# Counties in California by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 57 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Modoc County | 14.634 |
| 2 | San Benito County | 14.075 |
| 3 | Yuba County | 13.841 |
| 4 | Madera County | 13.648 |
| 5 | Sutter County | 13.54 |
| 6 | Plumas County | 13.145 |
| 7 | San Bernardino County | 12.649 |
| 8 | Riverside County | 12.615 |
| 9 | San Joaquin County | 12.492 |
| 10 | El Dorado County | 12.219 |
| 11 | Los Angeles County | 12.164 |
| 12 | Calaveras County | 12.149 |
| 13 | Sacramento County | 12.077 |
| 14 | Placer County | 11.888 |
| 15 | Solano County | 11.79 |
| 16 | Mariposa County | 11.42 |
| 17 | Merced County | 11.401 |
| 18 | San Diego County | 11.367 |
| 19 | Amador County | 11.273 |
| 20 | Fresno County | 11.217 |
| 21 | Orange County | 11.203 |
| 22 | Kern County | 11.146 |
| 23 | Lake County | 11.089 |
| 24 | Contra Costa County | 10.994 |
| 25 | Alameda County | 10.943 |
| 26 | Nevada County | 10.903 |
| 27 | Tulare County | 10.891 |
| 28 | Del Norte County | 10.825 |
| 29 | Tuolumne County | 10.794 |
| 30 | Stanislaus County | 10.518 |
| 31 | Siskiyou County | 10.487 |
| 32 | Yolo County | 10.412 |
| 33 | San Francisco County | 10.37 |
| 34 | Santa Clara County | 10.355 |
| 35 | San Mateo County | 10.218 |
| 36 | Marin County | 10.199 |
| 37 | Santa Cruz County | 10.057 |
| 38 | Ventura County | 10.033 |
| 39 | Kings County | 9.973 |
| 40 | Imperial County | 9.885 |
| 41 | Monterey County | 9.663 |
| 42 | Sonoma County | 9.645 |
| 43 | Santa Barbara County | 9.613 |
| 44 | Butte County | 9.5 |
| 45 | Humboldt County | 9.481 |
| 46 | Colusa County | 9.458 |
| 47 | Glenn County | 9.348 |
| 48 | Sierra County | 9.259 |
| 49 | Napa County | 9.168 |
| 50 | Shasta County | 9.151 |
| 51 | San Luis Obispo County | 9.104 |
| 52 | Lassen County | 9.078 |
| 53 | Trinity County | 8.654 |
| 54 | Mendocino County | 8.551 |
| 55 | Mono County | 8.491 |
| 56 | Tehama County | 8.206 |
| 57 | Inyo County | 7.048 |