Counties in Utah by employer firm births

Salt Lake County had the highest employer firm births of 28 counties in 2022, at 2,505. Piute County had the lowest, at 9. The median was 43 and the figure for Utah was 7,463. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,505Salt Lake County

Lowest9Piute County

Median4328 counties

Utah7,463History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 10
10 to 30
30 to 80
80 to 260
260 and over
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count, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

count. 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. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Salt Lake County	2,505	+4.2%
2	Utah County	1,655	+4.7%
3	Washington County	725	+16.2%
4	Davis County	653	-1.1%
5	Weber County	456	-1.5%
6	Cache County	295	+5.7%
7	Summit County	209	+5%
8	Iron County	183	+22%
9	Wasatch County	152	-0.7%
10	Tooele County	107	-7.8%
11	Box Elder County	93	+19.2%
12	Uintah County	80	+5.3%
13	Duchesne County	46	+17.9%
13	Sevier County	46	+17.9%
15	Sanpete County	40	-4.8%
16	Grand County	39	-18.8%
17	Morgan County	34	-5.6%
18	Kane County	31	+34.8%
19	Carbon County	24	+14.3%
20	Juab County	18	-14.3%
21	Millard County	17	0%
22	Emery County	15	-11.8%
23	San Juan County	14	-6.7%
24	Rich County	13	+30%
25	Beaver County	10	-33.3%
25	Garfield County	10	-41.2%
25	Wayne County	10	-41.2%
28	Piute County	9	+125%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (Counties in Utah by employer firm births, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Counties in Utah by employer firm births, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/utah-counties?period=2022. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Counties in Utah by employer firm births, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/utah-counties?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Counties in Utah by employer firm births, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/utah-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-22},
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}

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Questions

Which county has the highest employer firm births?

Salt Lake County, with 2,505 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

Piute County, with 9 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved 2026-10-22. 1 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.