# Counties in Tennessee by employer firms, 2023

All 95 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Davidson County | 15,722 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 13,273 |
| 3 | Knox County | 9,054 |
| 4 | Hamilton County | 7,336 |
| 5 | Williamson County | 6,728 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 4,681 |
| 7 | Sumner County | 3,003 |
| 8 | Wilson County | 2,659 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 2,626 |
| 10 | Sullivan County | 2,481 |
| 11 | Washington County | 2,473 |
| 12 | Sevier County | 2,360 |
| 13 | Madison County | 2,072 |
| 14 | Blount County | 2,037 |
| 15 | Bradley County | 1,648 |
| 16 | Putnam County | 1,631 |
| 17 | Maury County | 1,617 |
| 18 | Anderson County | 1,261 |
| 19 | Hamblen County | 1,119 |
| 20 | Robertson County | 1,117 |
| 21 | Coffee County | 1,060 |
| 22 | Greene County | 987 |
| 23 | Cumberland County | 972 |
| 24 | Dickson County | 933 |
| 25 | Loudon County | 838 |
| 26 | McMinn County | 797 |
| 27 | Bedford County | 786 |
| 28 | Gibson County | 775 |
| 29 | Dyer County | 682 |
| 30 | Warren County | 659 |
| 31 | Tipton County | 647 |
| 32 | Franklin County | 640 |
| 33 | Jefferson County | 638 |
| 34 | Lawrence County | 637 |
| 35 | Carter County | 625 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 622 |
| 37 | Henry County | 618 |
| 38 | Roane County | 612 |
| 39 | Cheatham County | 586 |
| 40 | Fayette County | 582 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 531 |
| 42 | Obion County | 513 |
| 43 | Hawkins County | 508 |
| 44 | Campbell County | 497 |
| 45 | Weakley County | 495 |
| 46 | Giles County | 488 |
| 47 | Marshall County | 476 |
| 48 | Hardin County | 467 |
| 49 | Rhea County | 446 |
| 50 | Henderson County | 435 |
| 51 | Cocke County | 412 |
| 52 | Marion County | 408 |
| 53 | Claiborne County | 388 |
| 53 | McNairy County | 388 |
| 55 | Carroll County | 373 |
| 56 | White County | 366 |
| 57 | Overton County | 312 |
| 58 | Macon County | 294 |
| 58 | Scott County | 294 |
| 60 | Humphreys County | 290 |
| 61 | DeKalb County | 283 |
| 62 | Hardeman County | 268 |
| 63 | Smith County | 267 |
| 64 | Haywood County | 263 |
| 65 | Benton County | 257 |
| 66 | Lauderdale County | 253 |
| 67 | Hickman County | 248 |
| 68 | Fentress County | 239 |
| 69 | Chester County | 223 |
| 70 | Unicoi County | 221 |
| 71 | Johnson County | 215 |
| 72 | Lewis County | 213 |
| 73 | Grainger County | 204 |
| 74 | Crockett County | 200 |
| 75 | Decatur County | 198 |
| 76 | Cannon County | 196 |
| 77 | Polk County | 191 |
| 78 | Sequatchie County | 185 |
| 78 | Union County | 185 |
| 80 | Wayne County | 170 |
| 81 | Stewart County | 151 |
| 82 | Morgan County | 143 |
| 83 | Grundy County | 129 |
| 84 | Trousdale County | 124 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 110 |
| 86 | Bledsoe County | 108 |
| 87 | Perry County | 104 |
| 88 | Houston County | 101 |
| 89 | Meigs County | 86 |
| 90 | Clay County | 85 |
| 91 | Moore County | 73 |
| 92 | Pickett County | 71 |
| 93 | Lake County | 53 |
| 94 | Hancock County | 51 |
| 95 | Van Buren County | 35 |