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Counties in Indiana by establishment entry rate

Brown County had the highest establishment entry rate of 92 counties in 2017, at 11.494%. Knox County had the lowest, at 4.167%. The median was 7.412% and the figure for Indiana was 7.996%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.494Brown County
Lowest4.167Knox County
Median7.41292 counties
Indiana7.996History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 6.361 %Allen County: 7.266 %Bartholomew County: 6.842 %Benton County: 5.112 %Blackford County: 5.184 %Boone County: 9.837 %Brown County: 11.494 %Carroll County: 10.678 %Cass County: 5.625 %Clark County: 8.209 %Clay County: 8.046 %Clinton County: 7.257 %Crawford County: 7.968 %Daviess County: 7.416 %Dearborn County: 8.418 %Decatur County: 6.407 %DeKalb County: 5.083 %Delaware County: 6.697 %Dubois County: 5.664 %Elkhart County: 7.308 %Fayette County: 5.276 %Floyd County: 8.714 %Fountain County: 9.22 %Franklin County: 7.125 %Fulton County: 5.79 %Gibson County: 5.765 %Grant County: 6.65 %Greene County: 9.339 %Hamilton County: 10.753 %Hancock County: 7.672 %Harrison County: 8.025 %Hendricks County: 10.365 %Henry County: 7.469 %Howard County: 8.32 %Huntington County: 7.183 %Jackson County: 8.234 %Jasper County: 9.045 %Jay County: 5.866 %Jefferson County: 6.109 %Jennings County: 6.977 %Johnson County: 9.735 %Knox County: 4.167 %Kosciusko County: 8.276 %LaGrange County: 7.984 %Lake County: 8.372 %LaPorte County: 6.718 %Lawrence County: 8.089 %Madison County: 6.878 %Marion County: 8.768 %Marshall County: 6.403 %Martin County: 10.309 %Miami County: 7.964 %Monroe County: 8.791 %Montgomery County: 8.642 %Morgan County: 9.528 %Newton County: 9.892 %Noble County: 6.068 %Ohio County: 6.711 %Orange County: 4.735 %Owen County: 10.619 %Parke County: 7.775 %Perry County: 7.485 %Pike County: 7.008 %Porter County: 7.424 %Posey County: 6.816 %Pulaski County: 8.171 %Putnam County: 8.749 %Randolph County: 4.515 %Ripley County: 6.228 %Rush County: 7.059 %St. Joseph County: 7.611 %Scott County: 4.819 %Shelby County: 8.028 %Spencer County: 5.805 %Starke County: 7.652 %Steuben County: 8.235 %Sullivan County: 8.197 %Switzerland County: 5.858 %Tippecanoe County: 8.226 %Tipton County: 5.378 %Union County: 4.739 %Vanderburgh County: 6.913 %Vermillion County: 6.982 %Vigo County: 6.402 %Wabash County: 5.45 %Warren County: 8.23 %Warrick County: 9.694 %Washington County: 7.488 %Wayne County: 6.136 %Wells County: 5.851 %White County: 5.784 %Whitley County: 7.407 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Brown County: 11.494 %Brown County11.494Hamilton County: 10.753 %Hamilton County10.753Carroll County: 10.678 %Carroll County10.678Owen County: 10.619 %Owen County10.619Hendricks County: 10.365 %Hendricks County10.365Martin County: 10.309 %Martin County10.309Newton County: 9.892 %Newton County9.892Boone County: 9.837 %Boone County9.837Johnson County: 9.735 %Johnson County9.735Warrick County: 9.694 %Warrick County9.694Morgan County: 9.528 %Morgan County9.528Greene County: 9.339 %Greene County9.339Fountain County: 9.22 %Fountain County9.22Jasper County: 9.045 %Jasper County9.045Monroe County: 8.791 %Monroe County8.791Marion County: 8.768 %Marion County8.768Putnam County: 8.749 %Putnam County8.749Floyd County: 8.714 %Floyd County8.714Montgomery County: 8.642 %Montgomery County8.642Dearborn County: 8.418 %Dearborn County8.418Lake County: 8.372 %Lake County8.372Howard County: 8.32 %Howard County8.32Kosciusko County: 8.276 %Kosciusko County8.276Steuben County: 8.235 %Steuben County8.235Jackson County: 8.234 %Jackson County8.234Warren County: 8.23 %Warren County8.23Tippecanoe County: 8.226 %Tippecanoe County8.226Clark County: 8.209 %Clark County8.209Sullivan County: 8.197 %Sullivan County8.197Pulaski County: 8.171 %Pulaski County8.171Lawrence County: 8.089 %Lawrence County8.089Clay County: 8.046 %Clay County8.046Shelby County: 8.028 %Shelby County8.028Harrison County: 8.025 %Harrison County8.025LaGrange County: 7.984 %LaGrange County7.984Crawford County: 7.968 %Crawford County7.968Miami County: 7.964 %Miami County7.964Parke County: 7.775 %Parke County7.775Hancock County: 7.672 %Hancock County7.672Starke County: 7.652 %Starke County7.652Brown County: 11.494 %Brown County11.494Hamilton County: 10.753 %Hamilton County10.753Carroll County: 10.678 %Carroll County10.678Owen County: 10.619 %Owen County10.619Hendricks County: 10.365 %Hendricks County10.365Martin County: 10.309 %Martin County10.309Newton County: 9.892 %Newton