# Counties in Massachusetts by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 14 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/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Nantucket County | 14.74 |
| 2 | Dukes County | 13.942 |
| 3 | Suffolk County | 10.25 |
| 4 | Essex County | 10.085 |
| 5 | Barnstable County | 9.897 |
| 6 | Middlesex County | 9.821 |
| 7 | Plymouth County | 9.685 |
| 8 | Worcester County | 9.355 |
| 9 | Bristol County | 9.338 |
| 10 | Norfolk County | 8.876 |
| 11 | Berkshire County | 8.874 |
| 12 | Hampshire County | 8.415 |
| 13 | Franklin County | 8.05 |
| 14 | Hampden County | 7.887 |