# Counties in Kentucky by employer firms, 2023

All 120 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/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 13,907 |
| 2 | Fayette County | 7,016 |
| 3 | Boone County | 2,487 |
| 4 | Kenton County | 2,440 |
| 5 | Warren County | 2,368 |
| 6 | Daviess County | 1,838 |
| 7 | Hardin County | 1,736 |
| 8 | McCracken County | 1,675 |
| 9 | Madison County | 1,444 |
| 10 | Campbell County | 1,406 |
| 11 | Pulaski County | 1,183 |
| 12 | Jessamine County | 1,112 |
| 13 | Oldham County | 1,111 |
| 14 | Christian County | 1,035 |
| 15 | Bullitt County | 1,033 |
| 16 | Franklin County | 1,020 |
| 17 | Laurel County | 1,005 |
| 18 | Shelby County | 942 |
| 19 | Boyd County | 931 |
| 20 | Scott County | 901 |
| 21 | Pike County | 860 |
| 22 | Nelson County | 823 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 793 |
| 24 | Calloway County | 763 |
| 25 | Hopkins County | 716 |
| 26 | Barren County | 712 |
| 27 | Clark County | 653 |
| 28 | Boyle County | 634 |
| 29 | Marshall County | 591 |
| 30 | Graves County | 559 |
| 31 | Floyd County | 541 |
| 32 | Woodford County | 527 |
| 33 | Whitley County | 498 |
| 34 | Taylor County | 496 |
| 35 | Montgomery County | 472 |
| 36 | Muhlenberg County | 445 |
| 37 | Rowan County | 428 |
| 38 | Logan County | 425 |
| 39 | Perry County | 415 |
| 40 | Knox County | 411 |
| 41 | Simpson County | 365 |
| 42 | Grayson County | 364 |
| 43 | Bell County | 360 |
| 44 | Greenup County | 359 |
| 45 | Mason County | 346 |
| 46 | Bourbon County | 333 |
| 47 | Carter County | 316 |
| 47 | Mercer County | 316 |
| 49 | Grant County | 313 |
| 50 | Meade County | 311 |
| 51 | Anderson County | 304 |
| 51 | Ohio County | 304 |
| 53 | Johnson County | 301 |
| 54 | Russell County | 298 |
| 55 | Marion County | 291 |
| 56 | Harlan County | 287 |
| 57 | Adair County | 272 |
| 58 | Lincoln County | 265 |
| 59 | Harrison County | 251 |
| 60 | Wayne County | 249 |
| 61 | Breckinridge County | 243 |
| 62 | Caldwell County | 237 |
| 63 | Hart County | 224 |
| 64 | Spencer County | 218 |
| 65 | Fleming County | 214 |
| 66 | Union County | 211 |
| 67 | Allen County | 208 |
| 67 | Garrard County | 208 |
| 69 | Washington County | 205 |
| 70 | Letcher County | 204 |
| 71 | Carroll County | 203 |
| 72 | Trigg County | 199 |
| 73 | Larue County | 193 |
| 74 | Clay County | 186 |
| 75 | Monroe County | 185 |
| 76 | Casey County | 182 |
| 77 | Henry County | 181 |
| 78 | Lawrence County | 179 |
| 78 | Todd County | 179 |
| 80 | Powell County | 176 |
| 81 | Webster County | 170 |
| 82 | Rockcastle County | 169 |
| 83 | Butler County | 168 |
| 84 | Pendleton County | 154 |
| 85 | Estill County | 152 |
| 86 | Clinton County | 150 |
| 87 | Lyon County | 147 |
| 88 | Green County | 145 |
| 89 | McLean County | 141 |
| 90 | Magoffin County | 139 |
| 91 | Crittenden County | 133 |
| 92 | Morgan County | 130 |
| 93 | Knott County | 129 |
| 94 | Ballard County | 128 |
| 95 | McCreary County | 127 |
| 96 | Breathitt County | 125 |
| 97 | Bath County | 117 |
| 98 | Owen County | 115 |
| 99 | Livingston County | 113 |
| 100 | Edmonson County | 110 |
| 100 | Martin County | 110 |
| 102 | Hancock County | 102 |
| 103 | Fulton County | 98 |
| 104 | Lewis County | 96 |
| 105 | Metcalfe County | 94 |
| 106 | Cumberland County | 91 |
| 107 | Jackson County | 90 |
| 108 | Bracken County | 88 |
| 109 | Gallatin County | 81 |
| 110 | Lee County | 80 |
| 111 | Carlisle County | 74 |
| 111 | Leslie County | 74 |
| 113 | Trimble County | 73 |
| 114 | Wolfe County | 71 |
| 115 | Nicholas County | 70 |
| 116 | Hickman County | 56 |
| 117 | Menifee County | 49 |
| 118 | Owsley County | 34 |
| 119 | Elliott County | 32 |
| 120 | Robertson County | 24 |