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Counties in Indiana by establishment entry rate

Brown County had the highest establishment entry rate of 91 counties in 2015, at 13.289%. Perry County had the lowest, at 3.852%. The median was 7.836% and the figure for Indiana was 8.677%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.289Brown County
Lowest3.852Perry County
Median7.83691 counties
Indiana8.677History

Map of counties, 2015

Adams County: 5.543 %Allen County: 8.21 %Bartholomew County: 7.183 %Benton County: 5.538 %Blackford County: 12.108 %Boone County: 12.185 %Brown County: 13.289 %Carroll County: 7.692 %Cass County: 4.878 %Clark County: 8.68 %Clay County: 9.779 %Clinton County: 10.46 %Crawford County: 8.85 %Daviess County: 7.772 %Dearborn County: 6.559 %Decatur County: 7.155 %DeKalb County: 6.977 %Delaware County: 10.339 %Dubois County: 6.462 %Elkhart County: 8.316 %Fayette County: 6.039 %Floyd County: 7.174 %Fountain County: 6.597 %Franklin County: 7.643 %Fulton County: 5.183 %Gibson County: 6.612 %Grant County: 6.156 %Greene County: 10.923 %Hamilton County: 11.993 %Hancock County: 8.967 %Harrison County: 10.864 %Hendricks County: 10.945 %Henry County: 7.89 %Howard County: 7.704 %Huntington County: 5.556 %Jackson County: 7.717 %Jasper County: 9.004 %Jay County: 4.69 %Jefferson County: 4.633 %Jennings County: 8.333 %Johnson County: 9.481 %Knox County: 7.836 %Kosciusko County: 7.841 %LaGrange County: 6.977 %Lake County: 8.835 %LaPorte County: 7.501 %Lawrence County: 9.969 %Madison County: 8.531 %Marion County: 9.67 %Marshall County: 6.348 %Martin County: 12.834 %Miami County: 6.858 %Monroe County: 9.501 %Montgomery County: 6.578 %Morgan County: 9.593 %Newton County: 8.842 %Noble County: 7.257 %Orange County: 8.089 %Owen County: 10.646 %Parke County: 7.064 %Perry County: 3.852 %Pike County: 5.867 %Porter County: 8.841 %Posey County: 7.253 %Pulaski County: 6.655 %Putnam County: 9.675 %Randolph County: 9.888 %Ripley County: 6.554 %Rush County: 6.433 %St. Joseph County: 6.898 %Scott County: 8.454 %Shelby County: 8.2 %Spencer County: 8.477 %Starke County: 7.229 %Steuben County: 6.861 %Sullivan County: 10.111 %Switzerland County: 9.205 %Tippecanoe County: 8.715 %Tipton County: 12.014 %Union County: 5.882 %Vanderburgh County: 7.135 %Vermillion County: 7.362 %Vigo County: 6.645 %Wabash County: 6.787 %Warren County: 11.765 %Warrick County: 9.637 %Washington County: 10.633 %Wayne County: 5.88 %Wells County: 8.319 %White County: 8.68 %Whitley County: 7.396 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Brown County: 13.289 %Brown County13.289Martin County: 12.834 %Martin County12.834Boone County: 12.185 %Boone County12.185Blackford County: 12.108 %Blackford County12.108Tipton County: 12.014 %Tipton County12.014Hamilton County: 11.993 %Hamilton County11.993Warren County: 11.765 %Warren County11.765Hendricks County: 10.945 %Hendricks County10.945Greene County: 10.923 %Greene County10.923Harrison County: 10.864 %Harrison County10.864Owen County: 10.646 %Owen County10.646Washington County: 10.633 %Washington County10.633Clinton County: 10.46 %Clinton County10.46Delaware County: 10.339 %Delaware County10.339Sullivan County: 10.111 %Sullivan County10.111Lawrence County: 9.969 %Lawrence County9.969Randolph County: 9.888 %Randolph County9.888Clay County: 9.779 %Clay County9.779Putnam County: 9.675 %Putnam County9.675Marion County: 9.67 %Marion County9.67Warrick County: 9.637 %Warrick County9.637Morgan County: 9.593 %Morgan County9.593Monroe County: 9.501 %Monroe County9.501Johnson County: 9.481 %Johnson County9.481Switzerland County: 9.205 %Switzerland County9.205Jasper County: 9.004 %Jasper County9.004Hancock County: 8.967 %Hancock County8.967Crawford County: 8.85 %Crawford County8.85Newton County: 8.842 %Newton County8.842Porter County: 8.841 %Porter County8.841Lake County: 8.835 %Lake County8.835Tippecanoe County: 8.715 %Tippecanoe County8.715Clark County: 8.68 %Clark County8.68White County: 8.68 %White County8.68Madison County: 8.531 %Madison County8.531Spencer County: 8.477 %Spencer County8.477Scott County: 8.454 %Scott County8.454Jennings County: 8.333 %Jennings County8.333Wells County: 8.319 %Wells County8.319Elkhart County: 8.316 %Elkhart County8.316Brown County: 13.289 %Brown County13.289Martin County: 12.834 %Martin County12.834Boone County: 12.185 %Boone County12.185Blackford County: 12.108 %Blackford County12.108Tipton County: 12.014 %Tipton County12.014Hamilton County: 11.993 %Hamilton County11.993Warren County: 11.765 %Warren County11.765Hendricks County: 10.945 %Hendricks County10.945Greene County: 10.923 %Greene County10.923Harrison County: 10.864 %Harrison County10.864Owen County: 10.646 %Owen County10.646Washington County: 10.633 %Washington County10.633Clinton County: 10.46 %Clinton County10.46Delaware County: 10.339 %Delaware County10.339Sullivan County: 10.111 %Sullivan County10.111Lawrence County: 9.969 %Lawrence County9.969Randolph County: 9.888 %Randolph County9.888Clay County: 9.779 %Clay County9.779Putnam County: 9.675 %Putnam County9.675Marion County: 9.67 %Marion County9.67Warrick County: 9.637 %Warrick County9.637Morgan County: 9.593 %Morgan County9.593Monroe County: 9.501 %Monroe County9.501Johnson County: 9.481 %Johnson County9.481Switzerland County: 9.205 %Switzerland County9.205Jasper County: 9.004 %Jasper County9.004Hancock County: 8.967 %Hancock County8.967Crawford County: 8.85 %Crawford County8.85Newton County: 8.842 %Newton County8.842Porter County: 8.841 %Porter County8.841Lake County: 8.835 %Lake County8.835Tippecanoe County: 8.715 %Tippecanoe County8.715Clark County: 8.68 %Clark County8.68White County: 8.68 %White County8.68Madison County: 8.531 %Madison County8.531Spencer County: 8.477 %Spencer County8.477Scott County: 8.454 %Scott County8.454Jennings County: 8.333 %Jennings County8.333Wells County: 8.319 %Wells County8.319Elkhart County: 8.316 %Elkhart County8.316
%. 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