County9.892Boone County: 9.837 %Boone County9.837Johnson County: 9.735 %Johnson County9.735Warrick County: 9.694 %Warrick County9.694Morgan County: 9.528 %Morgan County9.528Greene County: 9.339 %Greene County9.339Fountain County: 9.22 %Fountain County9.22Jasper County: 9.045 %Jasper County9.045Monroe County: 8.791 %Monroe County8.791Marion County: 8.768 %Marion County8.768Putnam County: 8.749 %Putnam County8.749Floyd County: 8.714 %Floyd County8.714Montgomery County: 8.642 %Montgomery County8.642Dearborn County: 8.418 %Dearborn County8.418Lake County: 8.372 %Lake County8.372Howard County: 8.32 %Howard County8.32Kosciusko County: 8.276 %Kosciusko County8.276Steuben County: 8.235 %Steuben County8.235Jackson County: 8.234 %Jackson County8.234Warren County: 8.23 %Warren County8.23Tippecanoe County: 8.226 %Tippecanoe County8.226Clark County: 8.209 %Clark County8.209Sullivan County: 8.197 %Sullivan County8.197Pulaski County: 8.171 %Pulaski County8.171Lawrence County: 8.089 %Lawrence County8.089Clay County: 8.046 %Clay County8.046Shelby County: 8.028 %Shelby County8.028Harrison County: 8.025 %Harrison County8.025LaGrange County: 7.984 %LaGrange County7.984Crawford County: 7.968 %Crawford County7.968Miami County: 7.964 %Miami County7.964Parke County: 7.775 %Parke County7.775Hancock County: 7.672 %Hancock County7.672Starke County: 7.652 %Starke County7.652
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Brown County11.494+1.38 pts
2Hamilton County10.753-1.25 pts
3Carroll County10.678+1.52 pts
4Owen County10.619-0.31 pts
5Hendricks County10.365-1.35 pts
6Martin County10.309+4.55 pts
7Newton County9.892+1.77 pts
8Boone County9.837+0.74 pts
9Johnson County9.735+0.89 pts
10Warrick County9.694+0.3 pts
11Morgan County9.528-0.62 pts
12Greene County9.339+1.7 pts
13Fountain County9.22+3.27 pts
14Jasper County9.045+1.02 pts
15Monroe County8.791-1.36 pts
16Marion County8.768-0.91 pts
17Putnam County8.749-0.67 pts
18Floyd County8.714-0.45 pts
19Montgomery County8.642+1.49 pts
20Dearborn County8.418+0.44 pts
21Lake County8.372+0.03 pts
22Howard County8.32+0.95 pts
23Kosciusko County8.276+0.7 pts
24Steuben County8.235+0.74 pts
25Jackson County8.234+1.92 pts
26Warren County8.23-0.75 pts
27Tippecanoe County8.226-2.06 pts
28Clark County8.209-0.19 pts
29Sullivan County8.197+2.81 pts
30Pulaski County8.171+1.81 pts
31Lawrence County8.089-2.07 pts
32Clay County8.046+0.38 pts
33Shelby County8.028-0.12 pts
34Harrison County8.025-1.07 pts
35LaGrange County7.984-1.13 pts
36Crawford County7.968-9.53 pts
37Miami County7.964-1.57 pts
38Parke County7.775-0.56 pts
39Hancock County7.672-2.56 pts
40Starke County7.652+1.36 pts
41St. Joseph County7.611-0.18 pts
42Washington County7.488-0.84 pts
43Perry County7.485+0.86 pts
44Henry County7.469-2.15 pts
45Porter County7.424-1.78 pts
46Daviess County7.416+0.11 pts
47Whitley County7.407-0.09 pts
48Elkhart County7.308+0.63 pts
49Allen County7.266-0.21 pts
50Clinton County7.257+0.03 pts
51Huntington County7.183+1.2 pts
52Franklin County7.125-2.06 pts
53Rush County7.059+0.88 pts
54Pike County7.008-0.48 pts
55Vermillion County6.982-1.2 pts
56Jennings County6.977-0.5 pts
57Vanderburgh County6.913-1.03 pts
58Madison County6.878-1.87 pts
59Bartholomew County6.842-1.15 pts
60Posey County6.816-3.46 pts
61LaPorte County6.718-0.27 pts
62Ohio County6.711n/a
63Delaware County6.697-0.94 pts
64Grant County6.65+0.5 pts
65Decatur County6.407+1.55 pts
66Marshall County6.403-0.89 pts
67Vigo County6.402+0.5 pts
68Adams County6.361-1 pts
69Ripley County6.228-1.66 pts
70Wayne County6.136-0.08 pts
71Jefferson County6.109-0.64 pts
72Noble County6.068+0.4 pts
73Jay County5.866+1.69 pts
74Switzerland County5.858-4.14 pts
75Wells County5.851+0.34 pts
76Spencer County5.805-0.24 pts
77Fulton County5.79-0.7 pts
78White County5.784-1.93 pts
79Gibson County5.765-2.73 pts
80Dubois County5.664+0.09 pts
81Cass County5.625-0.19 pts
82Wabash County5.45-0.43 pts
83Tipton County5.378-4.16 pts
84Fayette County5.276-1.41 pts
85Blackford County5.184-0.89 pts
86Benton County5.112-1.76 pts
87DeKalb County5.083-1.52 pts
88Scott County4.819-1.56 pts
89Union County4.739-4.88 pts
90Orange County4.735-2.97 pts
91Randolph County4.515-2.59 pts
92Knox County4.167-2.14 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. 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Brown County, with 11.494% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Knox County, with 4.167% in 2017.

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.

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