Counties in Indiana by employer firms

Marion County had the highest employer firms of 92 counties in 2019, at 15,668. Ohio County had the lowest, at 66. The median was 589 and the figure for Indiana was 99,194. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest15,668Marion County
Lowest66Ohio County
Median58992 counties
Indiana99,194History

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 623 countAllen County: 6,898 countBartholomew County: 1,484 countBenton County: 142 countBlackford County: 195 countBoone County: 1,359 countBrown County: 293 countCarroll County: 332 countCass County: 579 countClark County: 2,021 countClay County: 391 countClinton County: 492 countCrawford County: 107 countDaviess County: 803 countDearborn County: 779 countDecatur County: 560 countDeKalb County: 807 countDelaware County: 1,797 countDubois County: 1,054 countElkhart County: 3,871 countFayette County: 355 countFloyd County: 1,501 countFountain County: 259 countFranklin County: 381 countFulton County: 392 countGibson County: 584 countGrant County: 1,013 countGreene County: 469 countHamilton County: 7,060 countHancock County: 1,237 countHarrison County: 583 countHendricks County: 2,593 countHenry County: 680 countHoward County: 1,421 countHuntington County: 702 countJackson County: 826 countJasper County: 634 countJay County: 325 countJefferson County: 554 countJennings County: 342 countJohnson County: 2,633 countKnox County: 727 countKosciusko County: 1,628 countLaGrange County: 762 countLake County: 7,714 countLaPorte County: 1,849 countLawrence County: 755 countMadison County: 1,753 countMarion County: 15,668 countMarshall County: 944 countMartin County: 177 countMiami County: 494 countMonroe County: 2,395 countMontgomery County: 714 countMorgan County: 980 countNewton County: 220 countNoble County: 729 countOhio County: 66 countOrange County: 313 countOwen County: 282 countParke County: 229 countPerry County: 300 countPike County: 170 countPorter County: 2,937 countPosey County: 404 countPulaski County: 276 countPutnam County: 587 countRandolph County: 391 countRipley County: 528 countRush County: 334 countSt. Joseph County: 4,341 countScott County: 343 countShelby County: 795 countSpencer County: 357 countStarke County: 264 countSteuben County: 826 countSullivan County: 280 countSwitzerland County: 120 countTippecanoe County: 2,751 countTipton County: 265 countUnion County: 112 countVanderburgh County: 3,812 countVermillion County: 218 countVigo County: 1,875 countWabash County: 599 countWarren County: 117 countWarrick County: 957 countWashington County: 391 countWayne County: 1,119 countWells County: 546 countWhite County: 487 countWhitley County: 591 count
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count, 2019. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2019

