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Counties in Illinois by establishment entry rate

Kendall County had the highest establishment entry rate of 101 counties in 2019, at 10.513%. Edgar County had the lowest, at 3.709%. The median was 6.739% and the figure for Illinois was 8.751%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest10.513Kendall County
Lowest3.709Edgar County
Median6.739101 counties
Illinois8.751History

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 6.602 %Alexander County: 9.412 %Bond County: 6.43 %Boone County: 9.614 %Brown County: 9.045 %Bureau County: 6.432 %Calhoun County: 8.571 %Carroll County: 4.076 %Cass County: 5.594 %Champaign County: 8.074 %Christian County: 6.912 %Clark County: 9.446 %Clay County: 8.189 %Clinton County: 7.002 %Coles County: 6.08 %Cook County: 9.75 %Crawford County: 5.263 %Cumberland County: 9.063 %DeKalb County: 6.724 %De Witt County: 6.052 %Douglas County: 6.667 %DuPage County: 8.978 %Edgar County: 3.709 %Edwards County: 10.487 %Effingham County: 5.795 %Fayette County: 6.395 %Ford County: 4.314 %Franklin County: 5.14 %Fulton County: 5.856 %Gallatin County: 5.917 %Greene County: 6.186 %Grundy County: 7.587 %Hamilton County: 10.286 %Hancock County: 6.987 %Hardin County: 7.339 %Henderson County: 5.155 %Henry County: 7.158 %Iroquois County: 6.17 %Jackson County: 7.379 %Jasper County: 7.656 %Jefferson County: 6.026 %Jersey County: 6.739 %Jo Daviess County: 7.183 %Johnson County: 9.646 %Kane County: 9.384 %Kankakee County: 7.972 %Kendall County: 10.513 %Knox County: 6.417 %Lake County: 8.818 %LaSalle County: 6.452 %Lawrence County: 7.159 %Lee County: 5.791 %Livingston County: 5.963 %Logan County: 5.519 %McDonough County: 3.843 %McHenry County: 9.721 %McLean County: 7.08 %Macon County: 5.832 %Macoupin County: 7.883 %Madison County: 6.907 %Marion County: 6.754 %Marshall County: 7.033 %Mason County: 5.474 %Massac County: 6.075 %Menard County: 4.154 %Mercer County: 7.296 %Monroe County: 9.305 %Montgomery County: 5.85 %Morgan County: 4.444 %Moultrie County: 7.284 %Ogle County: 6.871 %Peoria County: 7.749 %Perry County: 4.966 %Piatt County: 5.782 %Pike County: 6.635 %Pope County: 5.882 %Putnam County: 6.195 %Randolph County: 3.987 %Richland County: 6.993 %Rock Island County: 6.794 %St. Clair County: 7.579 %Saline County: 6.102 %Sangamon County: 6.458 %Schuyler County: 8.727 %Scott County: 5.594 %Shelby County: 7.38 %Stark County: 5.181 %Stephenson County: 5.377 %Tazewell County: 7.205 %Union County: 5.772 %Vermilion County: 4.673 %Wabash County: 8.696 %Warren County: 7.376 %Washington County: 4.985 %Wayne County: 6.657 %White County: 7.375 %Whiteside County: 6.413 %Will County: 10.364 %Williamson County: 7.45 %Winnebago County: 6.643 %Woodford County: 7.278 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Kendall County: 10.513 %Kendall County10.513Edwards County: 10.487 %Edwards County10.487Will County: 10.364 %Will County10.364Hamilton County: 10.286 %Hamilton County10.286Cook County: 9.75 %Cook County9.75McHenry County: 9.721 %McHenry County9.721Johnson County: 9.646 %Johnson County9.646Boone County: 9.614 %Boone County9.614Clark County: 9.446 %Clark County9.446Alexander County: 9.412 %Alexander County9.412Kane County: 9.384 %Kane County9.384Monroe County: 9.305 %Monroe County9.305Cumberland County: 9.063 %Cumberland County9.063Brown County: 9.045 %Brown County9.045DuPage County: 8.978 %DuPage County8.978Lake County: 8.818 %Lake County8.818Schuyler County: 8.727 %Schuyler County8.727Wabash County: 8.696 %Wabash County8.696Calhoun County: 8.571 %Calhoun County8.571Clay County: 8.189 %Clay County8.189Champaign County: 8.074 %Champaign County8.074Kankakee County: 7.972 %Kankakee County7.972Macoupin County: 7.883 %Macoupin County7.883Peoria County: 7.749 %Peoria County7.749Jasper County: 7.656 %Jasper County7.656Grundy County: 7.587 %Grundy County7.587St. Clair County: 7.579 %St. Clair County7.579Williamson County: 7.45 %Williamson County7.45Shelby County: 7.38 %Shelby County7.38Jackson County: 7.379 %Jackson County7.379Warren County: 7.376 %Warren County7.376White County: 7.375 %White County7.375Hardin County: 7.339 %Hardin County7.339Mercer County: 7.296 %Mercer County7.296Moultrie County: 7.284 %Moultrie County7.284Woodford County: 7.278 %Woodford County7.278Tazewell County: 7.205 %Tazewell County7.205Jo Daviess County: 7.183 %Jo Daviess County7.183Lawrence County: 7.159 %Lawrence County7.159Henry County: 7.158 %Henry County7.158Kendall County: 10.513 %Kendall County10.513Edwards County: 10.487 %Edwards County10.487Will County: 10.364 %Will County10.364Hamilton County: 10.286 %Hamilton County10.286Cook County: 9.75 %Cook County9.75McHenry County: 9.721 %McHenry County9.721Johnson County: 9.646 %Johnson County9.646Boone County: 9.614 %Boone County9.614Clark County: 9.446 %Clark County9.446Alexander County: 9.412 %Alexander County9.412Kane County: 9.384 %Kane County9.384Monroe County: 9.305 %Monroe County9.305Cumberland County: 9.063 %Cumberland County9.063Brown County: 9.045 %Brown County9.045DuPage County: 8.978 %DuPage County8.978Lake County: 8.818 %Lake County8.818Schuyler County: 8.727 %Schuyler County8.727Wabash County: 8.696 %Wabash County8.696Calhoun County: 8.571 %Calhoun County8.571Clay County: 8.189 %Clay County8.189Champaign County: 8.074 %Champaign County8.074Kankakee County: 7.972 %Kankakee County7.972Macoupin County: 7.883 %Macoupin County7.883Peoria County: 7.749 %Peoria County7.749Jasper County: 7.656 %Jasper County7.656Grundy County: 7.587 %Grundy County7.587St. Clair County: 7.579 %St. Clair County7.579Williamson County: 7.45 %Williamson County7.45Shelby County: 7.38 %Shelby County7.38Jackson County: 7.379 %Jackson County7.379Warren County: 7.376 %Warren County7.376White County: 7.375 %White County7.375Hardin County: 7.339 %Hardin County7.339Mercer County: 7.296 %Mercer County7.296Moultrie County: 7.284 %Moultrie County7.284Woodford County: 7.278 %Woodford County7.278Tazewell County: 7.205 %Tazewell County7.205Jo Daviess County: 7.183 %Jo Daviess County7.183Lawrence County: 7.159 %Lawrence County7.159Henry County: 7.158 %Henry County7.158
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Kendall County10.513-0.28 pts
2Edwards County10.487+5.92 pts
3Will County10.364-0.62 pts
4Hamilton County10.286+8.63 pts
5Cook County9.75+0.51 pts
6McHenry County9.721-0.26 pts
7Johnson County9.646+3.93 pts
8Boone County9.614+0.99 pts
9Clark County9.446+3.11 pts
10Alexander County9.4120 pts
11Kane County9.384+0.6 pts
12Monroe County9.305+0.55 pts
13Cumberland County9.063-0.22 pts
14Brown County9.045-0.05 pts
15DuPage County8.978+0.2 pts
16Lake County8.818-0.48 pts
17Schuyler County8.727+0.52 pts
18Wabash County8.696+4.21 pts
19Calhoun County8.571-4.57 pts
20Clay County8.189+4.53 pts
21Champaign County8.074-0.79 pts
22Kankakee County7.972+1.19 pts
23Macoupin County7.883+2.35 pts
24Peoria County7.749+0.43 pts
