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Counties in Texas by establishment entry rate, 2023

Kent County had the highest establishment entry rate of 245 counties in 2023, at 37.5%. Knox County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 10.413% and the figure for Texas was 11.85%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest37.5Kent County
Lowest0Knox County
Median10.413245 counties
Texas11.85History

Top 40 counties, 2023

Kent County: 37.5 %Kent County37.5Borden County: 36.364 %Borden County36.364Cottle County: 23.077 %Cottle County23.077Motley County: 18.605 %Motley County18.605Armstrong County: 18.182 %Armstrong County18.182San Jacinto County: 17.757 %San Jacinto County17.757Lynn County: 17.143 %Lynn County17.143Fort Bend County: 16.325 %Fort Bend County16.325Mitchell County: 16.29 %Mitchell County16.29Real County: 16.049 %Real County16.049Martin County: 16.031 %Martin County16.031Delta County: 15.842 %Delta County15.842Aransas County: 15.764 %Aransas County15.764Somervell County: 15.695 %Somervell County15.695Franklin County: 15.625 %Franklin County15.625Concho County: 15.385 %Concho County15.385Roberts County: 15.385 %Roberts County15.385Denton County: 15.275 %Denton County15.275Parker County: 15.103 %Parker County15.103Wheeler County: 15.082 %Wheeler County15.082Glasscock County: 14.925 %Glasscock County14.925Chambers County: 14.9 %Chambers County14.9Williamson County: 14.835 %Williamson County14.835Collin County: 14.782 %Collin County14.782Goliad County: 14.483 %Goliad County14.483Montgomery County: 14.416 %Montgomery County14.416Guadalupe County: 14.242 %Guadalupe County14.242Rockwall County: 14.179 %Rockwall County14.179Irion County: 14.159 %Irion County14.159Marion County: 14.154 %Marion County14.154Llano County: 14.097 %Llano County14.097Bastrop County: 14.096 %Bastrop County14.096Kaufman County: 14.053 %Kaufman County14.053Andrews County: 14.039 %Andrews County14.039Kendall County: 13.989 %Kendall County13.989Blanco County: 13.96 %Blanco County13.96Hays County: 13.891 %Hays County13.891Travis County: 13.833 %Travis County13.833Ochiltree County: 13.711 %Ochiltree County13.711Wise County: 13.592 %Wise County13.592
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Kent County37.5+37.5 pts
2Borden County36.364n/a
3Cottle County23.077+6.41 pts
4Motley County18.605-0.44 pts
5Armstrong County18.182+6.13 pts
6San Jacinto County17.757+0.77 pts
7Lynn County17.143+2.69 pts
8Fort Bend County16.325-2.87 pts
9Mitchell County16.29+9.93 pts
10Real County16.049+12.43 pts
11Martin County16.031+1.09 pts
12Delta County15.842+7.84 pts
13Aransas County15.764+4.19 pts
14Somervell County15.695+5.49 pts
15Franklin County15.625+2.08 pts
16Concho County15.385+5.26 pts
16Roberts County15.385+0.38 pts
18Denton County15.275-0.96 pts
19Parker County15.103+1.19 pts
20Wheeler County15.082+7.7 pts
21Glasscock County14.925n/a
22Chambers County14.9+5.88 pts
23Williamson County14.835-1.02 pts
24Collin County14.782-1.13 pts
25Goliad County14.483+5.02 pts
26Montgomery County14.416-0.17 pts
27Guadalupe County14.242+1.59 pts
28Rockwall County14.179-1.65 pts
29Irion County14.159-2.82 pts
30Marion County14.154+2.01 pts
31Llano County14.097+0.22 pts
32Bastrop County14.096-1.3 pts
33Kaufman County14.053-0.92 pts
34Andrews County14.039+1.27 pts
35Kendall County13.989+0.67 pts
36Blanco County13.96-1.69 pts
37Hays County13.891-1.28 pts
38Travis County13.833-0.53 pts
39Ochiltree County13.711+4.7 pts
40Wise County13.592+0.24 pts
41Ellis County13.581-1.07 pts
42Comal County13.415-1.83 pts
43McMullen County13.333+2.67 pts
44Waller County13.291-0.19 pts
45Hamilton County13.208-0.45 pts
