Counties in Utah by employer firms

Salt Lake County had the highest employer firms of 29 counties in 2016, at 22,562. Piute County had the lowest, at 16. The median was 429 and the figure for Utah was 54,480. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest22,562Salt Lake County

Lowest16Piute County

Median42929 counties

Utah54,480History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 200
200 to 700
700 to 2,100
2,100 and over

count, 2016. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Salt Lake County	22,562	+1.8%
2	Utah County	9,448	+3.8%
3	Davis County	5,324	+3.1%
4	Weber County	4,181	+2.1%
5	Washington County	3,965	+4.6%
6	Cache County	2,528	+2.9%
7	Summit County	1,817	+3.7%
8	Iron County	1,060	+2.9%
9	Uintah County	964	-8.3%
10	Box Elder County	918	+6.1%
11	Wasatch County	807	+3.9%
12	Tooele County	710	+1.6%
13	Duchesne County	473	-14.2%
14	Sevier County	459	+0.9%
15	Carbon County	429	-0.5%
16	Grand County	394	+3.1%
17	Sanpete County	353	+0.3%
18	Millard County	220	-1.3%
19	Morgan County	219	+7.9%
20	Kane County	201	-1.5%
21	San Juan County	193	-5.9%
22	Juab County	177	+2.3%
23	Emery County	152	+2.7%
24	Beaver County	149	-2.6%
25	Garfield County	133	+8.1%
26	Rich County	79	+1.3%
27	Wayne County	68	-1.4%
28	Daggett County	16	0%
28	Piute County	16	-5.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Counties in Utah by employer firms, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Utah by employer firms, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/utah-counties?period=2016. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Counties in Utah by employer firms, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/utah-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Utah by employer firms, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/utah-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Counties in Utah by employer firms, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/utah-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

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Which county has the highest employer firms?

Salt Lake County, with 22,562 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Piute County, with 16 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.