# Counties in Georgia by employer firms, 2023

All 159 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/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fulton County | 28,012 |
| 2 | Gwinnett County | 20,903 |
| 3 | Cobb County | 16,001 |
| 4 | DeKalb County | 13,941 |
| 5 | Chatham County | 6,727 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 6,253 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 5,117 |
| 8 | Hall County | 4,111 |
| 9 | Henry County | 3,446 |
| 10 | Muscogee County | 3,388 |
| 11 | Clayton County | 3,283 |
| 12 | Richmond County | 3,260 |
| 13 | Bibb County | 3,235 |
| 14 | Fayette County | 3,171 |
| 15 | Clarke County | 2,701 |
| 16 | Coweta County | 2,411 |
| 17 | Columbia County | 2,358 |
| 18 | Douglas County | 2,319 |
| 19 | Glynn County | 2,317 |
| 20 | Lowndes County | 2,238 |
| 21 | Houston County | 2,207 |
| 22 | Bartow County | 2,038 |
| 23 | Paulding County | 1,998 |
| 24 | Whitfield County | 1,954 |
| 25 | Carroll County | 1,895 |
| 26 | Rockdale County | 1,838 |
| 27 | Dougherty County | 1,750 |
| 28 | Walton County | 1,686 |
| 29 | Floyd County | 1,669 |
| 30 | Bulloch County | 1,420 |
| 31 | Newton County | 1,369 |
| 32 | Jackson County | 1,359 |
| 33 | Troup County | 1,286 |
| 34 | Barrow County | 1,285 |
| 35 | Oconee County | 1,153 |
| 36 | Spalding County | 1,039 |
| 37 | Thomas County | 1,034 |
| 38 | Gordon County | 948 |
| 39 | Laurens County | 933 |
| 40 | Tift County | 896 |
| 41 | Catoosa County | 880 |
| 42 | Effingham County | 830 |
| 43 | Colquitt County | 809 |
| 44 | Habersham County | 784 |
| 45 | Camden County | 776 |
| 46 | Ware County | 759 |
| 47 | Coffee County | 754 |
| 47 | Liberty County | 754 |
| 49 | Baldwin County | 745 |
| 50 | Bryan County | 720 |
| 51 | Pickens County | 675 |
| 52 | Dawson County | 668 |
| 53 | White County | 647 |
| 54 | Fannin County | 645 |
| 55 | Walker County | 633 |
| 56 | Lumpkin County | 606 |
| 57 | Gilmer County | 603 |
| 58 | Toombs County | 588 |
| 59 | Union County | 580 |
| 60 | Wayne County | 566 |
| 61 | Sumter County | 552 |
| 62 | Polk County | 550 |
| 63 | Decatur County | 529 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 506 |
| 65 | Morgan County | 502 |
| 66 | Stephens County | 470 |
| 67 | Haralson County | 464 |
| 68 | Greene County | 462 |
| 69 | Rabun County | 456 |
| 70 | Putnam County | 447 |
| 71 | Franklin County | 445 |
| 72 | Peach County | 430 |
| 73 | Hart County | 420 |
| 74 | Crisp County | 415 |
| 75 | Grady County | 407 |
| 76 | Upson County | 398 |
| 77 | Harris County | 397 |
| 78 | McDuffie County | 396 |
| 79 | Elbert County | 392 |
| 80 | Butts County | 382 |
| 81 | Lee County | 378 |
| 82 | Madison County | 370 |
| 83 | Emanuel County | 364 |
| 84 | Murray County | 362 |
| 85 | Appling County | 350 |
| 86 | Burke County | 326 |
| 87 | Pierce County | 324 |
| 88 | Mitchell County | 314 |
| 89 | Jones County | 312 |
| 90 | Washington County | 303 |
| 91 | Banks County | 298 |
| 92 | Meriwether County | 283 |
| 93 | Cook County | 280 |
| 94 | Chattooga County | 277 |
| 95 | Pike County | 275 |
| 96 | Ben Hill County | 271 |
| 97 | Jefferson County | 266 |
| 97 | Tattnall County | 266 |
| 99 | Towns County | 263 |
| 100 | Dodge County | 260 |
| 101 | Worth County | 252 |
| 102 | Lamar County | 240 |
| 103 | Jeff Davis County | 227 |
| 104 | Screven County | 219 |
| 105 | Brantley County | 209 |
| 106 | Dade County | 205 |
| 107 | Bacon County | 202 |
| 107 | Evans County | 202 |
| 109 | Berrien County | 201 |
| 110 | Brooks County | 193 |
| 110 | Jasper County | 193 |
| 112 | Candler County | 191 |
| 113 | Early County | 171 |
| 114 | Wilkes County | 166 |
| 115 | McIntosh County | 160 |
| 116 | Oglethorpe County | 159 |
| 116 | Pulaski County | 159 |
| 118 | Telfair County | 158 |
| 119 | Bleckley County | 148 |
| 119 | Macon County | 148 |
| 121 | Lincoln County | 143 |
| 121 | Terrell County | 143 |
| 123 | Seminole County | 141 |
| 124 | Turner County | 140 |
| 125 | Dooly County | 135 |
| 126 | Charlton County | 130 |
| 127 | Wilkinson County | 127 |
| 128 | Clinch County | 117 |
| 129 | Taylor County | 109 |
| 130 | Johnson County | 108 |
| 130 | Miller County | 108 |
| 130 | Randolph County | 108 |
| 133 | Crawford County | 107 |
| 133 | Long County | 107 |
| 135 | Heard County | 104 |
| 136 | Irwin County | 99 |
| 137 | Jenkins County | 94 |
| 138 | Lanier County | 91 |
| 139 | Marion County | 80 |
| 139 | Montgomery County | 80 |
| 141 | Atkinson County | 78 |
| 142 | Treutlen County | 73 |
| 143 | Wilcox County | 72 |
| 144 | Twiggs County | 68 |
| 144 | Warren County | 68 |
| 146 | Schley County | 67 |
| 147 | Calhoun County | 64 |
| 147 | Hancock County | 64 |
| 149 | Talbot County | 53 |
| 150 | Wheeler County | 48 |
| 151 | Chattahoochee County | 45 |
| 152 | Stewart County | 44 |
| 153 | Clay County | 41 |
| 154 | Echols County | 33 |
| 155 | Webster County | 30 |
| 156 | Quitman County | 28 |
| 157 | Glascock County | 26 |
| 158 | Baker County | 25 |
| 159 | Taliaferro County | 18 |