# Counties in Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 102 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/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Menard County | 15.169 |
| 2 | Stark County | 15.075 |
| 3 | Kendall County | 12.896 |
| 4 | Calhoun County | 12.329 |
| 5 | Johnson County | 11.538 |
| 6 | Will County | 10.993 |
| 7 | Scott County | 10.811 |
| 8 | Mercer County | 10.73 |
| 9 | Kane County | 10.673 |
| 10 | Wayne County | 10.604 |
| 11 | Ogle County | 10.589 |
| 12 | Putnam County | 10.39 |
| 13 | Boone County | 10.317 |
| 14 | Cook County | 10.133 |
| 15 | Monroe County | 10.11 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 10.016 |
| 17 | Brown County | 9.95 |
| 18 | Lake County | 9.888 |
| 19 | McHenry County | 9.767 |
| 20 | Sangamon County | 9.713 |
| 21 | Jackson County | 9.672 |
| 22 | Marion County | 9.62 |
| 23 | Clark County | 9.555 |
| 24 | Union County | 9.48 |
| 25 | DuPage County | 9.414 |
| 26 | Ford County | 9.31 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 9.291 |
| 28 | Greene County | 9.278 |
| 29 | Mason County | 9.263 |
| 30 | Schuyler County | 9.187 |
| 31 | Pike County | 9.177 |
| 32 | Piatt County | 9.137 |
| 33 | Madison County | 9.107 |
| 34 | Kankakee County | 9.015 |
| 35 | Williamson County | 9.01 |
| 36 | McLean County | 8.901 |
| 37 | Champaign County | 8.848 |
| 38 | Wabash County | 8.753 |
| 39 | Grundy County | 8.72 |
| 40 | Cumberland County | 8.667 |
| 41 | Edgar County | 8.638 |
| 42 | Bond County | 8.633 |
| 43 | Clay County | 8.606 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 8.491 |
| 45 | Woodford County | 8.476 |
| 46 | Adams County | 8.437 |
| 47 | Pope County | 8.421 |
| 48 | Clinton County | 8.374 |
| 49 | Warren County | 8.26 |
| 50 | Jo Daviess County | 8.228 |
| 51 | Randolph County | 8.226 |
| 52 | Perry County | 8.215 |
| 53 | Rock Island County | 8.214 |
| 54 | Alexander County | 8.163 |
| 55 | Washington County | 8.096 |
| 56 | Fayette County | 8.045 |
| 57 | Gallatin County | 7.947 |
| 58 | Tazewell County | 7.92 |
| 59 | McDonough County | 7.871 |
| 60 | Stephenson County | 7.818 |
| 61 | DeKalb County | 7.815 |
| 62 | Hardin County | 7.767 |
| 63 | Macoupin County | 7.667 |
| 64 | Livingston County | 7.592 |
| 65 | Lawrence County | 7.556 |
| 66 | Morgan County | 7.5 |
| 67 | Shelby County | 7.494 |
| 68 | Jersey County | 7.448 |
| 69 | Carroll County | 7.442 |
| 70 | Iroquois County | 7.388 |
| 71 | Peoria County | 7.351 |
| 72 | Richland County | 7.342 |
| 72 | St. Clair County | 7.342 |
| 74 | Hamilton County | 7.339 |
| 75 | Jefferson County | 7.332 |
| 76 | Effingham County | 7.237 |
| 77 | Coles County | 7.236 |
| 78 | Saline County | 7.214 |
| 79 | Bureau County | 7.098 |
| 80 | LaSalle County | 7.094 |
| 81 | Winnebago County | 7.042 |
| 82 | De Witt County | 6.897 |
| 83 | Douglas County | 6.87 |
| 84 | Henry County | 6.853 |
| 85 | Crawford County | 6.851 |
| 86 | Fulton County | 6.841 |
| 87 | Vermilion County | 6.837 |
| 88 | Hancock County | 6.745 |
| 89 | White County | 6.731 |
| 90 | Whiteside County | 6.59 |
| 91 | Macon County | 6.557 |
| 92 | Edwards County | 6.426 |
| 93 | Lee County | 6.402 |
| 94 | Knox County | 6.356 |
| 95 | Massac County | 6.265 |
| 96 | Christian County | 6.222 |
| 97 | Jasper County | 6.22 |
| 98 | Cass County | 6.032 |
| 99 | Logan County | 5.853 |
| 100 | Pulaski County | 5.195 |
| 101 | Henderson County | 5.076 |
| 102 | Moultrie County | 5.067 |