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Counties in Georgia by establishment entry rate

Long County had the highest establishment entry rate of 155 counties in 2021, at 23.75%. Glascock County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 9.866% and the figure for Georgia was 13.12%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest23.75Long County
Lowest0Glascock County
Median9.866155 counties
Georgia13.12History

Map of counties, 2021

Appling County: 10.072 %Atkinson County: 4.706 %Bacon County: 8.796 %Baker County: 10.526 %Baldwin County: 9.056 %Banks County: 11.599 %Barrow County: 12.323 %Bartow County: 10.785 %Ben Hill County: 6.44 %Berrien County: 8.172 %Bibb County: 9.23 %Bleckley County: 10.423 %Brantley County: 8.02 %Brooks County: 9.852 %Bryan County: 13.84 %Bulloch County: 11.224 %Burke County: 11.872 %Butts County: 12.435 %Calhoun County: 12.903 %Camden County: 10.572 %Candler County: 9.184 %Carroll County: 10.241 %Catoosa County: 9.295 %Charlton County: 7.067 %Chatham County: 11.076 %Chattahoochee County: 11.538 %Chattooga County: 7.85 %Cherokee County: 13.331 %Clarke County: 9.981 %Clay County: 21.053 %Clayton County: 17.256 %Clinch County: 5.622 %Cobb County: 14.097 %Coffee County: 7.431 %Colquitt County: 9.39 %Columbia County: 11.743 %Cook County: 8.142 %Coweta County: 14.586 %Crawford County: 9.649 %Crisp County: 7.205 %Dade County: 11.302 %Dawson County: 11.047 %Decatur County: 7.57 %DeKalb County: 15.535 %Dodge County: 8.571 %Dooly County: 12.319 %Dougherty County: 8.126 %Douglas County: 15.096 %Early County: 7.388 %Effingham County: 13.208 %Elbert County: 7.711 %Emanuel County: 6.77 %Evans County: 5.276 %Fannin County: 11.41 %Fayette County: 12.513 %Floyd County: 9.241 %Forsyth County: 15.249 %Franklin County: 10.611 %Fulton County: 16.148 %Gilmer County: 11.408 %Glascock County: 0 %Glynn County: 9.504 %Gordon County: 9.632 %Grady County: 9.535 %Greene County: 9.451 %Gwinnett County: 15.217 %Habersham County: 11.028 %Hall County: 11.073 %Hancock County: 6.723 %Haralson County: 9.484 %Harris County: 9.536 %Hart County: 11.111 %Heard County: 14.468 %Henry County: 16.645 %Houston County: 11.915 %Irwin County: 3.774 %Jackson County: 12.609 %Jasper County: 14.749 %Jeff Davis County: 9.567 %Jefferson County: 6.552 %Jenkins County: 7.33 %Johnson County: 6.222 %Jones County: 9.826 %Lamar County: 12.992 %Lanier County: 5.376 %Laurens County: 7.969 %Lee County: 14.921 %Liberty County: 10.65 %Lincoln County: 12.364 %Long County: 23.75 %Lowndes County: 9.42 %Lumpkin County: 9.18 %McDuffie County: 8.344 %McIntosh County: 9.969 %Macon County: 4.805 %Madison County: 13.406 %Marion County: 13.333 %Meriwether County: 19.149 %Miller County: 4.219 %Mitchell County: 10.03 %Monroe County: 11.475 %Montgomery County: 7.407 %Morgan County: 11.902 %Murray County: 8.568 %Muscogee County: 9.866 %Newton County: 14.967 %Oconee County: 11.351 %Oglethorpe County: 12.618 %Paulding County: 16.055 %Peach County: 11.05 %Pickens County: 8.702 %Pierce County: 10.658 %Pike County: 12.295 %Polk County: 7.57 %Pulaski County: 7.67 %Putnam County: 11.653 %Rabun County: 8.482 %Randolph County: 7.469 %Richmond County: 9.198 %Rockdale County: 15.459 %Schley County: 17.241 %Screven County: 