25Jasper County7.656+1.82 pts
26Grundy County7.587-0.41 pts
27St. Clair County7.579+0.86 pts
28Williamson County7.45+1.83 pts
29Shelby County7.38+0.98 pts
30Jackson County7.379+2.22 pts
31Warren County7.376+1.16 pts
32White County7.375+1.16 pts
33Hardin County7.3390 pts
34Mercer County7.296-0.69 pts
35Moultrie County7.284-2.64 pts
36Woodford County7.278+0.5 pts
37Tazewell County7.205+0.62 pts
38Jo Daviess County7.183+0.7 pts
39Lawrence County7.159+4.12 pts
40Henry County7.158+1.35 pts
41McLean County7.08+0.74 pts
42Marshall County7.033+0.2 pts
43Clinton County7.002+0.27 pts
44Richland County6.993-0.26 pts
45Hancock County6.987-0.54 pts
46Christian County6.912+1.9 pts
47Madison County6.907+0.31 pts
48Ogle County6.871+0.17 pts
49Rock Island County6.794+0.53 pts
50Marion County6.754+2.22 pts
51Jersey County6.739-0.18 pts
52DeKalb County6.724-1.23 pts
53Douglas County6.667-2.37 pts
54Wayne County6.657+2.07 pts
55Winnebago County6.643-0.53 pts
56Pike County6.635+0.45 pts
57Adams County6.602+0.9 pts
58Sangamon County6.458-0.71 pts
59LaSalle County6.452+0.09 pts
60Bureau County6.432-0.1 pts
61Bond County6.43-1.99 pts
62Knox County6.417+0.26 pts
63Whiteside County6.413-0.21 pts
64Fayette County6.395+0.31 pts
65Putnam County6.195-1.77 pts
66Greene County6.186-2.04 pts
67Iroquois County6.17-1.05 pts
68Saline County6.102+0.96 pts
69Coles County6.08+1.26 pts
70Massac County6.075+1.51 pts
71De Witt County6.052+0.7 pts
72Jefferson County6.026+0.41 pts
73Livingston County5.963+0.23 pts
74Gallatin County5.917-0.94 pts
75Pope County5.882-1.67 pts
76Fulton County5.856+0.15 pts
77Montgomery County5.85-0.96 pts
78Macon County5.832-0.15 pts
79Effingham County5.795-1.03 pts
80Lee County5.791+0.5 pts
81Piatt County5.782-2.71 pts
82Union County5.772-1.42 pts
83Cass County5.594-1.46 pts
83Scott County5.594+1.43 pts
85Logan County5.519-0.9 pts
86Mason County5.474-0.35 pts
87Stephenson County5.377-1.19 pts
88Crawford County5.263+0.79 pts
89Stark County5.181-1.72 pts
90Henderson County5.155+0.32 pts
91Franklin County5.14-2.49 pts
92Washington County4.9850 pts
93Perry County4.966-2.65 pts
94Vermilion County4.673-0.04 pts
95Morgan County4.444-1.18 pts
96Ford County4.314-2.71 pts
97Menard County4.154-5.32 pts
98Carroll County4.076-1.91 pts
99Randolph County3.987-0.4 pts
100McDonough County3.843-1.37 pts
101Edgar County3.709-3.81 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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2019) [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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2019. 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/illinois-counties?period=2019. 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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2019. 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/illinois-counties?period=2019.

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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 Illinois by establishment entry rate, 2019 [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/illinois-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Kendall County, with 10.513% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Edgar County, with 3.709% in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

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. 1 counties have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.

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