# Counties in Maryland by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 24 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Somerset County | 14.375 |
| 2 | Charles County | 11.697 |
| 3 | Garrett County | 11.408 |
| 4 | Prince George's County | 11.285 |
| 5 | Caroline County | 11.22 |
| 6 | Howard County | 10.677 |
| 7 | Worcester County | 10.637 |
| 8 | Baltimore city | 10.21 |
| 9 | St. Mary's County | 9.979 |
| 10 | Cecil County | 9.848 |
| 11 | Frederick County | 9.549 |
| 12 | Montgomery County | 9.407 |
| 13 | Baltimore County | 9.402 |
| 14 | Anne Arundel County | 9.326 |
| 15 | Calvert County | 9.296 |
| 16 | Harford County | 9.226 |
| 17 | Dorchester County | 9.128 |
| 18 | Queen Anne's County | 9.034 |
| 19 | Talbot County | 8.702 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 8.436 |
| 21 | Wicomico County | 8.33 |
| 22 | Allegany County | 8.059 |
| 23 | Washington County | 7.258 |
| 24 | Kent County | 6.487 |