# Counties in Ohio by employer firms, 2023

All 88 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/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cuyahoga County | 22,503 |
| 2 | Franklin County | 21,012 |
| 3 | Hamilton County | 14,961 |
| 4 | Summit County | 9,793 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 7,909 |
| 6 | Lucas County | 6,740 |
| 7 | Stark County | 6,044 |
| 8 | Butler County | 5,631 |
| 9 | Lake County | 4,277 |
| 10 | Mahoning County | 4,224 |
| 11 | Lorain County | 4,221 |
| 12 | Delaware County | 4,150 |
| 13 | Warren County | 3,743 |
| 14 | Medina County | 3,267 |
| 15 | Clermont County | 2,955 |
| 16 | Trumbull County | 2,942 |
| 17 | Licking County | 2,510 |
| 18 | Greene County | 2,458 |
| 19 | Portage County | 2,379 |
| 20 | Fairfield County | 2,312 |
| 21 | Geauga County | 2,256 |
| 22 | Wood County | 2,214 |
| 23 | Richland County | 2,109 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 2,084 |
| 25 | Allen County | 1,818 |
| 26 | Miami County | 1,804 |
| 27 | Clark County | 1,784 |
| 28 | Tuscarawas County | 1,706 |
| 29 | Columbiana County | 1,490 |
| 30 | Ashtabula County | 1,462 |
| 31 | Erie County | 1,424 |
| 32 | Muskingum County | 1,364 |
| 33 | Hancock County | 1,355 |
| 34 | Holmes County | 1,259 |
| 35 | Washington County | 1,106 |
| 36 | Belmont County | 1,068 |
| 37 | Union County | 1,032 |
| 38 | Ross County | 1,002 |
| 39 | Scioto County | 995 |
| 40 | Sandusky County | 967 |
| 41 | Darke County | 963 |
| 42 | Jefferson County | 938 |
| 43 | Knox County | 918 |
| 44 | Huron County | 902 |
| 45 | Mercer County | 891 |
| 46 | Seneca County | 887 |
| 47 | Marion County | 869 |
| 48 | Ashland County | 846 |
| 49 | Auglaize County | 834 |
| 50 | Athens County | 825 |
| 51 | Shelby County | 817 |
| 52 | Fulton County | 784 |
| 53 | Ottawa County | 782 |
| 54 | Pickaway County | 729 |
| 55 | Logan County | 726 |
| 56 | Guernsey County | 687 |
| 57 | Defiance County | 685 |
| 58 | Williams County | 680 |
| 59 | Crawford County | 676 |
| 60 | Madison County | 623 |
| 61 | Putnam County | 611 |
| 62 | Clinton County | 591 |
| 63 | Highland County | 587 |
| 64 | Lawrence County | 579 |
| 65 | Preble County | 558 |
| 66 | Coshocton County | 528 |
| 67 | Fayette County | 509 |
| 68 | Champaign County | 495 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 473 |
| 70 | Henry County | 469 |
| 71 | Gallia County | 463 |
| 72 | Van Wert County | 457 |
| 73 | Brown County | 452 |
| 74 | Hocking County | 423 |
| 75 | Wyandot County | 419 |
| 76 | Carroll County | 417 |
| 77 | Morrow County | 386 |
| 78 | Hardin County | 363 |
| 79 | Perry County | 351 |
| 80 | Adams County | 333 |
| 81 | Pike County | 331 |
| 82 | Paulding County | 263 |
| 83 | Meigs County | 252 |
| 84 | Harrison County | 211 |
| 85 | Monroe County | 210 |
| 86 | Noble County | 199 |
| 87 | Morgan County | 150 |
| 88 | Vinton County | 119 |