# Counties in Pennsylvania by employer firm births, 2023

All 67 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/pennsylvania-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 1,766 |
| 2 | Allegheny County | 1,544 |
| 3 | Montgomery County | 1,314 |
| 4 | Bucks County | 1,041 |
| 5 | Chester County | 741 |
| 6 | Delaware County | 687 |
| 7 | Lancaster County | 675 |
| 8 | York County | 427 |
| 9 | Berks County | 401 |
| 10 | Lehigh County | 372 |
| 11 | Dauphin County | 351 |
| 12 | Luzerne County | 338 |
| 13 | Westmoreland County | 327 |
| 14 | Cumberland County | 319 |
| 15 | Northampton County | 310 |
| 16 | Washington County | 257 |
| 17 | Butler County | 230 |
| 18 | Erie County | 184 |
| 19 | Monroe County | 183 |
| 20 | Lackawanna County | 177 |
| 21 | Centre County | 147 |
| 22 | Lebanon County | 141 |
| 23 | Beaver County | 125 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 124 |
| 25 | Blair County | 118 |
| 26 | Adams County | 112 |
| 27 | Lycoming County | 99 |
| 28 | Mercer County | 96 |
| 29 | Schuylkill County | 95 |
| 30 | Cambria County | 88 |
| 30 | Fayette County | 88 |
| 32 | Crawford County | 79 |
| 33 | Indiana County | 73 |
| 33 | Somerset County | 73 |
| 35 | Pike County | 68 |
| 36 | Lawrence County | 67 |
| 37 | Columbia County | 66 |
| 38 | Clearfield County | 62 |
| 39 | Carbon County | 60 |
| 39 | Northumberland County | 60 |
| 41 | Wayne County | 59 |
| 42 | Armstrong County | 56 |
| 43 | Bradford County | 51 |
| 44 | Union County | 47 |
| 45 | Jefferson County | 45 |
| 45 | Susquehanna County | 45 |
| 47 | Mifflin County | 43 |
| 48 | Snyder County | 40 |
| 49 | Venango County | 36 |
| 50 | Greene County | 35 |
| 51 | Bedford County | 34 |
| 51 | Tioga County | 34 |
| 53 | Perry County | 33 |
| 54 | McKean County | 32 |
| 55 | Clinton County | 31 |
| 55 | Huntingdon County | 31 |
| 57 | Clarion County | 30 |
| 58 | Elk County | 26 |
| 58 | Juniata County | 26 |
| 60 | Wyoming County | 24 |
| 61 | Warren County | 19 |
| 62 | Montour County | 15 |
| 63 | Fulton County | 13 |
| 64 | Potter County | 11 |
| 65 | Sullivan County | 7 |
| 66 | Cameron County | 6 |
| 67 | Forest County | 3 |