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Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate

Perry County had the highest establishment entry rate of 66 counties in 2017, at 10.86%. Monroe County had the lowest, at 4.885%. The median was 7.428% and the figure for Alabama was 8.134%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest10.86Perry County
Lowest4.885Monroe County
Median7.42866 counties
Alabama8.134History

Map of counties, 2017

Autauga County: 8.411 %Baldwin County: 9.986 %Barbour County: 6.961 %Bibb County: 7.394 %Blount County: 10.276 %Bullock County: 5.882 %Butler County: 6.25 %Calhoun County: 7.104 %Chambers County: 7.011 %Cherokee County: 7.681 %Chilton County: 7.59 %Choctaw County: 5.405 %Clarke County: 5.729 %Clay County: 5.587 %Cleburne County: 7.051 %Coffee County: 7.493 %Colbert County: 6.41 %Conecuh County: 8.152 %Covington County: 6.705 %Crenshaw County: 6.122 %Cullman County: 8.754 %Dale County: 6.735 %Dallas County: 5.951 %DeKalb County: 8.624 %Elmore County: 8.167 %Escambia County: 7.878 %Etowah County: 6.519 %Fayette County: 8.099 %Franklin County: 7.354 %Geneva County: 6.897 %Greene County: 4.95 %Hale County: 8.581 %Henry County: 6.039 %Houston County: 7.461 %Jackson County: 5.919 %Jefferson County: 8.496 %Lamar County: 6.867 %Lauderdale County: 8.187 %Lawrence County: 7.532 %Lee County: 8.667 %Limestone County: 9.906 %Lowndes County: 6.061 %Macon County: 6.723 %Madison County: 8.666 %Marengo County: 9.203 %Marion County: 6.641 %Marshall County: 7.362 %Mobile County: 7.97 %Monroe County: 4.885 %Montgomery County: 7.681 %Morgan County: 7.645 %Perry County: 10.86 %Pickens County: 6.085 %Pike County: 7.359 %Randolph County: 6.532 %Russell County: 7.094 %St. Clair County: 7.867 %Shelby County: 9.948 %Sumter County: 8.672 %Talladega County: 8.595 %Tallapoosa County: 8.357 %Tuscaloosa County: 8.001 %Walker County: 7.352 %Washington County: 9.04 %Wilcox County: 7.074 %Winston County: 7.739 %
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%, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Perry County: 10.86 %Perry County10.86Blount County: 10.276 %Blount County10.276Baldwin County: 9.986 %Baldwin County9.986Shelby County: 9.948 %Shelby County9.948Limestone County: 9.906 %Limestone County9.906Marengo County: 9.203 %Marengo County9.203Washington County: 9.04 %Washington County9.04Cullman County: 8.754 %Cullman County8.754Sumter County: 8.672 %Sumter County8.672Lee County: 8.667 %Lee County8.667Madison County: 8.666 %Madison County8.666DeKalb County: 8.624 %DeKalb County8.624Talladega County: 8.595 %Talladega County8.595Hale County: 8.581 %Hale County8.581Jefferson County: 8.496 %Jefferson County8.496Autauga County: 8.411 %Autauga County8.411Tallapoosa County: 8.357 %Tallapoosa County8.357Lauderdale County: 8.187 %Lauderdale County8.187Elmore County: 8.167 %Elmore County8.167Conecuh County: 8.152 %Conecuh County8.152Fayette County: 8.099 %Fayette County8.099Tuscaloosa County: 8.001 %Tuscaloosa County8.001Mobile County: 7.97 %Mobile County7.97Escambia County: 7.878 %Escambia County7.878St. Clair County: 7.867 %St. Clair County7.867Winston County: 7.739 %Winston County7.739Cherokee County: 7.681 %Cherokee County7.681Montgomery County: 7.681 %Montgomery County7.681Morgan County: 7.645 %Morgan County7.645Chilton County: 7.59 %Chilton County7.59Lawrence County: 7.532 %Lawrence County7.532Coffee County: 7.493 %Coffee County7.493Houston County: 7.461 %Houston County7.461Bibb County: 7.394 %Bibb County7.394Marshall County: 7.362 %Marshall County7.362Pike County: 7.359 %Pike County7.359Franklin County: 7.354 %Franklin County7.354Walker County: 7.352 %Walker County7.352Calhoun County: 7.104 %Calhoun County7.104Russell County: 7.094 %Russell County7.094Perry County: 10.86 %Perry County10.86Blount County: 10.276 %Blount County10.276Baldwin County: 9.986 %Baldwin County9.986Shelby County: 9.948 %Shelby County9.948Limestone County: 9.906 %Limestone County9.906Marengo County: 9.203 %Marengo County9.203Washington County: 9.04 %Washington County9.04Cullman County: 8.754 %Cullman County8.754Sumter