# Counties in Vermont by employer firm births, 2023

All 14 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/vermont-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chittenden County | 272 |
| 2 | Windsor County | 107 |
| 3 | Windham County | 102 |
| 4 | Washington County | 94 |
| 5 | Rutland County | 83 |
| 6 | Lamoille County | 80 |
| 7 | Bennington County | 66 |
| 8 | Franklin County | 64 |
| 9 | Addison County | 59 |
| 10 | Orange County | 45 |
| 11 | Orleans County | 42 |
| 12 | Caledonia County | 41 |
| 13 | Grand Isle County | 11 |
| 14 | Essex County | 7 |