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Counties in Pennsylvania by establishment entry rate

Philadelphia County had the highest establishment entry rate of 66 counties in 2013, at 11.858%. Elk County had the lowest, at 5.003%. The median was 7.245% and the figure for Pennsylvania was 8.143%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.858Philadelphia County
Lowest5.003Elk County
Median7.24566 counties
Pennsylvania8.143History

Map of counties, 2013

Adams County: 7.979 %Allegheny County: 7.877 %Armstrong County: 7.883 %Beaver County: 7.344 %Bedford County: 6.367 %Berks County: 7.249 %Blair County: 6.979 %Bradford County: 6.868 %Bucks County: 9.081 %Butler County: 7.195 %Cambria County: 6.04 %Cameron County: 5.607 %Carbon County: 8.826 %Centre County: 7.502 %Chester County: 8.612 %Clarion County: 6.978 %Clearfield County: 7.915 %Clinton County: 8.605 %Columbia County: 6.321 %Crawford County: 5.834 %Cumberland County: 7.728 %Dauphin County: 7.175 %Delaware County: 9.025 %Elk County: 5.003 %Erie County: 6.484 %Fayette County: 8.107 %Franklin County: 7.241 %Fulton County: 5.501 %Greene County: 7.132 %Huntingdon County: 6.152 %Indiana County: 7.558 %Jefferson County: 7.099 %Juniata County: 7.848 %Lackawanna County: 7.476 %Lancaster County: 7.311 %Lawrence County: 6.643 %Lebanon County: 6.42 %Lehigh County: 7.944 %Luzerne County: 6.988 %Lycoming County: 7.612 %McKean County: 8.165 %Mercer County: 6.051 %Mifflin County: 6.622 %Monroe County: 8.387 %Montgomery County: 8.9 %Montour County: 5.463 %Northampton County: 8.359 %Northumberland County: 6.359 %Perry County: 7.312 %Philadelphia County: 11.858 %Pike County: 9.241 %Potter County: 8.96 %Schuylkill County: 6.324 %Snyder County: 6.292 %Somerset County: 5.016 %Sullivan County: 9.091 %Susquehanna County: 8.684 %Tioga County: 7.407 %Union County: 6.78 %Venango County: 5.893 %Warren County: 6.369 %Washington County: 8.102 %Wayne County: 6.556 %Westmoreland County: 7.027 %Wyoming County: 9.244 %York County: 7.046 %
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%, 2013. 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, 2013

Philadelphia County: 11.858 %Philadelphia County11.858Wyoming County: 9.244 %Wyoming County9.244Pike County: 9.241 %Pike County9.241Sullivan County: 9.091 %Sullivan County9.091Bucks County: 9.081 %Bucks County9.081Delaware County: 9.025 %Delaware County9.025Potter County: 8.96 %Potter County8.96Montgomery County: 8.9 %Montgomery County8.9Carbon County: 8.826 %Carbon County8.826Susquehanna County: 8.684 %Susquehanna County8.684Chester County: 8.612 %Chester County8.612Clinton County: 8.605 %Clinton County8.605Monroe County: 8.387 %Monroe County8.387Northampton County: 8.359 %Northampton County8.359McKean County: 8.165 %McKean County8.165Fayette County: 8.107 %Fayette County8.107Washington County: 8.102 %Washington County8.102Adams County: 7.979 %Adams County7.979Lehigh County: 7.944 %Lehigh County7.944Clearfield County: 7.915 %Clearfield County7.915Armstrong County: 7.883 %Armstrong County7.883Allegheny County: 7.877 %Allegheny County7.877Juniata County: 7.848 %Juniata County7.848Cumberland County: 7.728 %Cumberland County7.728Lycoming County: 7.612 %Lycoming County7.612Indiana County: 7.558 %Indiana County7.558Centre County: 7.502 %Centre County7.502Lackawanna County: 7.476 %Lackawanna County7.476Tioga County: 7.407 %Tioga County7.407Beaver County: 7.344 %Beaver County7.344Perry County: 7.312 %Perry County7.312Lancaster County: 7.311 %Lancaster County7.311Berks County: 7.249 %Berks County7.249Franklin County: 7.241 %Franklin County7.241Butler County: 7.195 %Butler County7.195Dauphin County: 7.175 %Dauphin County7.175Greene County: 7.132 %Greene County7.132Jefferson County: 7.099 %Jefferson County7.099York County: 7.046 %York County7.046Westmoreland County: 7.027 %Westmoreland County7.027Philadelphia County: 11.858 %Philadelphia County11.858Wyoming County: 9.244 %Wyoming County9.244Pike County: 9.241 %Pike County9.241Sullivan County: 9.091 %Sullivan County9.091Bucks County: 9.081 %Bucks County9.081Delaware County: 9.025 %Delaware County9.025Potter County: 8.96 %Potter County8.96Montgomery County: 8.9 %Montgomery County8.9Carbon County: 8.826 %Carbon County8.826Susquehanna County: 8.684 %Susquehanna County8.684Chester County: 8.612 %Chester County8.612Clinton County: 8.605 %Clinton County8.605Monroe County: 8.387 %Monroe County8.387Northampton County: 8.359 %Northampton County8.359McKean County: 8.165 %McKean County8.165Fayette County: 8.107 %Fayette County8.107Washington County: 8.102 %Washington County8.102Adams County: 7.979 %Adams County7.979Lehigh County: 7.944 %Lehigh County7.944Clearfield County: 7.915 %Clearfield County7.915Armstrong County: 7.883 %Armstrong County7.883Allegheny County: 7.877 %Allegheny County7.877Juniata County: 7.848 %Juniata County7.848Cumberland County: 7.728 %Cumberland County7.728Lycoming County: 7.612 %Lycoming County7.612Indiana County: 7.558 %Indiana County7.558Centre County: 7.502 %Centre County7.502Lackawanna County: 7.476 %Lackawanna County7.476Tioga County: 7.407 %Tioga County7.407Beaver County: 7.344 %Beaver County7.344Perry County: 7.312 %Perry County7.312Lancaster County: 7.311 %Lancaster County7.311Berks County: 7.249 %Berks County7.249Franklin County: 7.241 %Franklin County7.241Butler County: 7.195 %Butler County7.195Dauphin County: 7.175 %Dauphin County7.175Greene County: 7.132 %Greene County7.132Jefferson County: 7.099 %Jefferson County7.099York County: 7.046 %York County7.046Westmoreland County: 7.027 %Westmoreland County7.027
%. 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

