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Counties in Connecticut by employer firms

Capitol Planning Region had the highest employer firms of 9 counties in 2022, at 17,016. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region had the lowest, at 1,427. The median was 5,336 and the figure for Connecticut was 63,214. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest17,016Capitol Planning Region
Lowest1,427Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Median5,3369 counties
Connecticut63,214History

Map of counties, 2022

Capitol Planning Region: 17,016 countGreater Bridgeport Planning Region: 5,336 countLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 3,620 countNaugatuck Valley Planning Region: 7,002 countNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region: 1,427 countNorthwest Hills Planning Region: 2,356 countSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region: 10,627 countSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region: 4,405 countWestern Connecticut Planning Region: 14,960 count
  • Under 3,100
  • 3,100 to 4,600
  • 4,600 to 6,700
  • 6,700 to 12K
  • 12K and over
count, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

Capitol Planning Region: 17,016 countCapitol Planning Region17,016Western Connecticut Planning Region: 14,960 countWestern Connecticut Planning Regi…14,960South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 10,627 countSouth Central Connecticut Plannin…10,627Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 7,002 countNaugatuck Valley Planning Region7,002Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 5,336 countGreater Bridgeport Planning Region5,336Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 4,405 countSoutheastern Connecticut Planning…4,405Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 3,620 countLower Connecticut River Valley Pl…3,620Northwest Hills Planning Region: 2,356 countNorthwest Hills Planning Region2,356Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 1,427 countNortheastern Connecticut Planning…1,427Capitol Planning Region: 17,016 countCapitol Planning Region17,016Western Connecticut Planning Region: 14,960 countWestern Connecticut Planning Region14,960South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 10,627 countSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region10,627Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 7,002 countNaugatuck Valley Planning Region7,002Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 5,336 countGreater Bridgeport Planning Region5,336Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 4,405 countSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region4,405Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 3,620 countLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region3,620Northwest Hills Planning Region: 2,356 countNorthwest Hills Planning Region2,356Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 1,427 countNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region1,427
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022
count		Change on 2021
1Capitol Planning Region17,016+1.4%
2Western Connecticut Planning Region14,960+1.9%
3South Central Connecticut Planning Region10,627+1.9%
4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region7,002+0.8%
5Greater Bridgeport Planning Region5,336+2.2%
6Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region4,405+0.8%
7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region3,620+2.5%
8Northwest Hills Planning Region2,356+4.3%
9Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region1,427+4.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Counties in Connecticut by employer firms, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Connecticut by employer firms, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/connecticut-counties?period=2022. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Counties in Connecticut by employer firms, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/connecticut-counties?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Connecticut by employer firms, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/connecticut-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest employer firms?

Capitol Planning Region, with 17,016 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, with 1,427 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: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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