# Counties in Tennessee by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 94 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Trousdale County | 17.143 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 15.859 |
| 3 | Houston County | 14.563 |
| 4 | Fayette County | 14.356 |
| 5 | Hickman County | 14.134 |
| 6 | Grainger County | 13.778 |
| 7 | Williamson County | 13.577 |
| 8 | Sequatchie County | 13.472 |
| 9 | Polk County | 13.4 |
| 10 | Wilson County | 13.114 |
| 11 | Scott County | 13.043 |
| 12 | Fentress County | 12.967 |
| 13 | Hardin County | 12.744 |
| 14 | Jefferson County | 12.616 |
| 15 | DeKalb County | 12.562 |
| 16 | Sumner County | 12.424 |
| 17 | Henderson County | 12.271 |
| 18 | Montgomery County | 12.186 |
| 19 | Marshall County | 12.145 |
| 20 | Smith County | 12.121 |
| 21 | Perry County | 12.093 |
| 22 | Lewis County | 11.954 |
| 23 | Davidson County | 11.943 |
| 24 | Rutherford County | 11.804 |
| 25 | Cannon County | 11.765 |
| 26 | Cheatham County | 11.755 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 11.755 |
| 28 | Johnson County | 11.53 |
| 29 | Overton County | 11.48 |
| 30 | Loudon County | 11.459 |
| 31 | Tipton County | 11.412 |
| 32 | Maury County | 11.388 |
| 33 | Marion County | 11.351 |
| 34 | Stewart County | 11.25 |
| 35 | Haywood County | 11.173 |
| 36 | White County | 11.097 |
| 37 | Pickett County | 11.034 |
| 38 | McNairy County | 10.945 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 10.906 |
| 40 | Franklin County | 10.827 |
| 41 | Dickson County | 10.668 |
| 42 | Weakley County | 10.615 |
| 43 | Hawkins County | 10.599 |
| 44 | Bedford County | 10.59 |
| 45 | Carter County | 10.587 |
| 46 | Rhea County | 10.559 |
| 47 | Cumberland County | 10.422 |
| 48 | Roane County | 10.333 |
| 49 | Wayne County | 10.178 |
| 50 | Decatur County | 10.12 |
| 51 | Morgan County | 10.101 |
| 52 | Carroll County | 9.988 |
| 53 | Blount County | 9.948 |
| 54 | Henry County | 9.922 |
| 55 | Knox County | 9.76 |
| 56 | Greene County | 9.743 |
| 57 | Hamilton County | 9.695 |
| 58 | Shelby County | 9.505 |
| 59 | Bradley County | 9.484 |
| 60 | Sevier County | 9.425 |
| 61 | Hancock County | 9.346 |
| 62 | Anderson County | 9.296 |
| 63 | Monroe County | 9.292 |
| 64 | Campbell County | 9.285 |
| 65 | Putnam County | 9.265 |
| 66 | Warren County | 9.252 |
| 67 | Coffee County | 9.214 |
| 68 | Hamblen County | 9.195 |
| 69 | Washington County | 9.153 |
| 70 | Clay County | 9.143 |
| 71 | Claiborne County | 9.133 |
| 72 | Humphreys County | 9.032 |
| 73 | Lawrence County | 8.855 |
| 74 | Cocke County | 8.834 |
| 75 | Madison County | 8.68 |
| 76 | Lake County | 8.547 |
| 77 | Gibson County | 8.542 |
| 78 | Giles County | 8.515 |
| 79 | Sullivan County | 8.487 |
| 80 | Macon County | 8.414 |
| 81 | Unicoi County | 8.37 |
| 82 | Benton County | 8.333 |
| 83 | Chester County | 8.207 |
| 84 | Dyer County | 8.161 |
| 85 | Moore County | 8.108 |
| 86 | Lauderdale County | 7.985 |
| 87 | Bledsoe County | 7.86 |
| 88 | Obion County | 7.666 |
| 89 | Meigs County | 7.65 |
| 90 | Crockett County | 7.256 |
| 91 | McMinn County | 6.682 |
| 92 | Hardeman County | 6.633 |
| 93 | Union County | 6.533 |
| 94 | Grundy County | 5.614 |