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Counties in Georgia by establishment entry rate, 2023

Echols County had the highest establishment entry rate of 156 counties in 2023, at 26.23%. Charlton County had the lowest, at 2.837%. The median was 10.808% and the figure for Georgia was 11.793%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest26.23Echols County
Lowest2.837Charlton County
Median10.808156 counties
Georgia11.793History

Top 40 counties, 2023

Echols County: 26.23 %Echols County26.23Long County: 24.631 %Long County24.631Twiggs County: 18.571 %Twiggs County18.571Hancock County: 18.321 %Hancock County18.321Webster County: 17.544 %Webster County17.544Schley County: 17.323 %Schley County17.323Effingham County: 16.913 %Effingham County16.913Bryan County: 16.131 %Bryan County16.131Heard County: 15.596 %Heard County15.596Chattahoochee County: 15.534 %Chattahoochee County15.534Gilmer County: 14.93 %Gilmer County14.93Wheeler County: 14.894 %Wheeler County14.894Bleckley County: 14.865 %Bleckley County14.865Newton County: 14.571 %Newton County14.571Pike County: 14.545 %Pike County14.545Forsyth County: 14.438 %Forsyth County14.438Barrow County: 14.092 %Barrow County14.092Harris County: 14.078 %Harris County14.078Quitman County: 14.035 %Quitman County14.035Lee County: 13.864 %Lee County13.864Cook County: 13.758 %Cook County13.758Union County: 13.722 %Union County13.722Atkinson County: 13.415 %Atkinson County13.415Henry County: 13.411 %Henry County13.411Paulding County: 13.273 %Paulding County13.273Coweta County: 13.196 %Coweta County13.196Putnam County: 13.068 %Putnam County13.068Gwinnett County: 13.038 %Gwinnett County13.038Dawson County: 12.927 %Dawson County12.927Cherokee County: 12.926 %Cherokee County12.926Fulton County: 12.883 %Fulton County12.883Murray County: 12.739 %Murray County12.739Turner County: 12.676 %Turner County12.676Jackson County: 12.67 %Jackson County12.67Monroe County: 12.656 %Monroe County12.656Pulaski County: 12.613 %Pulaski County12.613Oconee County: 12.594 %Oconee County12.594Walton County: 12.571 %Walton County12.571Butts County: 12.5 %Butts County12.5Brantley County: 12.471 %Brantley County12.471
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Echols County26.23n/a
2Long County24.631+3.64 pts
3Twiggs County18.571+10.06 pts
4Hancock County18.321+2.19 pts
5Webster County17.544n/a
6Schley County17.323+9.13 pts
7Effingham County16.913-0.23 pts
8Bryan County16.131+3 pts
9Heard County15.596+6.86 pts
10Chattahoochee County15.534+3.77 pts
11Gilmer County14.93+0.79 pts
12Wheeler County14.894n/a
13Bleckley County14.865+8.06 pts
14Newton County14.571+1.43 pts
15Pike County14.545-1.5 pts
16Forsyth County14.438-1.03 pts
17Barrow County14.092+0.05 pts
18Harris County14.078+2.58 pts
19Quitman County14.035n/a
20Lee County13.864+2.51 pts
21Cook County13.758+4.73 pts
22Union County13.722+3.86 pts
23Atkinson County13.415+7.24 pts
24Henry County13.411-1.94 pts
25Paulding County13.273-1.12 pts
26Coweta County13.196-0.61 pts
27Putnam County13.068-0.08 pts
28Gwinnett County13.038-1.38 pts
29Dawson County12.927-3.12 pts
30Cherokee County12.926-0.89 pts
31Fulton County12.883-1.27 pts
32Murray County12.739+4.6 pts
33Turner County12.676+0.4 pts
34Jackson County12.67-2.19 pts
35Monroe County12.656+1.25 pts
36Pulaski County12.613+6.71 pts
37Oconee County12.594+0.08 pts
38Walton County12.571+0.4 pts
39Butts County12.5+2.12 pts
40Brantley County12.471+2.76 pts
41DeKalb County12.462-1.25 pts
42Columbia County12.354-0.35 pts
43Emanuel County12.195+4.59 pts
44Jasper County12.152-5.64 pts
45McIntosh County12.012-0.37 pts
46Wayne County12.01+1.21 pts
47Dooly County11.93-0.17 pts
48Clay County11.905+4.5 pts
49Colquitt County11.891+1.33 pts
50Fayette County11.879-0.92 pts
51Fannin County11.862-0.94 pts
52Towns County11.808-0.11 pts
53Rockdale County11.719-1.38 pts
54Morgan County11.695+1.69 pts
55Candler County11.675+1.88 pts
56Chatham County11.658+0.24 pts
57Greene County11.653+0.32 pts
58Glynn County11.643+1.42 pts
59Upson County11.516+0.22 pts
60Meriwether County11.506-2.92 pts
61Cobb County11.471-1.17 pts
