# Counties in Iowa by employer firms, 2023

All 99 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/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Polk County | 9,809 |
| 2 | Linn County | 4,262 |
| 3 | Scott County | 3,418 |
| 4 | Johnson County | 2,763 |
| 5 | Black Hawk County | 2,374 |
| 6 | Dubuque County | 2,190 |
| 7 | Woodbury County | 2,043 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 1,955 |
| 9 | Story County | 1,765 |
| 10 | Pottawattamie County | 1,551 |
| 11 | Sioux County | 1,099 |
| 12 | Cerro Gordo County | 1,098 |
| 13 | Clinton County | 880 |
| 14 | Des Moines County | 844 |
| 15 | Warren County | 814 |
| 16 | Webster County | 811 |
| 17 | Muscatine County | 766 |
| 18 | Marion County | 710 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 681 |
| 20 | Marshall County | 647 |
| 21 | Dickinson County | 642 |
| 22 | Lee County | 635 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 623 |
| 24 | Washington County | 576 |
| 25 | Wapello County | 575 |
| 26 | Plymouth County | 571 |
| 27 | Winneshiek County | 514 |
| 28 | Boone County | 507 |
| 29 | Clay County | 496 |
| 30 | Jefferson County | 489 |
| 31 | Bremer County | 464 |
| 31 | Poweshiek County | 464 |
| 33 | Mahaska County | 459 |
| 34 | Delaware County | 442 |
| 35 | Benton County | 440 |
| 36 | Jackson County | 431 |
| 37 | Kossuth County | 426 |
| 37 | O'Brien County | 426 |
| 39 | Fayette County | 421 |
| 40 | Clayton County | 414 |
| 41 | Buchanan County | 411 |
| 41 | Jones County | 411 |
| 43 | Buena Vista County | 410 |
| 44 | Hardin County | 402 |
| 45 | Henry County | 398 |
| 46 | Cedar County | 397 |
| 47 | Iowa County | 391 |
| 48 | Cass County | 369 |
| 49 | Madison County | 354 |
| 50 | Page County | 353 |
| 51 | Crawford County | 345 |
| 52 | Shelby County | 331 |
| 53 | Lyon County | 322 |
| 54 | Floyd County | 315 |
| 55 | Hamilton County | 313 |
| 56 | Allamakee County | 296 |
| 57 | Chickasaw County | 295 |
| 58 | Cherokee County | 294 |
| 59 | Wright County | 292 |
| 60 | Harrison County | 290 |
| 61 | Mills County | 285 |
| 62 | Winnebago County | 268 |
| 63 | Mitchell County | 266 |
| 64 | Appanoose County | 264 |
| 65 | Union County | 262 |
| 66 | Humboldt County | 259 |
| 66 | Sac County | 259 |
| 68 | Butler County | 253 |
| 69 | Franklin County | 248 |
| 70 | Hancock County | 243 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 243 |
| 72 | Grundy County | 242 |
| 73 | Guthrie County | 241 |
| 74 | Emmet County | 238 |
| 75 | Palo Alto County | 233 |
| 76 | Tama County | 229 |
| 77 | Calhoun County | 221 |
| 78 | Howard County | 220 |
| 79 | Greene County | 210 |
| 79 | Ida County | 210 |
| 81 | Adair County | 194 |
| 82 | Monona County | 182 |
| 83 | Keokuk County | 175 |
| 84 | Lucas County | 169 |
| 85 | Louisa County | 168 |
| 86 | Audubon County | 166 |
| 87 | Clarke County | 165 |
| 88 | Pocahontas County | 162 |
| 89 | Davis County | 159 |
| 90 | Osceola County | 158 |
| 91 | Monroe County | 156 |
| 92 | Fremont County | 140 |
| 93 | Worth County | 138 |
| 94 | Decatur County | 137 |
| 95 | Wayne County | 123 |
| 96 | Van Buren County | 121 |
| 97 | Taylor County | 117 |
| 98 | Ringgold County | 105 |
| 99 | Adams County | 94 |