# Counties in Arkansas by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 75 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishment_entry_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cleveland County | 14.667 |
| 2 | Madison County | 14.085 |
| 3 | Saline County | 12.305 |
| 4 | Grant County | 12.302 |
| 5 | Benton County | 12.216 |
| 6 | Marion County | 11.765 |
| 7 | Lonoke County | 11.702 |
| 8 | Lincoln County | 11.594 |
| 9 | Carroll County | 11.535 |
| 10 | Perry County | 11.458 |
| 11 | Crawford County | 11.386 |
| 12 | Washington County | 11.045 |
| 13 | Dallas County | 10.759 |
| 14 | Johnson County | 10.014 |
| 15 | Craighead County | 9.901 |
| 16 | Pope County | 9.852 |
| 17 | Faulkner County | 9.816 |
| 18 | Baxter County | 9.773 |
| 19 | Pike County | 9.73 |
| 20 | Cleburne County | 9.689 |
| 21 | Yell County | 9.655 |
| 22 | White County | 9.559 |
| 23 | Stone County | 9.459 |
| 24 | Ouachita County | 9.434 |
| 25 | Conway County | 9.412 |
| 26 | Izard County | 9.399 |
| 27 | Boone County | 9.366 |
| 28 | Fulton County | 9.329 |
| 29 | Poinsett County | 9.31 |
| 30 | Miller County | 9.192 |
| 31 | Sharp County | 9.184 |
| 32 | Montgomery County | 9.167 |
| 33 | Garland County | 9.062 |
| 34 | Scott County | 9.057 |
| 35 | Cross County | 9.051 |
| 36 | Independence County | 9.03 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 9.028 |
| 38 | Lafayette County | 8.939 |
| 39 | Pulaski County | 8.89 |
| 40 | Lawrence County | 8.889 |
| 40 | Little River County | 8.889 |
| 42 | Randolph County | 8.844 |
| 43 | Sevier County | 8.66 |
| 44 | Howard County | 8.627 |
| 45 | Greene County | 8.562 |
| 46 | Logan County | 8.408 |
| 47 | St. Francis County | 8.399 |
| 48 | Sebastian County | 8.37 |
| 49 | Drew County | 8.258 |
| 50 | Calhoun County | 8.108 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 8.067 |
| 52 | Polk County | 7.949 |
| 53 | Newton County | 7.947 |
| 54 | Searcy County | 7.93 |
| 55 | Columbia County | 7.769 |
| 56 | Clay County | 7.707 |
| 57 | Mississippi County | 7.62 |
| 58 | Arkansas County | 7.475 |
| 59 | Clark County | 7.451 |
| 60 | Hot Spring County | 7.351 |
| 61 | Bradley County | 7.323 |
| 62 | Crittenden County | 7.134 |
| 63 | Lee County | 6.829 |
| 64 | Jackson County | 6.814 |
| 65 | Union County | 6.285 |
| 66 | Chicot County | 6.128 |
| 67 | Phillips County | 6.08 |
| 68 | Hempstead County | 5.722 |
| 69 | Van Buren County | 5.455 |
| 70 | Woodruff County | 5.128 |
| 71 | Prairie County | 4.724 |
| 72 | Desha County | 4.554 |
| 73 | Monroe County | 4.321 |
| 74 | Nevada County | 3.81 |
| 75 | Ashley County | 3.432 |