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Counties in Iowa by establishment entry rate

Fremont County had the highest establishment entry rate of 98 counties in 2016, at 12.811%. O'Brien County had the lowest, at 3.677%. The median was 6.869% and the figure for Iowa was 7.841%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12.811Fremont County
Lowest3.677O'Brien County
Median6.86998 counties
Iowa7.841History

Map of counties, 2016

Adair County: 6.863 %Allamakee County: 7.321 %Appanoose County: 8.696 %Audubon County: 6.997 %Benton County: 8.063 %Black Hawk County: 7.656 %Boone County: 7.197 %Bremer County: 6.83 %Buchanan County: 6.415 %Buena Vista County: 8.087 %Butler County: 8.264 %Calhoun County: 5.029 %Carroll County: 4.709 %Cass County: 7.719 %Cedar County: 6.444 %Cerro Gordo County: 8.559 %Cherokee County: 4.615 %Chickasaw County: 4.945 %Clarke County: 4.651 %Clay County: 5.634 %Clayton County: 6.506 %Clinton County: 8.523 %Crawford County: 6.861 %Dallas County: 12.718 %Davis County: 9.969 %Decatur County: 4.301 %Delaware County: 5.637 %Des Moines County: 8.509 %Dickinson County: 7.916 %Dubuque County: 6.24 %Emmet County: 5.634 %Fayette County: 5.771 %Floyd County: 7.239 %Franklin County: 7.974 %Fremont County: 12.811 %Greene County: 10.843 %Grundy County: 7.143 %Guthrie County: 6.173 %Hamilton County: 6.077 %Hancock County: 7.011 %Hardin County: 7.473 %Harrison County: 7.207 %Henry County: 5.957 %Howard County: 10.022 %Humboldt County: 6.498 %Ida County: 6.695 %Iowa County: 5.511 %Jackson County: 7.7 %Jasper County: 8.16 %Jefferson County: 11.191 %Johnson County: 8.17 %Jones County: 4.773 %Keokuk County: 5.839 %Kossuth County: 4.642 %Lee County: 5.432 %Linn County: 7.496 %Louisa County: 6.612 %Lucas County: 5.988 %Lyon County: 6.818 %Madison County: 9.94 %Mahaska County: 6.686 %Marion County: 6.773 %Marshall County: 8.992 %Mills County: 8.913 %Mitchell County: 6.061 %Monona County: 10.934 %Monroe County: 7.879 %Montgomery County: 5.624 %Muscatine County: 6.411 %O'Brien County: 3.677 %Osceola County: 9.169 %Page County: 6.158 %Palo Alto County: 8.696 %Plymouth County: 7.822 %Pocahontas County: 6.516 %Polk County: 10.12 %Pottawattamie County: 7.453 %Poweshiek County: 6.875 %Ringgold County: 6.838 %Sac County: 4.714 %Scott County: 7.339 %Shelby County: 7.438 %Sioux County: 6.345 %Story County: 8.581 %Tama County: 5.137 %Taylor County: 12.308 %Union County: 7.051 %Van Buren County: 10.566 %Wapello County: 6.634 %Warren County: 11.044 %Washington County: 6.109 %Wayne County: 8 %Webster County: 5.879 %Winnebago County: 5.565 %Winneshiek County: 5.511 %Woodbury County: 7.299 %Worth County: 5.31 %Wright County: 5.747 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Fremont County: 12.811 %Fremont County12.811Dallas County: 12.718 %Dallas County12.718Taylor County: 12.308 %Taylor County12.308Jefferson County: 11.191 %Jefferson County11.191Warren County: 11.044 %Warren County11.044Monona County: 10.934 %Monona County10.934Greene County: 10.843 %Greene County10.843Van Buren County: 10.566 %Van Buren County10.566Polk County: 10.12 %Polk County10.12Howard County: 10.022 %Howard County10.022Davis County: 9.969 %Davis County9.969Madison County: 9.94 %Madison County9.94Osceola County: 9.169 %Osceola County9.169Marshall County: 8.992 %Marshall County8.992Mills County: 8.913 %Mills County8.913Appanoose County: 8.696 %Appanoose