# Counties in Maine by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Somerset County | 11.759 |
| 2 | Hancock County | 10.562 |
| 3 | Washington County | 10.213 |
| 4 | Waldo County | 10.206 |
| 5 | Oxford County | 10.033 |
| 6 | York County | 10.017 |
| 7 | Penobscot County | 9.432 |
| 8 | Lincoln County | 9.376 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 9.305 |
| 10 | Kennebec County | 9.245 |
| 11 | Piscataquis County | 8.748 |
| 12 | Sagadahoc County | 8.554 |
| 13 | Franklin County | 8.354 |
| 14 | Knox County | 8.204 |
| 15 | Androscoggin County | 8.038 |
| 16 | Aroostook County | 7.932 |