# Counties in Nebraska by employer firms, 2023

All 93 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/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Douglas County | 12,378 |
| 2 | Lancaster County | 6,934 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 3,198 |
| 4 | Hall County | 1,549 |
| 5 | Buffalo County | 1,486 |
| 6 | Madison County | 1,065 |
| 7 | Platte County | 883 |
| 8 | Scotts Bluff County | 857 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 840 |
| 10 | Adams County | 836 |
| 11 | Dodge County | 835 |
| 12 | Dawson County | 561 |
| 13 | Washington County | 551 |
| 14 | Gage County | 541 |
| 15 | Cass County | 516 |
| 16 | Saunders County | 513 |
| 17 | York County | 449 |
| 18 | Seward County | 416 |
| 19 | Otoe County | 405 |
| 20 | Holt County | 377 |
| 21 | Dakota County | 376 |
| 22 | Red Willow County | 342 |
| 23 | Custer County | 312 |
| 24 | Phelps County | 310 |
| 25 | Keith County | 287 |
| 26 | Cuming County | 281 |
| 27 | Saline County | 273 |
| 28 | Hamilton County | 267 |
| 29 | Box Butte County | 252 |
| 30 | Cedar County | 243 |
| 31 | Cheyenne County | 240 |
| 32 | Colfax County | 235 |
| 33 | Richardson County | 227 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 213 |
| 35 | Dawes County | 208 |
| 36 | Knox County | 202 |
| 36 | Merrick County | 202 |
| 38 | Antelope County | 196 |
| 39 | Pierce County | 194 |
| 40 | Cherry County | 191 |
| 41 | Butler County | 189 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 189 |
| 43 | Fillmore County | 175 |
| 44 | Thayer County | 173 |
| 45 | Valley County | 168 |
| 46 | Burt County | 165 |
| 47 | Boone County | 159 |
| 47 | Kearney County | 159 |
| 49 | Nemaha County | 158 |
| 50 | Clay County | 152 |
| 51 | Howard County | 150 |
| 52 | Nuckolls County | 136 |
| 53 | Brown County | 132 |
| 53 | Chase County | 132 |
| 55 | Sheridan County | 125 |
| 56 | Furnas County | 116 |
| 57 | Polk County | 113 |
| 58 | Perkins County | 111 |
| 59 | Morrill County | 100 |
| 60 | Kimball County | 98 |
| 61 | Dixon County | 96 |
| 62 | Garfield County | 90 |
| 63 | Stanton County | 89 |
| 64 | Johnson County | 87 |
| 65 | Thurston County | 86 |
| 66 | Harlan County | 84 |
| 67 | Nance County | 80 |
| 68 | Webster County | 75 |
| 69 | Sherman County | 70 |
| 70 | Greeley County | 69 |
| 71 | Franklin County | 64 |
| 72 | Frontier County | 59 |
| 73 | Hitchcock County | 56 |
| 73 | Pawnee County | 56 |
| 75 | Boyd County | 55 |
| 76 | Dundy County | 54 |
| 77 | Gosper County | 52 |
| 78 | Deuel County | 46 |
| 79 | Rock County | 44 |
| 80 | Garden County | 38 |
| 81 | Grant County | 24 |
| 82 | Hooker County | 22 |
| 83 | Thomas County | 20 |
| 84 | Logan County | 19 |
| 85 | Keya Paha County | 16 |
| 86 | Hayes County | 15 |
| 87 | Wheeler County | 14 |
| 88 | Blaine County | 12 |
| 89 | Sioux County | 11 |
| 90 | Arthur County | 10 |
| 90 | Loup County | 10 |
| 92 | Banner County | 5 |
| 92 | McPherson County | 5 |