# Counties in Tennessee by employer firm births, 2023

All 92 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Davidson County | 1,394 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 969 |
| 3 | Knox County | 688 |
| 4 | Williamson County | 673 |
| 5 | Hamilton County | 563 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 430 |
| 7 | Sumner County | 285 |
| 8 | Montgomery County | 260 |
| 9 | Wilson County | 244 |
| 10 | Washington County | 160 |
| 11 | Sevier County | 158 |
| 12 | Sullivan County | 140 |
| 13 | Blount County | 138 |
| 14 | Maury County | 127 |
| 15 | Madison County | 108 |
| 16 | Putnam County | 106 |
| 17 | Robertson County | 101 |
| 18 | Bradley County | 97 |
| 19 | Anderson County | 90 |
| 20 | Loudon County | 71 |
| 21 | Dickson County | 68 |
| 22 | Cumberland County | 66 |
| 23 | Hamblen County | 64 |
| 24 | Coffee County | 60 |
| 25 | Bedford County | 58 |
| 26 | Greene County | 57 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 53 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 52 |
| 29 | Fayette County | 51 |
| 30 | Cheatham County | 48 |
| 31 | Carter County | 47 |
| 32 | Gibson County | 46 |
| 33 | Monroe County | 45 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 41 |
| 34 | Roane County | 41 |
| 36 | McMinn County | 40 |
| 37 | Henry County | 39 |
| 37 | Tipton County | 39 |
| 39 | Campbell County | 38 |
| 40 | Hardin County | 36 |
| 40 | Hawkins County | 36 |
| 40 | Lawrence County | 36 |
| 40 | Warren County | 36 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 35 |
| 45 | Rhea County | 34 |
| 46 | Weakley County | 33 |
| 47 | Dyer County | 32 |
| 48 | Giles County | 31 |
| 48 | Henderson County | 31 |
| 50 | Marion County | 29 |
| 51 | Obion County | 27 |
| 52 | Scott County | 26 |
| 53 | Claiborne County | 25 |
| 53 | Fentress County | 25 |
| 53 | McNairy County | 25 |
| 53 | White County | 25 |
| 57 | DeKalb County | 24 |
| 57 | Overton County | 24 |
| 57 | Smith County | 24 |
| 60 | Carroll County | 23 |
| 61 | Macon County | 22 |
| 62 | Cocke County | 21 |
| 63 | Hickman County | 20 |
| 63 | Johnson County | 20 |
| 65 | Sequatchie County | 18 |
| 66 | Grainger County | 17 |
| 66 | Polk County | 17 |
| 68 | Decatur County | 15 |
| 68 | Lewis County | 15 |
| 70 | Cannon County | 14 |
| 70 | Haywood County | 14 |
| 70 | Humphreys County | 14 |
| 70 | Lauderdale County | 14 |
| 74 | Wayne County | 13 |
| 75 | Crockett County | 12 |
| 75 | Houston County | 12 |
| 75 | Jackson County | 12 |
| 75 | Stewart County | 12 |
| 79 | Unicoi County | 11 |
| 80 | Union County | 10 |
| 81 | Hardeman County | 9 |
| 81 | Perry County | 9 |
| 81 | Trousdale County | 9 |
| 84 | Benton County | 8 |
| 84 | Chester County | 8 |
| 84 | Morgan County | 8 |
| 87 | Clay County | 6 |
| 87 | Grundy County | 6 |
| 89 | Pickett County | 5 |
| 90 | Bledsoe County | 4 |
| 90 | Meigs County | 4 |
| 90 | Moore County | 4 |