Washington County | 54 |
| 22 | Stephens County | 52 |
| 23 | Custer County | 47 |
| 23 | McCurtain County | 47 |
| 25 | Pittsburg County | 44 |
| 26 | Osage County | 41 |
| 27 | Pontotoc County | 40 |
| 28 | Cherokee County | 38 |
| 28 | Okmulgee County | 38 |
| 30 | Kay County | 37 |
| 31 | Beckham County | 35 |
| 31 | Woodward County | 35 |
| 33 | Lincoln County | 33 |
| 33 | Ottawa County | 33 |
| 35 | Garvin County | 32 |
| 36 | Sequoyah County | 31 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 26 |
| 38 | Pawnee County | 24 |
| 39 | Haskell County | 23 |
| 40 | Kingfisher County | 21 |
| 40 | McIntosh County | 21 |
| 42 | Murray County | 20 |
| 43 | Seminole County | 19 |
| 43 | Texas County | 19 |
| 45 | Marshall County | 18 |
| 46 | Washita County | 17 |
| 47 | Craig County | 15 |
| 48 | Adair County | 14 |
| 48 | Atoka County | 14 |
| 50 | Pushmataha County | 13 |
| 50 | Woods County | 13 |
| 52 | Blaine County | 12 |
| 53 | Caddo County | 11 |
| 53 | Johnston County | 11 |
| 55 | Choctaw County | 10 |
| 55 | Love County | 10 |
| 57 | Hughes County | 9 |
| 58 | Major County | 8 |
| 59 | Coal County | 7 |
| 59 | Dewey County | 7 |
| 59 | Harper County | 7 |
| 59 | Nowata County | 7 |
| 63 | Beaver County | 6 |
| 63 | Kiowa County | 6 |
| 65 | Alfalfa County | 5 |
| 65 | Grant County | 5 |
| 65 | Noble County | 5 |
| 65 | Okfuskee County | 5 |
| 65 | Roger Mills County | 5 |
| 70 | Ellis County | 4 |
| 70 | Latimer County | 4 |
| 72 | Cimarron County | 3 |
| 72 | Cotton County | 3 |
| 72 | Greer County | 3 |
| 72 | Harmon County | 3 |
| 72 | Tillman County | 3 |