County8.696Palo Alto County: 8.696 %Palo Alto County8.696Story County: 8.581 %Story County8.581Cerro Gordo County: 8.559 %Cerro Gordo County8.559Clinton County: 8.523 %Clinton County8.523Des Moines County: 8.509 %Des Moines County8.509Butler County: 8.264 %Butler County8.264Johnson County: 8.17 %Johnson County8.17Jasper County: 8.16 %Jasper County8.16Buena Vista County: 8.087 %Buena Vista County8.087Benton County: 8.063 %Benton County8.063Wayne County: 8 %Wayne County8Franklin County: 7.974 %Franklin County7.974Dickinson County: 7.916 %Dickinson County7.916Monroe County: 7.879 %Monroe County7.879Plymouth County: 7.822 %Plymouth County7.822Cass County: 7.719 %Cass County7.719Jackson County: 7.7 %Jackson County7.7Black Hawk County: 7.656 %Black Hawk County7.656Linn County: 7.496 %Linn County7.496Hardin County: 7.473 %Hardin County7.473Pottawattamie County: 7.453 %Pottawattamie County7.453Shelby County: 7.438 %Shelby County7.438Scott County: 7.339 %Scott County7.339Allamakee County: 7.321 %Allamakee County7.321Fremont County: 12.811 %Fremont County12.811Dallas County: 12.718 %Dallas County12.718Taylor County: 12.308 %Taylor County12.308Jefferson County: 11.191 %Jefferson County11.191Warren County: 11.044 %Warren County11.044Monona County: 10.934 %Monona County10.934Greene County: 10.843 %Greene County10.843Van Buren County: 10.566 %Van Buren County10.566Polk County: 10.12 %Polk County10.12Howard County: 10.022 %Howard County10.022Davis County: 9.969 %Davis County9.969Madison County: 9.94 %Madison County9.94Osceola County: 9.169 %Osceola County9.169Marshall County: 8.992 %Marshall County8.992Mills County: 8.913 %Mills County8.913Appanoose County: 8.696 %Appanoose County8.696Palo Alto County: 8.696 %Palo Alto County8.696Story County: 8.581 %Story County8.581Cerro Gordo County: 8.559 %Cerro Gordo County8.559Clinton County: 8.523 %Clinton County8.523Des Moines County: 8.509 %Des Moines County8.509Butler County: 8.264 %Butler County8.264Johnson County: 8.17 %Johnson County8.17Jasper County: 8.16 %Jasper County8.16Buena Vista County: 8.087 %Buena Vista County8.087Benton County: 8.063 %Benton County8.063Wayne County: 8 %Wayne County8Franklin County: 7.974 %Franklin County7.974Dickinson County: 7.916 %Dickinson County7.916Monroe County: 7.879 %Monroe County7.879Plymouth County: 7.822 %Plymouth County7.822Cass County: 7.719 %Cass County7.719Jackson County: 7.7 %Jackson County7.7Black Hawk County: 7.656 %Black Hawk County7.656Linn County: 7.496 %Linn County7.496Hardin County: 7.473 %Hardin County7.473Pottawattamie County: 7.453 %Pottawattamie County7.453Shelby County: 7.438 %Shelby County7.438Scott County: 7.339 %Scott County7.339Allamakee County: 7.321 %Allamakee County7.321
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Fremont County12.811+7.85 pts
2Dallas County12.718+1.41 pts
3Taylor County12.308+6.92 pts
4Jefferson County11.191-1.23 pts
5Warren County11.044+1.7 pts
6Monona County10.934+2.6 pts
7Greene County10.843+3.5 pts
8Van Buren County10.5660 pts
9Polk County10.12+0.95 pts
10Howard County10.022+2.02 pts
11Davis County9.969-1.68 pts
12Madison County9.94+1.87 pts
13Osceola County9.169+2.83 pts
14Marshall County8.992+2.71 pts
15Mills County8.913+0.65 pts
16Appanoose County8.696+0.81 pts
16Palo Alto County8.696+1.43 pts
18Story County8.581+0.6 pts
19Cerro Gordo County8.559+2.08 pts
20Clinton County8.523+1.85 pts
21Des Moines County8.509+1.23 pts
