# Counties in Florida by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 67 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/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Osceola County | 17.777 |
| 2 | Gulf County | 16.255 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | 15.071 |
| 4 | St. Johns County | 15.035 |
| 5 | St. Lucie County | 15.008 |
| 6 | Walton County | 14.753 |
| 7 | Orange County | 14.262 |
| 8 | Lee County | 14.224 |
| 9 | Flagler County | 14.206 |
| 10 | Pasco County | 14.192 |
| 11 | Manatee County | 14.09 |
| 12 | Miami-Dade County | 14.016 |
| 13 | Wakulla County | 13.877 |
| 14 | Hendry County | 13.783 |
| 15 | Lake County | 13.465 |
| 16 | Santa Rosa County | 13.449 |
| 17 | Palm Beach County | 13.391 |
| 18 | Charlotte County | 13.343 |
| 19 | Collier County | 13.262 |
| 20 | Marion County | 13.181 |
| 21 | Hillsborough County | 13.174 |
| 22 | Gadsden County | 13.164 |
| 23 | Polk County | 13.035 |
| 24 | Nassau County | 12.965 |
| 25 | Clay County | 12.945 |
| 26 | Broward County | 12.915 |
| 27 | Pinellas County | 12.648 |
| 28 | Glades County | 12.605 |
| 29 | Hernando County | 12.464 |
| 30 | Levy County | 12.346 |
| 31 | Suwannee County | 12.342 |
| 32 | Sumter County | 12.325 |
| 33 | Martin County | 12.207 |
| 34 | Seminole County | 12.17 |
| 35 | Monroe County | 12.16 |
| 36 | Sarasota County | 12.108 |
| 37 | Bay County | 12.072 |
| 38 | Baker County | 11.951 |
| 39 | Putnam County | 11.868 |
| 40 | Escambia County | 11.823 |
| 41 | Volusia County | 11.686 |
| 42 | Gilchrist County | 11.65 |
| 43 | Okaloosa County | 11.63 |
| 44 | Duval County | 11.597 |
| 45 | Brevard County | 11.391 |
| 46 | Liberty County | 11.321 |
| 47 | Okeechobee County | 11.192 |
| 48 | Indian River County | 11.051 |
| 49 | Jefferson County | 10.985 |
| 50 | Holmes County | 10.753 |
| 51 | Alachua County | 10.707 |
| 52 | Leon County | 10.487 |
| 53 | Bradford County | 10.332 |
| 54 | Union County | 10.256 |
| 55 | Highlands County | 10.166 |
| 56 | Hardee County | 10.165 |
| 57 | Citrus County | 9.715 |
| 58 | Washington County | 9.618 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 9.331 |
| 60 | Taylor County | 9.057 |
| 61 | Columbia County | 8.786 |
| 62 | Franklin County | 8.149 |
| 63 | Hamilton County | 8.054 |
| 64 | Madison County | 7.578 |
| 65 | Lafayette County | 7.512 |
| 66 | Dixie County | 7.202 |
| 67 | Calhoun County | 6.145 |