# Counties in Arizona by employer firms, 2023

All 15 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/arizona-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Maricopa County | 73,640 |
| 2 | Pima County | 14,851 |
| 3 | Yavapai County | 5,187 |
| 4 | Pinal County | 3,472 |
| 5 | Mohave County | 3,329 |
| 6 | Coconino County | 3,014 |
| 7 | Yuma County | 2,563 |
| 8 | Cochise County | 1,701 |
| 9 | Navajo County | 1,392 |
| 10 | Santa Cruz County | 984 |
| 11 | Gila County | 863 |
| 12 | Graham County | 482 |
| 13 | Apache County | 338 |
| 14 | La Paz County | 299 |
| 15 | Greenlee County | 68 |