8.232 %Seminole County: 7.973 %Spalding County: 12.655 %Stephens County: 7.895 %Stewart County: 13.084 %Sumter County: 6.076 %Talbot County: 11.881 %Tattnall County: 7.942 %Taylor County: 6.723 %Telfair County: 4.217 %Terrell County: 13.158 %Thomas County: 9.683 %Tift County: 7.609 %Toombs County: 9.47 %Towns County: 14.015 %Treutlen County: 9.091 %Troup County: 22.028 %Turner County: 9.286 %Twiggs County: 11.348 %Union County: 13.479 %Upson County: 9.941 %Walker County: 8.591 %Walton County: 14.035 %Ware County: 7.545 %Warren County: 9.459 %Washington County: 5.438 %Wayne County: 9.42 %Wheeler County: 6.061 %White County: 11.419 %Whitfield County: 7.246 %Wilcox County: 3.822 %Wilkes County: 6.433 %Wilkinson County: 12.879 %Worth County: 7.302 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Long County: 23.75 %Long County23.75Troup County: 22.028 %Troup County22.028Clay County: 21.053 %Clay County21.053Meriwether County: 19.149 %Meriwether County19.149Clayton County: 17.256 %Clayton County17.256Schley County: 17.241 %Schley County17.241Henry County: 16.645 %Henry County16.645Fulton County: 16.148 %Fulton County16.148Paulding County: 16.055 %Paulding County16.055DeKalb County: 15.535 %DeKalb County15.535Rockdale County: 15.459 %Rockdale County15.459Forsyth County: 15.249 %Forsyth County15.249Gwinnett County: 15.217 %Gwinnett County15.217Douglas County: 15.096 %Douglas County15.096Newton County: 14.967 %Newton County14.967Lee County: 14.921 %Lee County14.921Jasper County: 14.749 %Jasper County14.749Coweta County: 14.586 %Coweta County14.586Heard County: 14.468 %Heard County14.468Cobb County: 14.097 %Cobb County14.097Walton County: 14.035 %Walton County14.035Towns County: 14.015 %Towns County14.015Bryan County: 13.84 %Bryan County13.84Union County: 13.479 %Union County13.479Madison County: 13.406 %Madison County13.406Marion County: 13.333 %Marion County13.333Cherokee County: 13.331 %Cherokee County13.331Effingham County: 13.208 %Effingham County13.208Terrell County: 13.158 %Terrell County13.158Stewart County: 13.084 %Stewart County13.084Lamar County: 12.992 %Lamar County12.992Calhoun County: 12.903 %Calhoun County12.903Wilkinson County: 12.879 %Wilkinson County12.879Spalding County: 12.655 %Spalding County12.655Oglethorpe County: 12.618 %Oglethorpe County12.618Jackson County: 12.609 %Jackson County12.609Fayette County: 12.513 %Fayette County12.513Butts County: 12.435 %Butts County12.435Lincoln County: 12.364 %Lincoln County12.364Barrow County: 12.323 %Barrow County12.323Long County: 23.75 %Long County23.75Troup County: 22.028 %Troup County22.028Clay County: 21.053 %Clay County21.053Meriwether County: 19.149 %Meriwether County19.149Clayton County: 17.256 %Clayton County17.256Schley County: 17.241 %Schley County17.241Henry County: 16.645 %Henry County16.645Fulton County: 16.148 %Fulton County16.148Paulding County: 16.055 %Paulding County16.055DeKalb County: 15.535 %DeKalb County15.535Rockdale County: 15.459 %Rockdale County15.459Forsyth County: 15.249 %Forsyth County15.249Gwinnett County: 15.217 %Gwinnett County15.217Douglas County: 15.096 %Douglas County15.096Newton County: 14.967 %Newton County14.967Lee County: 14.921 %Lee County14.921Jasper County: 14.749 %Jasper County14.749Coweta County: 