62Banks County11.409+3.16 pts
63Worth County11.373-2.1 pts
64Jones County11.332-1.98 pts
65Clayton County11.301-2.83 pts
66Pickens County11.268-0.25 pts
67Houston County11.251-0.1 pts
68Jeff Davis County11.231+2.3 pts
69Douglas County11.21-1.22 pts
70Brooks County11.192+0.38 pts
71Hall County11.179-0.93 pts
72White County11.154+1.04 pts
73Rabun County10.936-1.89 pts
74Appling County10.909+1.83 pts
75Treutlen County10.884+5.44 pts
76Chattooga County10.866+2.3 pts
77Bartow County10.824-0.33 pts
78Walker County10.823-2.18 pts
79Bulloch County10.793+0.6 pts
80Lamar County10.714+1.68 pts
81Clarke County10.694+0.4 pts
82Taylor County10.656+0.78 pts
83Irwin County10.628+2.94 pts
84Coffee County10.591-0.29 pts
85Polk County10.491-1.71 pts
86Lumpkin County10.485+0.69 pts
87Carroll County10.479+0.27 pts
88Lowndes County10.472+1.23 pts
89Camden County10.383-3.07 pts
90Baldwin County10.33-1.08 pts
91Spalding County10.329-1.94 pts
92Muscogee County10.289+0.04 pts
93Liberty County10.19-0.09 pts
94McDuffie County10.182+1.44 pts
95Madison County10.143-1.26 pts
96Tattnall County10.122-1.03 pts
97Catoosa County10.088+0.11 pts
98Burke County10.029+0.64 pts
99Thomas County10.022+1.04 pts
100Laurens County9.971+1.12 pts
101Crawford County9.91+0.13 pts
102Hart County9.908-2.36 pts
103Screven County9.843-2.28 pts
104Gordon County9.768-0.35 pts
105Peach County9.615-4.84 pts
106Haralson County9.611-2.88 pts
107Troup County9.578-4.2 pts
108Habersham County9.507-1.78 pts
109Dade County9.501+0.3 pts
110Decatur County9.474+1.17 pts
111Toombs County9.465-1.13 pts
112Floyd County9.459-0.9 pts
113Whitfield County9.392-0.32 pts
114Grady County9.368-0.55 pts
115Richmond County9.311-0.05 pts
116Calhoun County9.302-0.07 pts
117Pierce County9.24+0.4 pts
118Bibb County9.033-0.1 pts
119Lincoln County8.997-3.59 pts
120Telfair County8.902-1.97 pts
121Stephens County8.889-0.37 pts
122Johnson County8.85+0.78 pts
123Ben Hill County8.649+2.16 pts
124Oglethorpe County8.615-1.94 pts
125Evans County8.531+2.31 pts
126Dodge County8.511-0.35 pts
127Crisp County8.502-0.79 pts
128Terrell County8.497+4.61 pts
129Franklin County8.421-3.64 pts
130Sumter County8.276-1.36 pts
131Dougherty County8.122-1.74 pts
132Mitchell County8.108-1.27 pts
133Elbert County8.088-1.63 pts
134Wilkes County8.069-0.63 pts
135Ware County8.057-0.29 pts
136Tift County7.88-0.94 pts
137Randolph County7.86+0.23 pts
138Wilcox County7.692-5.29 pts
139Berrien County7.143-1.44 pts
140Talbot County7.08-13.29 pts
141Marion County6.857-12.24 pts
142Washington County6.738-0.58 pts
143Seminole County6.601-5.28 pts
144Bacon County6.542-3.22 pts
145Jefferson County6.122-4.55 pts
145Stewart County6.122n/a
147Wilkinson County5.904-3.02 pts
148Clinch County5.858+2.54 pts
149Montgomery County5.714-0.99 pts
150Warren County5.634-1.21 pts
151Macon County5.625-6.61 pts
152Jenkins County5.128-4.01 pts
153Early County4.301-0.98 pts
154Lanier County4.145-7.56 pts
155Miller County3.376-4.96 pts
156Charlton County2.837-8.31 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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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 Georgia by establishment entry rate, 2023) [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 Georgia by establishment entry rate, 2023. 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/georgia-counties. 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 Georgia by establishment entry rate, 2023. 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/georgia-counties.

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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 Georgia by establishment entry rate, 2023 [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/georgia-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Echols County, with 26.23% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Charlton County, with 2.837% in 2023.

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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. 3 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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