# Counties in Minnesota by employer firms, 2023

All 87 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/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 28,121 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 10,015 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 7,786 |
| 4 | Anoka County | 6,253 |
| 5 | Washington County | 4,742 |
| 6 | St. Louis County | 3,926 |
| 7 | Stearns County | 3,569 |
| 8 | Scott County | 2,913 |
| 9 | Olmsted County | 2,873 |
| 10 | Wright County | 2,829 |
| 11 | Carver County | 2,071 |
| 12 | Crow Wing County | 1,796 |
| 13 | Sherburne County | 1,793 |
| 14 | Blue Earth County | 1,588 |
| 15 | Otter Tail County | 1,343 |
| 16 | Rice County | 1,270 |
| 17 | Douglas County | 1,175 |
| 18 | Kandiyohi County | 1,090 |
| 19 | Chisago County | 1,031 |
| 20 | Clay County | 1,026 |
| 21 | Goodhue County | 1,022 |
| 22 | Beltrami County | 981 |
| 23 | Itasca County | 937 |
| 24 | Winona County | 917 |
| 25 | Isanti County | 828 |
| 26 | Steele County | 816 |
| 27 | McLeod County | 789 |
| 28 | Benton County | 779 |
| 29 | Morrison County | 778 |
| 30 | Becker County | 755 |
| 31 | Cass County | 675 |
| 32 | Mower County | 645 |
| 33 | Lyon County | 640 |
| 34 | Freeborn County | 627 |
| 35 | Brown County | 620 |
| 36 | Mille Lacs County | 581 |
| 37 | Le Sueur County | 573 |
| 38 | Nicollet County | 569 |
| 39 | Polk County | 567 |
| 40 | Carlton County | 561 |
| 41 | Hubbard County | 496 |
| 42 | Pine County | 487 |
| 43 | Meeker County | 483 |
| 44 | Martin County | 477 |
| 45 | Nobles County | 473 |
| 46 | Wabasha County | 465 |
| 47 | Todd County | 463 |
| 48 | Fillmore County | 452 |
| 49 | Redwood County | 422 |
| 50 | Renville County | 388 |
| 51 | Waseca County | 364 |
| 52 | Dodge County | 341 |
| 53 | Roseau County | 339 |
| 54 | Aitkin County | 325 |
| 55 | Houston County | 324 |
| 56 | Wadena County | 322 |
| 57 | Faribault County | 320 |
| 58 | Koochiching County | 311 |
| 59 | Chippewa County | 309 |
| 60 | Pennington County | 303 |
| 61 | Sibley County | 291 |
| 62 | Pope County | 275 |
| 63 | Lake County | 274 |
| 63 | Pipestone County | 274 |
| 65 | Cottonwood County | 268 |
| 65 | Stevens County | 268 |
| 67 | Swift County | 261 |
| 67 | Yellow Medicine County | 261 |
| 69 | Kanabec County | 250 |
| 69 | Watonwan County | 250 |
| 71 | Jackson County | 238 |
| 72 | Rock County | 236 |
| 73 | Cook County | 230 |
| 73 | Murray County | 230 |
| 75 | Marshall County | 205 |
| 76 | Grant County | 175 |
| 77 | Lac qui Parle County | 167 |
| 78 | Lincoln County | 162 |
| 79 | Clearwater County | 160 |
| 80 | Norman County | 152 |
| 81 | Big Stone County | 141 |
| 82 | Lake of the Woods County | 127 |
| 83 | Wilkin County | 125 |
| 84 | Kittson County | 117 |
| 85 | Traverse County | 98 |
| 86 | Mahnomen County | 88 |
| 87 | Red Lake County | 73 |