46Lampasas County13.127+1.93 pts
47Culberson County12.963n/a
48Upshur County12.916-0.98 pts
49Hood County12.865+0.26 pts
50Bosque County12.834+2.83 pts
51Clay County12.795+8 pts
52Mills County12.785+7.15 pts
53Jack County12.723+1.79 pts
54Palo Pinto County12.693+0.05 pts
54Pecos County12.693+2.91 pts
56Johnson County12.648-0.68 pts
57Jones County12.579-0.45 pts
58Crane County12.571+2.17 pts
59Parmer County12.403+0.61 pts
60Coke County12.389+5.31 pts
61Robertson County12.36-1.68 pts
62Scurry County12.272+2.98 pts
63Fannin County12.215+2.58 pts
64Erath County12.121+1.85 pts
65Burnet County12.084+0.54 pts
66Cooke County12.037-0.18 pts
67Brazoria County12.029-0.73 pts
68Wilson County12.024-3.73 pts
69Walker County11.992+1.73 pts
70Morris County11.979+2.6 pts
71Tarrant County11.935-0.45 pts
72Navarro County11.925+4.14 pts
73Bandera County11.902-2.25 pts
74San Patricio County11.897+1.18 pts
75Gaines County11.875+0.38 pts
76Hall County11.864+3.17 pts
77Zapata County11.808+0.87 pts
78Van Zandt County11.79-2.94 pts
79Liberty County11.754+0.63 pts
80Bell County11.745-1.21 pts
81Caldwell County11.714-1.61 pts
82Madison County11.673-0.52 pts
83El Paso County11.631-0.11 pts
84Harris County11.574-0.65 pts
85Galveston County11.538-0.04 pts
86McCulloch County11.5+3.29 pts
87Freestone County11.48+1.02 pts
88Bexar County11.466-0.5 pts
89Medina County11.445-0.03 pts
90Coleman County11.444-0.85 pts
91Swisher County11.354+7.02 pts
92Midland County11.348-0.71 pts
93Hunt County11.33-1.41 pts
94Duval County11.278+1.32 pts
95Rains County11.26-2.51 pts
96Lamar County11.111+1.93 pts
97Henderson County11.099-1.01 pts
98Newton County11.075-1.22 pts
99Lee County11.069-0.74 pts
100Houston County11.061-0.92 pts
101San Saba County11.034+3.37 pts
102Grimes County11.027-1.98 pts
103Hidalgo County10.965-0.34 pts
104Dallas County10.933-1.22 pts
105Grayson County10.929+0.06 pts
106Randall County10.911+0.16 pts
107Brazos County10.864+0.61 pts
108Brewster County10.861+1.52 pts
109Sherman County10.811+3.67 pts
110San Augustine County10.788-0.23 pts
111Gillespie County10.759+0.17 pts
112Ector County10.75-1.15 pts
113Cherokee County10.724-0.26 pts
114Panola County10.655+3.63 pts
115Reeves County10.6+3.17 pts
116Castro County10.596+0.36 pts
117Live Oak County10.549+0.93 pts
118Hartley County10.526+0.15 pts
118Winkler County10.526-1.97 pts
120Austin County10.469-0.6 pts
121Yoakum County10.465-3.99 pts
122Polk County10.419-3.61 pts
123McLennan County10.413-0.71 pts
124Smith County10.391-0.7 pts
125Cochran County10.39-3.31 pts
126Howard County10.38+1.75 pts
127Presidio County10.37-2.91 pts
128Wood County10.36-1.18 pts
129Trinity County10.227-7.06 pts
130Lubbock County10.22-0.68 pts
131Maverick County10.212-0.39 pts
132Jeff Davis County10.169+5.13 pts
133Kerr County10.151-0.04 pts
134Leon County10.061-0.96 pts
135Brooks County10.05-1.17 pts
136Karnes County10.033+0.05 pts
137Tom Green County10.013+1.6 pts
138Hardin County100 pts
139Hemphill County9.959+3.43 pts
140Bailey County9.924+3.79 pts
141Stephens County9.91-3.39 pts
142Limestone County9.893+4.32 pts
143Starr County9.888+1.01 pts
144Hill County9.885-1.52 pts
145Falls County9.8-2.87 pts
146Anderson County9.777-1.09 pts
147Dallam County9.769+4.16 pts
148Webb County9.757-1.27 pts
149Menard County9.756+0.23 pts
150Harrison County9.745-1.06 pts
151Angelina County9.737+0.61 pts
152Floyd County9.717+1.55 pts
153Upton County9.677-6.23 pts
154Eastland County9.674-2.04 pts
155Mason County9.63+2.22 pts
156Nacogdoches County9.621+1.27 pts
157Jasper County9.617-0.36 pts
158Uvalde County9.607+2.21 pts
159Jim Wells County9.53+0.03 pts
160Burleson County9.408-0.61 pts
161Dickens County9.375n/a
161Hudspeth County9.375n/a