14.586 %Coweta County14.586Heard County: 14.468 %Heard County14.468Cobb County: 14.097 %Cobb County14.097Walton County: 14.035 %Walton County14.035Towns County: 14.015 %Towns County14.015Bryan County: 13.84 %Bryan County13.84Union County: 13.479 %Union County13.479Madison County: 13.406 %Madison County13.406Marion County: 13.333 %Marion County13.333Cherokee County: 13.331 %Cherokee County13.331Effingham County: 13.208 %Effingham County13.208Terrell County: 13.158 %Terrell County13.158Stewart County: 13.084 %Stewart County13.084Lamar County: 12.992 %Lamar County12.992Calhoun County: 12.903 %Calhoun County12.903Wilkinson County: 12.879 %Wilkinson County12.879Spalding County: 12.655 %Spalding County12.655Oglethorpe County: 12.618 %Oglethorpe County12.618Jackson County: 12.609 %Jackson County12.609Fayette County: 12.513 %Fayette County12.513Butts County: 12.435 %Butts County12.435Lincoln County: 12.364 %Lincoln County12.364Barrow County: 12.323 %Barrow County12.323
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Long County23.75+10.05 pts
2Troup County22.028+14.56 pts
3Clay County21.053+9.94 pts
4Meriwether County19.149+11.28 pts
5Clayton County17.256+6.5 pts
6Schley County17.241+6.13 pts
7Henry County16.645+3.7 pts
8Fulton County16.148+4.03 pts
9Paulding County16.055+3.24 pts
10DeKalb County15.535+4.05 pts
11Rockdale County15.459+6.19 pts
12Forsyth County15.249+1.98 pts
13Gwinnett County15.217+2.7 pts
14Douglas County15.096+4.41 pts
15Newton County14.967+3.84 pts
16Lee County14.921+4.1 pts
17Jasper County14.749+4.22 pts
18Coweta County14.586+3.73 pts
19Heard County14.468+1.02 pts
20Cobb County14.097+2.73 pts
21Walton County14.035+3.54 pts
22Towns County14.015+5.54 pts
23Bryan County13.84+2.1 pts
24Union County13.479+4.54 pts
25Madison County13.406+3.53 pts
26Marion County13.333+3.21 pts
27Cherokee County13.331+1.79 pts
28Effingham County13.208+0.55 pts
29Terrell County13.158+8.52 pts
30Stewart County13.084+7.31 pts
31Lamar County12.992+5.76 pts
32Calhoun County12.903+4.43 pts
33Wilkinson County12.879+3.65 pts
34Spalding County12.655+2.95 pts
35Oglethorpe County12.618+3.95 pts
36Jackson County12.609-0.36 pts
37Fayette County12.513+1.82 pts
38Butts County12.435+0.51 pts
39Lincoln County12.364+2.66 pts
40Barrow County12.323+0.16 pts
41Dooly County12.319+3.72 pts
42Pike County12.295+3.24 pts
43Houston County11.915+2.38 pts
44Morgan County11.902+2.19 pts
45Talbot County11.881n/a
46Burke County11.872+5.61 pts
47Columbia County11.743-0.1 pts
48Putnam County11.653+1.99 pts
49Banks County11.599+5.1 pts
50Chattahoochee County11.538-2.46 pts
51Monroe County11.475+0.74 pts
52White County11.419+3.54 pts
53Fannin County11.41+1.55 pts
54Gilmer County11.408+0.5 pts
55Oconee County11.351+0.24 pts
56Twiggs County11.348+2.46 pts
57Dade County11.302+2.35 pts
58Bulloch County11.224+2.5 pts
59Hart County11.111+4.28 pts
60Chatham County11.076+1.63 pts
61Hall County11.073+1.11 pts
62Peach County11.05+2.98 pts
63Dawson County11.047-4.34 pts
64Habersham County11.028+2.02 pts
65Bartow County10.785+1.5 pts
66Pierce County10.658+0.35 pts
67Liberty County10.65+1.71 pts
68Franklin County10.611+3.62 pts
69Camden County10.572+3.21 pts
70Baker County10.526+0.36 pts
71Bleckley County10.423-2.08 pts
72Carroll County10.241+0.3 pts
