# Counties in Montana by employer firms, 2023

All 56 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/montana-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gallatin County | 5,293 |
| 2 | Yellowstone County | 4,684 |
| 3 | Missoula County | 3,917 |
| 4 | Flathead County | 3,895 |
| 5 | Lewis and Clark County | 2,148 |
| 6 | Cascade County | 1,960 |
| 7 | Ravalli County | 1,391 |
| 8 | Silver Bow County | 974 |
| 9 | Lake County | 799 |
| 10 | Park County | 688 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 550 |
| 12 | Richland County | 424 |
| 13 | Hill County | 403 |
| 14 | Fergus County | 377 |
| 15 | Custer County | 375 |
| 16 | Carbon County | 368 |
| 17 | Beaverhead County | 329 |
| 18 | Sanders County | 318 |
| 19 | Madison County | 302 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 279 |
| 21 | Dawson County | 252 |
| 22 | Valley County | 230 |
| 23 | Stillwater County | 213 |
| 24 | Deer Lodge County | 208 |
| 25 | Teton County | 176 |
| 26 | Glacier County | 169 |
| 27 | Broadwater County | 165 |
| 27 | Roosevelt County | 165 |
| 29 | Pondera County | 151 |
| 30 | Big Horn County | 149 |
| 31 | Sweet Grass County | 148 |
| 32 | Powell County | 146 |
| 32 | Rosebud County | 146 |
| 34 | Toole County | 138 |
| 35 | Sheridan County | 135 |
| 36 | Chouteau County | 119 |
| 37 | Blaine County | 109 |
| 38 | Mineral County | 108 |
| 39 | Fallon County | 107 |
| 39 | Phillips County | 107 |
| 41 | Musselshell County | 101 |
| 42 | Granite County | 92 |
| 43 | Daniels County | 63 |
| 44 | Meagher County | 61 |
| 45 | Powder River County | 59 |
| 46 | Liberty County | 56 |
| 47 | Wheatland County | 52 |
| 48 | McCone County | 48 |
| 49 | Judith Basin County | 47 |
| 50 | Wibaux County | 24 |
| 51 | Garfield County | 23 |
| 51 | Prairie County | 23 |
| 53 | Carter County | 22 |
| 54 | Treasure County | 16 |
| 55 | Petroleum County | 8 |
| 56 | Golden Valley County | 7 |