Counties in Utah by employer firms

Salt Lake County had the highest employer firms of 29 counties in 2020, at 24,030. Daggett County had the lowest, at 20. The median was 421 and the figure for Utah was 60,297. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest24,030Salt Lake County

Lowest20Daggett County

Median42129 counties

Utah60,297History

Map of counties, 2020

Under 200
200 to 300
300 to 700
700 to 2,300
2,300 and over

count, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Salt Lake County	24,030	+1.6%
2	Utah County	11,076	+2.8%
3	Davis County	5,930	+2.4%
4	Washington County	4,825	+5%
5	Weber County	4,531	+1.7%
6	Cache County	2,794	+2.6%
7	Summit County	1,976	+2.1%
8	Iron County	1,295	+4.9%
9	Box Elder County	991	+1.7%
10	Uintah County	933	-3.7%
11	Wasatch County	909	+1.7%
12	Tooele County	812	+4.4%
13	Sevier County	475	-1.9%
14	Duchesne County	471	-3.1%
15	Grand County	421	+1.2%
16	Carbon County	396	-2.5%
17	Sanpete County	371	-2.4%
18	Morgan County	252	+5%
19	Kane County	247	+7.9%
20	Millard County	217	-0.9%
21	San Juan County	200	-5.2%
22	Juab County	193	+4.3%
23	Beaver County	157	+9%
24	Garfield County	148	+6.5%
25	Emery County	144	-7.1%
26	Rich County	82	-6.8%
27	Wayne County	76	-1.3%
28	Piute County	21	-4.5%
29	Daggett County	20	+25%

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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in Utah by employer firms, 2020 [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=2020 (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, 2020}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/utah-counties?period=2020. 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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Questions

Which county has the highest employer firms?

Salt Lake County, with 24,030 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Daggett County, with 20 in 2020.

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.