73Appling County10.072+3.37 pts
74Mitchell County10.03+1.47 pts
75Clarke County9.981+1.78 pts
76McIntosh County9.969-1.98 pts
77Upson County9.941+1.55 pts
78Muscogee County9.866+2.39 pts
79Brooks County9.852+1.37 pts
80Jones County9.826-0.19 pts
81Thomas County9.683+2.19 pts
82Crawford County9.649-5.24 pts
83Gordon County9.632+3.95 pts
84Jeff Davis County9.567+3.17 pts
85Harris County9.536-7.24 pts
86Grady County9.535+0.95 pts
87Glynn County9.504+0.7 pts
88Haralson County9.484-0.94 pts
89Toombs County9.47+2.06 pts
90Warren County9.459-4.33 pts
91Greene County9.451-0.54 pts
92Lowndes County9.42+1.96 pts
92Wayne County9.42+1.2 pts
94Colquitt County9.39+0.93 pts
95Catoosa County9.295+1.06 pts
96Turner County9.286-2.1 pts
97Floyd County9.241+0.38 pts
98Bibb County9.23+1.57 pts
99Richmond County9.198+1.56 pts
100Candler County9.184+1.14 pts
101Lumpkin County9.18+0.41 pts
102Treutlen County9.091+0.12 pts
103Baldwin County9.056+1.68 pts
104Bacon County8.796+0.04 pts
105Pickens County8.702-1.16 pts
106Walker County8.591+1.19 pts
107Dodge County8.571+3.22 pts
108Murray County8.568+0.27 pts
109Rabun County8.482-0.45 pts
110McDuffie County8.344+2.5 pts
111Screven County8.232+1.37 pts
112Berrien County8.172-4.22 pts
113Cook County8.142+2.87 pts
114Dougherty County8.126+1.08 pts
115Brantley County8.02-0.12 pts
116Seminole County7.973+2.73 pts
117Laurens County7.969+0.38 pts
118Tattnall County7.942+1.12 pts
119Stephens County7.895+2.26 pts
120Chattooga County7.85-2.37 pts
121Elbert County7.711-1.91 pts
122Pulaski County7.67+4.11 pts
123Tift County7.609-1.08 pts
124Decatur County7.57-0.37 pts
124Polk County7.57-0.17 pts
126Ware County7.545+0.09 pts
127Randolph County7.469+1.71 pts
128Coffee County7.431+0.5 pts
129Montgomery County7.407-3.88 pts
130Early County7.388-2.74 pts
131Jenkins County7.33+3.08 pts
132Worth County7.302+0.98 pts
133Whitfield County7.246-1.13 pts
134Crisp County7.205-0.29 pts
135Charlton County7.067-2.12 pts
136Emanuel County6.77-0.51 pts
137Hancock County6.7230 pts
137Taylor County6.723-0.97 pts
139Jefferson County6.552-1.34 pts
140Ben Hill County6.44+0.42 pts
141Wilkes County6.433-1.64 pts
142Johnson County6.222+1.89 pts
143Sumter County6.076-2.75 pts
144Wheeler County6.061-5.37 pts
145Clinch County5.622-4.99 pts
146Washington County5.438+0.02 pts
147Lanier County5.376-1.04 pts
148Evans County5.276-3.36 pts
149Macon County4.805-0.94 pts
150Atkinson County4.706+1.28 pts
151Miller County4.219-6.04 pts
152Telfair County4.217-1.67 pts
153Wilcox County3.822+0.07 pts
154Irwin County3.774-1.81 pts
155Glascock County0-18.18 pts

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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. 4 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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?period=2021. 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, 2021. 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?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [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?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Long County, with 23.75% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Glascock County, with 0% in 2021.

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