# Counties in Louisiana by employer firms, 2023

All 64 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/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 9,637 |
| 2 | Jefferson Parish | 8,875 |
| 3 | Orleans Parish | 7,791 |
| 4 | Lafayette Parish | 6,943 |
| 5 | St. Tammany Parish | 5,471 |
| 6 | Caddo Parish | 4,650 |
| 7 | Calcasieu Parish | 3,616 |
| 8 | Ouachita Parish | 3,308 |
| 9 | Rapides Parish | 2,546 |
| 10 | Terrebonne Parish | 2,170 |
| 11 | Bossier Parish | 2,151 |
| 12 | Ascension Parish | 2,132 |
| 13 | Tangipahoa Parish | 2,096 |
| 14 | Livingston Parish | 1,747 |
| 15 | Lafourche Parish | 1,319 |
| 16 | St. Landry Parish | 1,230 |
| 17 | Iberia Parish | 1,224 |
| 18 | Lincoln Parish | 973 |
| 19 | Acadia Parish | 968 |
| 20 | St. Mary Parish | 876 |
| 21 | St. Charles Parish | 808 |
| 22 | Vermilion Parish | 800 |
| 23 | St. Martin Parish | 738 |
| 24 | Natchitoches Parish | 710 |
| 25 | Webster Parish | 641 |
| 26 | St. Bernard Parish | 602 |
| 27 | Plaquemines Parish | 570 |
| 28 | Avoyelles Parish | 566 |
| 28 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 566 |
| 30 | Beauregard Parish | 557 |
| 31 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 556 |
| 32 | Vernon Parish | 552 |
| 33 | Washington Parish | 532 |
| 34 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 502 |
| 35 | Iberville Parish | 455 |
| 36 | Evangeline Parish | 417 |
| 37 | Sabine Parish | 396 |
| 38 | Morehouse Parish | 383 |
| 39 | De Soto Parish | 367 |
| 40 | Richland Parish | 350 |
| 41 | Franklin Parish | 340 |
| 42 | LaSalle Parish | 338 |
| 43 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 317 |
| 44 | Union Parish | 311 |
| 45 | Concordia Parish | 300 |
| 46 | St. James Parish | 283 |
| 47 | Allen Parish | 259 |
| 48 | Assumption Parish | 231 |
| 49 | Winn Parish | 230 |
| 50 | Jackson Parish | 213 |
| 51 | East Feliciana Parish | 206 |
| 52 | West Feliciana Parish | 190 |
| 53 | Claiborne Parish | 179 |
| 54 | Bienville Parish | 172 |
| 55 | Grant Parish | 169 |
| 56 | Madison Parish | 154 |
| 57 | St. Helena Parish | 150 |
| 58 | Caldwell Parish | 149 |
| 59 | West Carroll Parish | 148 |
| 60 | Catahoula Parish | 147 |
| 61 | Red River Parish | 121 |
| 62 | Cameron Parish | 99 |
| 63 | East Carroll Parish | 90 |
| 64 | Tensas Parish | 56 |