County: 8.672 %Sumter County8.672Lee County: 8.667 %Lee County8.667Madison County: 8.666 %Madison County8.666DeKalb County: 8.624 %DeKalb County8.624Talladega County: 8.595 %Talladega County8.595Hale County: 8.581 %Hale County8.581Jefferson County: 8.496 %Jefferson County8.496Autauga County: 8.411 %Autauga County8.411Tallapoosa County: 8.357 %Tallapoosa County8.357Lauderdale County: 8.187 %Lauderdale County8.187Elmore County: 8.167 %Elmore County8.167Conecuh County: 8.152 %Conecuh County8.152Fayette County: 8.099 %Fayette County8.099Tuscaloosa County: 8.001 %Tuscaloosa County8.001Mobile County: 7.97 %Mobile County7.97Escambia County: 7.878 %Escambia County7.878St. Clair County: 7.867 %St. Clair County7.867Winston County: 7.739 %Winston County7.739Cherokee County: 7.681 %Cherokee County7.681Montgomery County: 7.681 %Montgomery County7.681Morgan County: 7.645 %Morgan County7.645Chilton County: 7.59 %Chilton County7.59Lawrence County: 7.532 %Lawrence County7.532Coffee County: 7.493 %Coffee County7.493Houston County: 7.461 %Houston County7.461Bibb County: 7.394 %Bibb County7.394Marshall County: 7.362 %Marshall County7.362Pike County: 7.359 %Pike County7.359Franklin County: 7.354 %Franklin County7.354Walker County: 7.352 %Walker County7.352Calhoun County: 7.104 %Calhoun County7.104Russell County: 7.094 %Russell County7.094
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Perry County10.86+6.35 pts
2Blount County10.276+0.6 pts
3Baldwin County9.986-0.58 pts
4Shelby County9.948-0.49 pts
5Limestone County9.906-1.1 pts
6Marengo County9.203+2.74 pts
7Washington County9.04-2.49 pts
8Cullman County8.754+1.18 pts
9Sumter County8.672+3.31 pts
10Lee County8.667-1.35 pts
11Madison County8.666-0.7 pts
12DeKalb County8.624+1.64 pts
13Talladega County8.595+1.94 pts
14Hale County8.581+2.81 pts
15Jefferson County8.496+0.08 pts
16Autauga County8.411-0.02 pts
17Tallapoosa County8.357+1.16 pts
18Lauderdale County8.187+0.53 pts
19Elmore County8.167-0.14 pts
20Conecuh County8.152+0.44 pts
21Fayette County8.099+3.17 pts
22Tuscaloosa County8.001-0.08 pts
23Mobile County7.97-0.75 pts
24Escambia County7.878+2.3 pts
25St. Clair County7.867-2.28 pts
26Winston County7.739+1.15 pts
27Cherokee County7.681-0.64 pts
27Montgomery County7.681-0.63 pts
29Morgan County7.645+0.92 pts
30Chilton County7.59+0.88 pts
31Lawrence County7.532+0.11 pts
32Coffee County7.493+1.16 pts
33Houston County7.461-0.22 pts
34Bibb County7.394+0.68 pts
35Marshall County7.362+0.06 pts
36Pike County7.359+0.13 pts
37Franklin County7.354+2.29 pts
38Walker County7.352+1.1 pts
39Calhoun County7.104-0.42 pts
40Russell County7.094+0.57 pts
41Wilcox County7.074-4.99 pts
42Cleburne County7.051-2.1 pts
43Chambers County7.011-1.92 pts
44Barbour County6.961+0.43 pts
45Geneva County6.897-3.5 pts
46Lamar County6.867+2.12 pts
47Dale County6.735-0.39 pts
48Macon County6.723-3.26 pts
49Covington County6.705+1.82 pts
50Marion County6.641+1.32 pts
51Randolph County6.532-0.35 pts
52Etowah County6.519-1.19 pts
53Colbert County6.41-1.98 pts
54Butler County6.25+0.45 pts
55Crenshaw County6.122-2.1 pts
56Pickens County6.085+0.06 pts
57Lowndes County6.061+3.08 pts
58Henry County6.039-4.99 pts
59Dallas County5.951-0.83 pts
60Jackson County5.919-1.75 pts
61Bullock County5.882-4.9 pts
62Clarke County5.729-1.01 pts
63Clay County5.587-1.78 pts
64Choctaw County5.405-2.54 pts
65Greene County4.95-8.18 pts
66Monroe County4.885-0.52 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2017. 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/establishment-entry-rate/alabama-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alabama-counties?period=2017.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Alabama by establishment entry rate, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/alabama-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Perry County, with 10.86% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Monroe County, with 4.885% in 2017.

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: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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