163Throckmorton County9.302-2.33 pts
164Cameron County9.279-0.41 pts
165Ward County9.241-4.61 pts
166Baylor County9.231-6.64 pts
167Nolan County9.206-0.73 pts
167Rusk County9.206-0.7 pts
169Young County9.178+2.71 pts
170Milam County9.168-1.21 pts
171Val Verde County9.079+0.72 pts
172Lavaca County9.071-2.4 pts
173Nueces County9.008-0.13 pts
174Montague County8.948-3.96 pts
175Washington County8.901+0.51 pts
176Matagorda County8.895+1.98 pts
177Hopkins County8.892-3.03 pts
178Brown County8.818+0.94 pts
179Hale County8.739+2.54 pts
180Coryell County8.738-0.6 pts
181Callahan County8.696-7.29 pts
181Jim Hogg County8.696+1.55 pts
183Jefferson County8.653+0.5 pts
184Gregg County8.609-0.36 pts
185Atascosa County8.549-3.37 pts
186Shelby County8.48-3.8 pts
187Cass County8.478-0.4 pts
188Bowie County8.473-0.44 pts
189Sabine County8.38-9.54 pts
190Moore County8.373-0.19 pts
191Colorado County8.325-1.68 pts
192Titus County8.301-2.33 pts
193Fayette County8.275-1.07 pts
194Archer County8.213-2.06 pts
195Dimmit County8.193-1.12 pts
196Bee County8.149+2.38 pts
197Taylor County8.124-2.55 pts
198Hutchinson County8.105+1.4 pts
199Orange County8.097-0.25 pts
200Wichita County8.059-1.46 pts
201Victoria County8.036-0.57 pts
202Hockley County8.027-3.06 pts
203Comanche County8-5.02 pts
203Edwards County8-4.99 pts
205Potter County7.88-1 pts
206Kimble County7.813-2 pts
207Sterling County7.792n/a
208Terry County7.653+1.18 pts
209Hardeman County7.643-4.05 pts
210Red River County7.602-4.13 pts
211Dawson County7.6+0.88 pts
212Deaf Smith County7.587+0.03 pts
213Hansford County7.547-3.22 pts
214Calhoun County7.543-1.6 pts
215Tyler County7.531-2.31 pts
216Runnels County7.519-2.05 pts
217Gonzales County7.497+1.39 pts
218Camp County7.463-5.84 pts
219Kleberg County7.444-2.28 pts
220Frio County7.407-0.44 pts
221Collingsworth County7.299+2.79 pts
222Reagan County7.273+0.16 pts
223Wharton County7.269-0.65 pts
224Wilbarger County7.22-3.07 pts
225Donley County7.042+1.45 pts
226Lamb County6.849-1.02 pts
227DeWitt County6.813-2.22 pts
228Willacy County6.799-5.99 pts
229Garza County6.792-4.93 pts
230Crockett County6.699-5.68 pts
231Haskell County6.478-5.47 pts
232La Salle County6.429-3.36 pts
233Jackson County6.319-1.43 pts
234Fisher County6.299+1.58 pts
235Crosby County6.211+1.27 pts
236Refugio County6.178-5.59 pts
237Carson County5.691-3.36 pts
238Zavala County5.435-6.59 pts
239Sutton County4.854-1.81 pts
240Childress County4.79-4.3 pts
241Lipscomb County4.615n/a
242Gray County4.536-3.66 pts
243Shackelford County3.54-7.03 pts
244Kenedy County00 pts
244Knox County0-11.7 pts

Other periods

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. 9 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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 Texas by establishment entry rate, 2023) [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 Texas by establishment entry rate, 2023. 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/texas-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Texas by establishment entry rate, 2023. 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/texas-counties.

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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 Texas by establishment entry rate, 2023 [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/texas-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Kent County, with 37.5% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Knox County, with 0% in 2023.

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. 9 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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