# Counties in Washington by employer firm births, 2023

All 38 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 4,079 |
| 2 | Snohomish County | 1,328 |
| 3 | Pierce County | 1,231 |
| 4 | Clark County | 882 |
| 5 | Spokane County | 879 |
| 6 | Whatcom County | 466 |
| 7 | Kitsap County | 376 |
| 8 | Thurston County | 364 |
| 9 | Yakima County | 314 |
| 10 | Benton County | 299 |
| 11 | Skagit County | 226 |
| 12 | Chelan County | 172 |
| 13 | Grant County | 154 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 148 |
| 15 | Cowlitz County | 132 |
| 16 | Clallam County | 129 |
| 17 | Island County | 123 |
| 18 | Lewis County | 122 |
| 19 | Kittitas County | 101 |
| 20 | Grays Harbor County | 93 |
| 21 | San Juan County | 76 |
| 22 | Walla Walla County | 74 |
| 23 | Mason County | 66 |
| 24 | Douglas County | 65 |
| 25 | Okanogan County | 61 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 55 |
| 27 | Jefferson County | 50 |
| 28 | Whitman County | 42 |
| 29 | Pacific County | 38 |
| 30 | Klickitat County | 36 |
| 31 | Asotin County | 23 |
| 32 | Pend Oreille County | 22 |
| 33 | Adams County | 18 |
| 34 | Ferry County | 15 |
| 34 | Skamania County | 15 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 14 |
| 37 | Columbia County | 5 |
| 37 | Wahkiakum County | 5 |