Marion County: 15,668 countMarion County15,668Lake County: 7,714 countLake County7,714Hamilton County: 7,060 countHamilton County7,060Allen County: 6,898 countAllen County6,898St. Joseph County: 4,341 countSt. Joseph County4,341Elkhart County: 3,871 countElkhart County3,871Vanderburgh County: 3,812 countVanderburgh County3,812Porter County: 2,937 countPorter County2,937Tippecanoe County: 2,751 countTippecanoe County2,751Johnson County: 2,633 countJohnson County2,633Hendricks County: 2,593 countHendricks County2,593Monroe County: 2,395 countMonroe County2,395Clark County: 2,021 countClark County2,021Vigo County: 1,875 countVigo County1,875LaPorte County: 1,849 countLaPorte County1,849Delaware County: 1,797 countDelaware County1,797Madison County: 1,753 countMadison County1,753Kosciusko County: 1,628 countKosciusko County1,628Floyd County: 1,501 countFloyd County1,501Bartholomew County: 1,484 countBartholomew County1,484Howard County: 1,421 countHoward County1,421Boone County: 1,359 countBoone County1,359Hancock County: 1,237 countHancock County1,237Wayne County: 1,119 countWayne County1,119Dubois County: 1,054 countDubois County1,054Grant County: 1,013 countGrant County1,013Morgan County: 980 countMorgan County980Warrick County: 957 countWarrick County957Marshall County: 944 countMarshall County944Jackson County: 826 countJackson County826Steuben County: 826 countSteuben County826DeKalb County: 807 countDeKalb County807Daviess County: 803 countDaviess County803Shelby County: 795 countShelby County795Dearborn County: 779 countDearborn County779LaGrange County: 762 countLaGrange County762Lawrence County: 755 countLawrence County755Noble County: 729 countNoble County729Knox County: 727 countKnox County727Montgomery County: 714 countMontgomery County714Marion County: 15,668 countMarion County15,668Lake County: 7,714 countLake County7,714Hamilton County: 7,060 countHamilton County7,060Allen County: 6,898 countAllen County6,898St. Joseph County: 4,341 countSt. Joseph County4,341Elkhart County: 3,871 countElkhart County3,871Vanderburgh County: 3,812 countVanderburgh County3,812Porter County: 2,937 countPorter County2,937Tippecanoe County: 2,751 countTippecanoe County2,751Johnson County: 2,633 countJohnson County2,633Hendricks County: 2,593 countHendricks County2,593Monroe County: 2,395 countMonroe County2,395Clark County: 2,021 countClark County2,021Vigo County: 1,875 countVigo County1,875LaPorte County: 1,849 countLaPorte County1,849Delaware County: 1,797 countDelaware County1,797Madison County: 1,753 countMadison County1,753Kosciusko County: 1,628 countKosciusko County1,628Floyd County: 1,501 countFloyd County1,501Bartholomew County: 1,484 countBartholomew County1,484Howard County: 1,421 countHoward County1,421Boone County: 1,359 countBoone County1,359Hancock County: 1,237 countHancock County1,237Wayne County: 1,119 countWayne County1,119Dubois County: 1,054 countDubois County1,054Grant County: 1,013 countGrant County1,013Morgan County: 980 countMorgan County980Warrick County: 957 countWarrick County957Marshall County: 944 countMarshall County944Jackson County: 826 countJackson County826Steuben County: 826 countSteuben County826DeKalb County: 807 countDeKalb County807Daviess County: 803 countDaviess County803Shelby County: 795 countShelby County795Dearborn County: 779 countDearborn County779LaGrange County: 762 countLaGrange County762Lawrence County: 755 countLawrence County755Noble County: 729 countNoble County729Knox County: 727 countKnox County727Montgomery County: 714 countMontgomery County714
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
count
Change on 2018
1Marion County15,668+0.7%
2Lake County7,714+0.2%
3Hamilton County7,060+1.7%
4Allen County6,898+0.4%
5St. Joseph County4,341-0.8%
6Elkhart County3,871+0.2%
7Vanderburgh County3,812+0.7%
8Porter County2,937+0.7%
9Tippecanoe County2,751+0.2%
10Johnson County2,633+0.5%
11Hendricks County2,593+1.9%
12Monroe County2,3950%
13Clark County2,021-0.3%
14Vigo County1,875-1.5%
15LaPorte County1,849-0.9%
16Delaware County1,7970%
17Madison County1,753-0.4%
18Kosciusko County1,628-0.1%
19Floyd County1,501+0.9%
20Bartholomew County1,484+0.5%
21Howard County1,421+1.1%
22Boone County1,359+2.3%
23Hancock County1,237+0.7%
24Wayne County1,119+0.1%
25Dubois County1,054+1.3%
26Grant County1,013-0.5%
27Morgan County980+0.1%
28Warrick County957-0.5%
29Marshall County944+0.7%
30Jackson County826-0.5%
30Steuben County826-1.1%
32DeKalb County807+0.9%
33Daviess County803-1%
34Shelby County795+0.5%
35Dearborn County779-0.8%
36LaGrange County762+3%
37Lawrence County755-0.5%
38Noble County729+0.1%
39Knox County727-0.7%
40Montgomery County714+0.6%
41Huntington County702-1.3%
42Henry County680+0.7%
43Jasper County634-1.4%
44Adams County623-2%
45Wabash County599+1%
46Whitley County591+0.2%
47Putnam County587-1%
48Gibson County584-0.8%
49Harrison County583-1.5%
50Cass County579-0.7%
51Decatur County560+1.4%
52Jefferson County554-1.8%
53Wells County546+1.7%
54Ripley County528+0.8%
55Miami County4940%
56Clinton County492-1.6%
57White County487-0.2%
58Greene County469-2.3%
59Posey County404-0.5%
60Fulton County392+0.5%
61Clay County391+1.3%
61Randolph County391-0.5%
61Washington County391+0.3%
64Franklin County381+0.8%
65Spencer County357+4.1%
66Fayette County355-1.7%
67Scott County343+1.8%
68Jennings County342+2.1%
69Rush County334+4%
70Carroll County332-2.6%
71Jay County325-1.2%
72Orange County313+3.6%
73Perry County300-0.3%
74Brown County293+1.7%
75Owen County282+6%
76Sullivan County280-1.1%
77Pulaski County276+1.8%
78Tipton County265-1.9%
79Starke County264-2.6%
80Fountain County2590%
81Parke County229+3.6%
82Newton County220-1.3%
83Vermillion County218-0.5%
84Blackford County1950%
85Martin County177-0.6%
86Pike County170-4.5%
87Benton County142-3.4%
88Switzerland County120+3.4%
89Warren County117+2.6%
90Union County112+8.7%
91Crawford County107+2.9%
92Ohio County66-5.7%

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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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Counties in Indiana by employer firms, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Indiana by employer firms, 2019. 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/indiana-counties?period=2019. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Counties in Indiana by employer firms, 2019. 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/indiana-counties?period=2019.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Indiana by employer firms, 2019 [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/indiana-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest employer firms?

Marion County, with 15,668 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Ohio County, with 66 in 2019.

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