# Counties in Arkansas by employer firms, 2023

All 75 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/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pulaski County | 8,887 |
| 2 | Benton County | 5,329 |
| 3 | Washington County | 4,869 |
| 4 | Sebastian County | 2,653 |
| 5 | Faulkner County | 2,367 |
| 6 | Garland County | 2,338 |
| 7 | Craighead County | 2,226 |
| 8 | Saline County | 1,946 |
| 9 | White County | 1,326 |
| 10 | Pope County | 1,270 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 972 |
| 12 | Lonoke County | 954 |
| 13 | Baxter County | 934 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 920 |
| 15 | Union County | 869 |
| 16 | Boone County | 744 |
| 17 | Greene County | 728 |
| 18 | Miller County | 696 |
| 19 | Crittenden County | 692 |
| 20 | Independence County | 687 |
| 21 | Carroll County | 606 |
| 22 | Mississippi County | 591 |
| 23 | Cleburne County | 511 |
| 24 | Columbia County | 465 |
| 25 | Clark County | 458 |
| 26 | Hot Spring County | 413 |
| 27 | Ouachita County | 392 |
| 28 | Arkansas County | 386 |
| 29 | Conway County | 368 |
| 29 | Polk County | 368 |
| 31 | Drew County | 359 |
| 32 | Hempstead County | 344 |
| 33 | St. Francis County | 340 |
| 34 | Johnson County | 333 |
| 35 | Cross County | 312 |
| 36 | Logan County | 303 |
| 37 | Ashley County | 292 |
| 38 | Grant County | 273 |
| 38 | Poinsett County | 273 |
| 40 | Randolph County | 272 |
| 40 | Sharp County | 272 |
| 42 | Franklin County | 268 |
| 42 | Jackson County | 268 |
| 44 | Phillips County | 267 |
| 45 | Van Buren County | 263 |
| 45 | Yell County | 263 |
| 47 | Howard County | 238 |
| 48 | Sevier County | 235 |
| 49 | Desha County | 234 |
| 50 | Clay County | 230 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 229 |
| 52 | Stone County | 217 |
| 53 | Madison County | 210 |
| 54 | Marion County | 205 |
| 55 | Bradley County | 202 |
| 56 | Izard County | 171 |
| 56 | Pike County | 171 |
| 58 | Chicot County | 158 |
| 59 | Little River County | 155 |
| 60 | Dallas County | 151 |
| 61 | Fulton County | 149 |
| 62 | Monroe County | 147 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | 135 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | 119 |
| 65 | Scott County | 118 |
| 66 | Prairie County | 111 |
| 67 | Woodruff County | 103 |
| 68 | Searcy County | 101 |
| 69 | Nevada County | 95 |
| 70 | Perry County | 94 |
| 71 | Lee County | 93 |
| 72 | Lafayette County | 86 |
| 73 | Calhoun County | 73 |
| 74 | Cleveland County | 72 |
| 75 | Newton County | 69 |