# Counties in Maryland by employer firms, 2023

All 24 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Montgomery County | 20,544 |
| 2 | Baltimore County | 15,348 |
| 3 | Prince George's County | 12,228 |
| 4 | Anne Arundel County | 11,203 |
| 5 | Baltimore city | 9,331 |
| 6 | Howard County | 7,980 |
| 7 | Frederick County | 5,155 |
| 8 | Harford County | 4,418 |
| 9 | Carroll County | 3,469 |
| 10 | Washington County | 2,668 |
| 11 | Charles County | 2,275 |
| 12 | Wicomico County | 1,965 |
| 13 | St. Mary's County | 1,665 |
| 14 | Worcester County | 1,638 |
| 15 | Cecil County | 1,471 |
| 16 | Calvert County | 1,435 |
| 17 | Talbot County | 1,231 |
| 18 | Queen Anne's County | 1,206 |
| 19 | Allegany County | 1,159 |
| 20 | Garrett County | 753 |
| 21 | Dorchester County | 578 |
| 22 | Caroline County | 525 |
| 23 | Kent County | 494 |
| 24 | Somerset County | 296 |