# Counties in Kansas by employer firms, 2023

All 105 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/kansas-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Johnson County | 13,989 |
| 2 | Sedgwick County | 9,229 |
| 3 | Shawnee County | 3,100 |
| 4 | Wyandotte County | 2,559 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 2,342 |
| 6 | Reno County | 1,322 |
| 7 | Riley County | 1,292 |
| 8 | Saline County | 1,247 |
| 9 | Leavenworth County | 1,097 |
| 10 | Butler County | 1,080 |
| 11 | Ellis County | 955 |
| 12 | Finney County | 885 |
| 13 | McPherson County | 748 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 744 |
| 15 | Barton County | 720 |
| 16 | Lyon County | 711 |
| 17 | Ford County | 671 |
| 18 | Harvey County | 662 |
| 19 | Miami County | 652 |
| 20 | Pottawatomie County | 591 |
| 21 | Cowley County | 579 |
| 22 | Montgomery County | 575 |
| 23 | Seward County | 485 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 455 |
| 25 | Geary County | 454 |
| 26 | Dickinson County | 387 |
| 27 | Sumner County | 376 |
| 28 | Labette County | 352 |
| 29 | Neosho County | 350 |
| 30 | Pratt County | 323 |
| 31 | Bourbon County | 322 |
| 32 | Atchison County | 321 |
| 33 | Allen County | 312 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 307 |
| 34 | Nemaha County | 307 |
| 36 | Thomas County | 279 |
| 37 | Cherokee County | 271 |
| 38 | Jefferson County | 266 |
| 39 | Cloud County | 265 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 238 |
| 41 | Clay County | 237 |
| 42 | Brown County | 235 |
| 43 | Marion County | 229 |
| 44 | Russell County | 223 |
| 45 | Rice County | 218 |
| 46 | Osage County | 209 |
| 47 | Sherman County | 204 |
| 48 | Gray County | 196 |
| 48 | Mitchell County | 196 |
| 50 | Phillips County | 182 |
| 51 | Wilson County | 181 |
| 52 | Grant County | 179 |
| 53 | Kingman County | 176 |
| 54 | Coffey County | 174 |
| 55 | Linn County | 171 |
| 56 | Scott County | 164 |
| 57 | Washington County | 163 |
| 58 | Anderson County | 161 |
| 59 | Harper County | 158 |
| 60 | Barber County | 152 |
| 61 | Republic County | 151 |
| 62 | Norton County | 148 |
| 63 | Rooks County | 147 |
| 64 | Ellsworth County | 135 |
| 64 | Wabaunsee County | 135 |
| 66 | Doniphan County | 134 |
| 67 | Morris County | 133 |
| 68 | Greenwood County | 129 |
| 68 | Stevens County | 129 |
| 70 | Pawnee County | 123 |
| 71 | Ottawa County | 120 |
| 72 | Ness County | 117 |
| 73 | Osborne County | 114 |
| 74 | Smith County | 113 |
| 75 | Stafford County | 109 |
| 75 | Trego County | 109 |
| 77 | Meade County | 108 |
| 78 | Gove County | 107 |
| 79 | Haskell County | 102 |
| 80 | Logan County | 93 |
| 80 | Sheridan County | 93 |
| 82 | Decatur County | 87 |
| 83 | Rawlins County | 85 |
| 84 | Cheyenne County | 83 |
| 84 | Wichita County | 83 |
| 86 | Kearny County | 82 |
| 86 | Rush County | 82 |
| 88 | Graham County | 75 |
| 88 | Lincoln County | 75 |
| 90 | Edwards County | 72 |
| 91 | Woodson County | 71 |
| 92 | Jewell County | 68 |
| 93 | Comanche County | 66 |
| 93 | Kiowa County | 66 |
| 95 | Lane County | 64 |
| 96 | Hamilton County | 63 |
| 97 | Chautauqua County | 59 |
| 98 | Morton County | 57 |
| 99 | Clark County | 53 |
| 100 | Chase County | 52 |
| 100 | Wallace County | 52 |
| 102 | Elk County | 48 |
| 102 | Stanton County | 48 |
| 104 | Greeley County | 43 |
| 105 | Hodgeman County | 40 |