22Butler County8.264+1.25 pts
23Johnson County8.17-0.16 pts
24Jasper County8.16+1.68 pts
25Buena Vista County8.087+3.12 pts
26Benton County8.063+1.19 pts
27Wayne County8-0.87 pts
28Franklin County7.974-0.4 pts
29Dickinson County7.916-0.52 pts
30Monroe County7.879+1.09 pts
31Plymouth County7.822+1.15 pts
32Cass County7.719+1.58 pts
33Jackson County7.7-0.9 pts
34Black Hawk County7.656+0.7 pts
35Linn County7.496-0.54 pts
36Hardin County7.473-0.62 pts
37Pottawattamie County7.453-1.74 pts
38Shelby County7.438+1.04 pts
39Scott County7.339-0.45 pts
40Allamakee County7.321+1.4 pts
41Woodbury County7.299+0.59 pts
42Floyd County7.239+0.72 pts
43Harrison County7.207-1.41 pts
44Boone County7.197-1.35 pts
45Grundy County7.143+0.86 pts
46Union County7.051+1.22 pts
47Hancock County7.011+1.42 pts
48Audubon County6.997-0.58 pts
49Poweshiek County6.875-1.66 pts
50Adair County6.863-0.54 pts
51Crawford County6.861+0.59 pts
52Ringgold County6.838+0.06 pts
53Bremer County6.83-1.26 pts
54Lyon County6.818-0.55 pts
55Marion County6.773-1.13 pts
56Ida County6.695-4.08 pts
57Mahaska County6.686+0.07 pts
58Wapello County6.634-0.5 pts
59Louisa County6.612-2.48 pts
60Pocahontas County6.516-1.94 pts
61Clayton County6.506-0.46 pts
62Humboldt County6.498+1.11 pts
63Cedar County6.444+1.46 pts
64Buchanan County6.415-0.3 pts
65Muscatine County6.411-0.49 pts
66Sioux County6.345+0.18 pts
67Dubuque County6.24+0.15 pts
68Guthrie County6.173-1.65 pts
69Page County6.158-0.46 pts
70Washington County6.109-0.44 pts
71Hamilton County6.077-1.21 pts
72Mitchell County6.061-1.36 pts
73Lucas County5.988+0.66 pts
74Henry County5.957+0.02 pts
75Webster County5.879-1.06 pts
76Keokuk County5.839-3.66 pts
77Fayette County5.771+0.2 pts
78Wright County5.747-2.55 pts
79Delaware County5.637-1.47 pts
80Clay County5.634-0.64 pts
80Emmet County5.634-1.01 pts
82Montgomery County5.624+0.79 pts
83Winnebago County5.565-1.17 pts
84Iowa County5.511-1.51 pts
84Winneshiek County5.511-0.75 pts
86Lee County5.432-1.25 pts
87Worth County5.31-4.36 pts
88Tama County5.137-1.25 pts
89Calhoun County5.029+1.17 pts
90Chickasaw County4.945+0.82 pts
91Jones County4.773-3.6 pts
92Sac County4.714-1.58 pts
93Carroll County4.709-1.23 pts
94Clarke County4.651-2.82 pts
95Kossuth County4.642+0.24 pts
96Cherokee County4.615-0.89 pts
97Decatur County4.301-7.25 pts
98O'Brien County3.677-3.31 pts

Other periods

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 2016 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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2016) [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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2016. 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/iowa-counties?period=2016. 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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2016. 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/iowa-counties?period=2016.

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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 Iowa by establishment entry rate, 2016 [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/iowa-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Fremont County, with 12.811% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

O'Brien County, with 3.677% in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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