# Counties in Maine by employer firms, 2023

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cumberland County | 9,297 |
| 2 | York County | 4,527 |
| 3 | Penobscot County | 3,216 |
| 4 | Kennebec County | 2,570 |
| 5 | Androscoggin County | 2,265 |
| 6 | Hancock County | 1,806 |
| 7 | Aroostook County | 1,434 |
| 8 | Knox County | 1,430 |
| 9 | Oxford County | 1,094 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | 1,037 |
| 11 | Somerset County | 939 |
| 12 | Sagadahoc County | 836 |
| 13 | Waldo County | 807 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 736 |
| 15 | Washington County | 619 |
| 16 | Piscataquis County | 373 |