# Counties in North Carolina by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pender County | 14.833 |
| 2 | Graham County | 14.085 |
| 3 | Brunswick County | 14.024 |
| 4 | Transylvania County | 13.051 |
| 5 | Yancey County | 12.963 |
| 6 | Franklin County | 12.774 |
| 7 | Union County | 12.591 |
| 8 | Madison County | 12.303 |
| 9 | Wake County | 12.175 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 12.11 |
| 11 | Polk County | 12.108 |
| 12 | Cabarrus County | 12.099 |
| 13 | Haywood County | 11.969 |
| 14 | Mecklenburg County | 11.932 |
| 15 | Hoke County | 11.594 |
| 16 | Orange County | 11.553 |
| 17 | Chatham County | 11.547 |
| 18 | New Hanover County | 11.542 |
| 19 | Ashe County | 11.229 |
| 20 | Currituck County | 11.102 |
| 21 | Moore County | 11.099 |
| 22 | Pamlico County | 11.062 |
| 23 | Buncombe County | 11.024 |
| 24 | Onslow County | 10.969 |
| 25 | Clay County | 10.884 |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 10.884 |
| 27 | Harnett County | 10.706 |
| 28 | Iredell County | 10.683 |
| 29 | Durham County | 10.619 |
| 30 | Henderson County | 10.592 |
| 31 | Perquimans County | 10.303 |
| 32 | Nash County | 10.292 |
| 33 | Greene County | 10.266 |
| 34 | Stanly County | 10.256 |
| 35 | Alleghany County | 10.235 |
| 36 | Cherokee County | 10.23 |
| 37 | Beaufort County | 10.192 |
| 38 | Chowan County | 10.189 |
| 39 | Forsyth County | 10.176 |
| 40 | Granville County | 10.128 |
| 41 | Cumberland County | 10.095 |
| 42 | Jackson County | 10.065 |
| 43 | Camden County | 10.046 |
| 44 | Guilford County | 10.028 |
| 45 | Alamance County | 9.952 |
| 46 | Pitt County | 9.89 |
| 47 | Dare County | 9.881 |
| 48 | Columbus County | 9.78 |
| 49 | Craven County | 9.77 |
| 50 | Pasquotank County | 9.71 |
| 51 | Burke County | 9.663 |
| 52 | Watauga County | 9.634 |
| 53 | Sampson County | 9.585 |
| 54 | Halifax County | 9.395 |
| 55 | Carteret County | 9.383 |
| 56 | Caldwell County | 9.32 |
| 57 | Swain County | 9.316 |
| 58 | Northampton County | 9.302 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 9.273 |
| 60 | Rockingham County | 9.221 |
| 61 | Duplin County | 9.153 |
| 62 | Davidson County | 9.118 |
| 63 | Davie County | 9.108 |
| 63 | Rowan County | 9.108 |
| 65 | Gaston County | 9.107 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.056 |
| 67 | Randolph County | 9.026 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.829 |
| 69 | Macon County | 8.726 |
| 70 | Yadkin County | 8.718 |
| 71 | Surry County | 8.701 |
| 72 | Lenoir County | 8.673 |
| 73 | Wayne County | 8.661 |
| 74 | McDowell County | 8.627 |
| 75 | Stokes County | 8.564 |
| 76 | Warren County | 8.511 |
| 77 | Lee County | 8.445 |
| 78 | Avery County | 8.342 |
| 79 | Wilkes County | 8.31 |
| 80 | Vance County | 8.123 |
| 81 | Caswell County | 8.108 |
| 82 | Person County | 8.067 |
| 83 | Jones County | 8 |
| 84 | Washington County | 7.944 |
| 85 | Bertie County | 7.942 |
| 86 | Cleveland County | 7.853 |
| 87 | Wilson County | 7.793 |
| 88 | Richmond County | 7.682 |
| 89 | Edgecombe County | 7.487 |
| 90 | Robeson County | 7.349 |
| 91 | Martin County | 7.16 |
| 92 | Gates County | 7.143 |
| 93 | Alexander County | 7.116 |
| 94 | Bladen County | 6.816 |
| 95 | Hyde County | 6.767 |
| 96 | Anson County | 6.18 |
| 97 | Scotland County | 5.817 |
| 98 | Tyrrell County | 5.755 |
| 99 | Mitchell County | 5.689 |
| 100 | Hertford County | 4.959 |