# Counties in Washington by employer firms, 2023

All 39 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 50,956 |
| 2 | Snohomish County | 15,473 |
| 3 | Pierce County | 14,925 |
| 4 | Spokane County | 10,558 |
| 5 | Clark County | 9,797 |
| 6 | Whatcom County | 5,690 |
| 7 | Thurston County | 5,288 |
| 8 | Kitsap County | 4,724 |
| 9 | Yakima County | 3,953 |
| 10 | Benton County | 3,853 |
| 11 | Skagit County | 2,990 |
| 12 | Chelan County | 2,301 |
| 13 | Cowlitz County | 1,887 |
| 14 | Clallam County | 1,751 |
| 15 | Grant County | 1,686 |
| 16 | Lewis County | 1,633 |
| 17 | Island County | 1,594 |
| 18 | Franklin County | 1,590 |
| 19 | Grays Harbor County | 1,310 |
| 20 | Walla Walla County | 1,259 |
| 21 | Kittitas County | 1,226 |
| 22 | Okanogan County | 941 |
| 23 | Mason County | 909 |
| 24 | San Juan County | 846 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 825 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 724 |
| 27 | Douglas County | 704 |
| 28 | Whitman County | 687 |
| 29 | Klickitat County | 486 |
| 30 | Pacific County | 472 |
| 31 | Asotin County | 366 |
| 32 | Adams County | 335 |
| 33 | Pend Oreille County | 208 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 205 |
| 35 | Skamania County | 186 |
| 36 | Ferry County | 125 |
| 37 | Columbia County | 91 |
| 38 | Wahkiakum County | 82 |
| 39 | Garfield County | 35 |