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Brown County13.289+4.4 pts
2Martin County12.834+4.57 pts
3Boone County12.185+2.95 pts
4Blackford County12.108+7.1 pts
5Tipton County12.014+4.49 pts
6Hamilton County11.993+0.64 pts
7Warren County11.765+4.99 pts
8Hendricks County10.945+1.17 pts
9Greene County10.923+3.01 pts
10Harrison County10.864+4.49 pts
11Owen County10.646+2.18 pts
12Washington County10.633+3.44 pts
13Clinton County10.46+4.54 pts
14Delaware County10.339+2.93 pts
15Sullivan County10.111+2.17 pts
16Lawrence County9.969+2.95 pts
17Randolph County9.888+3.6 pts
18Clay County9.779+3.27 pts
19Putnam County9.675-1.05 pts
20Marion County9.67+0.59 pts
21Warrick County9.637+3.07 pts
22Morgan County9.593+1.87 pts
23Monroe County9.501+1.54 pts
24Johnson County9.481-0.12 pts
25Switzerland County9.205-4.02 pts
26Jasper County9.004+1.88 pts
27Hancock County8.967+1.87 pts
28Crawford County8.85+3.56 pts
29Newton County8.842+2.24 pts
30Porter County8.841-0.32 pts
31Lake County8.835+0.43 pts
32Tippecanoe County8.715+0.68 pts
33Clark County8.68+1.18 pts
33White County8.68+2.58 pts
35Madison County8.531+1.08 pts
36Spencer County8.477+0.39 pts
37Scott County8.454+1.93 pts
38Jennings County8.333-0.02 pts
39Wells County8.319+2.64 pts
40Elkhart County8.316+1.71 pts
41Allen County8.21-0.16 pts
42Shelby County8.2-1.07 pts
43Orange County8.089+4.17 pts
44Henry County7.89-1.27 pts
45Kosciusko County7.841-0.04 pts
46Knox County7.836+2.76 pts
47Daviess County7.772-2.16 pts
48Jackson County7.717+0.1 pts
49Howard County7.704+1.15 pts
50Carroll County7.692+0.94 pts
51Franklin County7.643-2.8 pts
52LaPorte County7.501+0.28 pts
53Whitley County7.396+0.21 pts
54Vermillion County7.362+1.62 pts
55Noble County7.257+1.85 pts
56Posey County7.253+1.47 pts
57Starke County7.229+1.13 pts
58Bartholomew County7.183-0.5 pts
59Floyd County7.174-1.2 pts
60Decatur County7.155+1.38 pts
61Vanderburgh County7.135+0.67 pts
62Parke County7.064-3.6 pts
63DeKalb County6.977-1.53 pts
63LaGrange County6.977-1.71 pts
65St. Joseph County6.898-0.01 pts
66Steuben County6.861+0.6 pts
67Miami County6.858-3.15 pts
68Wabash County6.787+0.05 pts
69Pulaski County6.655+1.18 pts
70Vigo County6.645+0.73 pts
71Gibson County6.612+0.05 pts
72Fountain County6.597+1.45 pts
73Montgomery County6.578-0.49 pts
74Dearborn County6.559-0.86 pts
75Ripley County6.554+0.46 pts
76Dubois County6.462+1.04 pts
77Rush County6.433-1.51 pts
78Marshall County6.348-0.67 pts
79Grant County6.156-0.32 pts
80Fayette County6.039+0.18 pts
81Union County5.882-1.92 pts
82Wayne County5.88-0.42 pts
83Pike County5.867+0.52 pts
84Huntington County5.556-1.64 pts
85Adams County5.543+0.01 pts
86Benton County5.538+0.82 pts
87Fulton County5.183-2.88 pts
88Cass County4.878-0.04 pts
89Jay County4.69-1.05 pts
90Jefferson County4.633-2.61 pts
91Perry County3.852-1.98 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 2015 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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2015) [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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/indiana-counties?period=2015. 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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/indiana-counties?period=2015.

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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 Indiana by establishment entry rate, 2015 [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/indiana-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Brown County, with 13.289% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Perry County, with 3.852% in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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