RankCounties2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Philadelphia County11.858+2.01 pts
2Wyoming County9.244-0.14 pts
3Pike County9.241-1.01 pts
4Sullivan County9.091-2.02 pts
5Bucks County9.081-0.25 pts
6Delaware County9.025+0.31 pts
7Potter County8.96+1.82 pts
8Montgomery County8.9+0.09 pts
9Carbon County8.826+1.36 pts
10Susquehanna County8.684-2.01 pts
11Chester County8.612-0.33 pts
12Clinton County8.605+0.05 pts
13Monroe County8.387-1.15 pts
14Northampton County8.359-0.04 pts
15McKean County8.165+2.22 pts
16Fayette County8.107+0.77 pts
17Washington County8.102-0.49 pts
18Adams County7.979-0.06 pts
19Lehigh County7.944-0.3 pts
20Clearfield County7.915+0.32 pts
21Armstrong County7.883+1.44 pts
22Allegheny County7.877+0.14 pts
23Juniata County7.848+0.63 pts
24Cumberland County7.728+0.19 pts
25Lycoming County7.612+0.03 pts
26Indiana County7.558-0.04 pts
27Centre County7.502+0.12 pts
28Lackawanna County7.476-0.5 pts
29Tioga County7.407-1.66 pts
30Beaver County7.344+0.28 pts
31Perry County7.312+0.94 pts
32Lancaster County7.311+0.01 pts
33Berks County7.249-0.32 pts
34Franklin County7.241+0.27 pts
35Butler County7.195-0.7 pts
36Dauphin County7.175-0.48 pts
37Greene County7.132-0.03 pts
38Jefferson County7.099-0.29 pts
39York County7.046-0.83 pts
40Westmoreland County7.027-0.37 pts
41Luzerne County6.988-0.81 pts
42Blair County6.979+1.45 pts
43Clarion County6.978-0.3 pts
44Bradford County6.868-3.17 pts
45Union County6.78+0.9 pts
46Lawrence County6.643-0.09 pts
47Mifflin County6.622+0.34 pts
48Wayne County6.556-2.49 pts
49Erie County6.484-1.04 pts
50Lebanon County6.42-0.61 pts
51Warren County6.369+0.75 pts
52Bedford County6.367-0.63 pts
53Northumberland County6.359+0.07 pts
54Schuylkill County6.324-1.32 pts
55Columbia County6.321-0.64 pts
56Snyder County6.292-0.33 pts
57Huntingdon County6.152+1.36 pts
58Mercer County6.051-0.8 pts
59Cambria County6.04+0.19 pts
60Venango County5.893-1.04 pts
61Crawford County5.834-0.51 pts
62Cameron County5.607+1.08 pts
63Fulton County5.501-1.96 pts
64Montour County5.463-0.79 pts
65Somerset County5.016-1.88 pts
66Elk County5.003-0.47 pts

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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 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 Pennsylvania by establishment entry rate, 2013) [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 Pennsylvania by establishment entry rate, 2013. 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Pennsylvania by establishment entry rate, 2013. 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013.

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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 Pennsylvania by establishment entry rate, 2013 [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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Philadelphia County, with 11.858% in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Elk County, with 5.003% in 2013.

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 2013 and are not ranked.

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