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US counties by establishment entry rate

Eureka County had the highest establishment entry rate of 3073 counties in 2019, at 25.455%. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.076% and the figure for the United States was 9.613%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25.455Eureka County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median8.0763073 counties
United States9.613History

Map of counties, 2019

%, 2019. 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, 2019

Eureka County: 25.455 %Eureka County25.455Daggett County: 24.242 %Daggett County24.242Webster County: 23.077 %Webster County23.077Sioux County: 22.222 %Sioux County22.222Baker County: 21.818 %Baker County21.818McKenzie County: 20.546 %McKenzie County20.546Billings County: 20 %Billings County20Stewart County: 19.863 %Stewart County19.863Lincoln County: 19.59 %Lincoln County19.59Terrell County: 19.355 %Terrell County19.355Columbia County: 19.324 %Columbia County19.324Kimball County: 19.178 %Kimball County19.178Hamilton County: 18.75 %Hamilton County18.75Rich County: 18.497 %Rich County18.497Tyler County: 18.487 %Tyler County18.487Sheridan County: 18.462 %Sheridan County18.462Reeves County: 18.377 %Reeves County18.377Glades County: 18.349 %Glades County18.349Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18.182 %Lake and Peninsula Borough18.182Park County: 17.755 %Park County17.755Crane County: 17.647 %Crane County17.647Judith Basin County: 17.582 %Judith Basin County17.582Newton County: 17.568 %Newton County17.568Dunn County: 17.391 %Dunn County17.391Schley County: 17.143 %Schley County17.143Kinney County: 16.667 %Kinney County16.667Boise County: 16.606 %Boise County16.606Wirt County: 16.162 %Wirt County16.162Nicholas County: 16.058 %Nicholas County16.058Osceola County: 15.937 %Osceola County15.937Wheatland County: 15.929 %Wheatland County15.929Mineral County: 15.92 %Mineral County15.92Real County: 15.854 %Real County15.854Gilpin County: 15.833 %Gilpin County15.833Teton County: 15.777 %Teton County15.777Warren County: 15.683 %Warren County15.683Franklin County: 15.665 %Franklin County15.665Wasatch County: 15.558 %Wasatch County15.558Haskell County: 15.544 %Haskell County15.544Long County: 15.493 %Long County15.493Eureka County: 25.455 %Eureka County25.455Daggett County: 24.242 %Daggett County24.242Webster County: 23.077 %Webster County23.077Sioux County: 22.222 %Sioux County22.222Baker County: 21.818 %Baker County21.818McKenzie County: 20.546 %McKenzie County20.546Billings County: 20 %Billings County20Stewart County: 19.863 %Stewart County19.863Lincoln County: 19.59 %Lincoln County19.59Terrell County: 19.355 %Terrell County19.355Columbia County: 19.324 %Columbia County19.324Kimball County: 19.178 %Kimball County19.178Hamilton County: 18.75 %Hamilton County18.75Rich County: 18.497 %Rich County18.497Tyler County: 18.487 %Tyler County18.487Sheridan County: 18.462 %Sheridan County18.462Reeves County: 18.377 %Reeves County18.377Glades County: 18.349 %Glades County18.349Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18.182 %Lake and Peninsula Borough18.182Park County: 17.755 %Park County17.755Crane County: 17.647 %Crane County17.647Judith Basin County: 17.582 %Judith Basin County17.582Newton County: 17.568 %Newton County17.568Dunn County: 17.391 %Dunn County17.391Schley County: 17.143 %Schley County17.143Kinney County: 16.667 %Kinney County16.667Boise County: 16.606 %Boise County16.606Wirt County: 16.162 %Wirt County16.162Nicholas County: 16.058 %Nicholas County16.058Osceola County: 15.937 %Osceola County15.937Wheatland County: 15.929 %Wheatland County15.929Mineral County: 15.92 %Mineral County15.92Real County: 15.854 %Real County15.854Gilpin County: 15.833 %Gilpin County15.833Teton County: 15.777 %Teton County15.777Warren County: 15.683 %Warren County15.683Franklin County: 15.665 %Franklin County15.665Wasatch County: 15.558 %Wasatch County15.558Haskell County: 15.544 %Haskell County15.544Long County: 15.493 %Long County15.493
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Eureka County25.455n/a
2Daggett County24.242+1.39 pts
3Webster County23.077+23.08 pts
4Sioux County22.222n/a
5Baker County21.818n/a
6McKenzie County20.546+8.48 pts
7Billings County20+11.4 pts
8Stewart County19.863+13.57 pts
9Lincoln County19.59+11.06 pts
10Terrell County19.355+19.36 pts
11Columbia County19.324+6.06 pts
12Kimball County19.178+12.7 pts
13Hamilton County18.75+13.79 pts
14Rich County18.497+6.59 pts
15Tyler County18.487+8.49 pts
16Sheridan County18.462+2.84 pts
17Reeves County18.377-0.12 pts
18Glades County18.349+6.76 pts
19Lake and Peninsula Borough18.182n/a
20Park County17.755+3.78 pts
21Crane County17.647+3.81 pts
22Judith Basin County17.582n/a
23Newton County17.568+8.11 pts
24Dunn County17.391+2.55 pts
25Schley County17.143n/a
26Kinney County16.667+1.74 pts
27Boise County16.606+4.75 pts
28Wirt County16.162+9.78 pts
29Nicholas County16.058+10.04 pts
30Osceola County15.937+0.33 pts
31Wheatland County15.929+3.32 pts
32Mineral County15.92+5.28 pts
33Real County15.854+8.11 pts
34Gilpin County15.833+3.07 pts
35Teton County15.777+0.35 pts
36Warren County15.683+3.82 pts
37Franklin County15.665+8.33 pts
38Wasatch County15.558-0.32 pts
39Haskell County15.544+5.29 pts
40Long County15.493+0.79 pts
41Glasscock County15.385-1.01 pts
42Summers County15.19+7.42 pts
43Canyon County15.087+0.37 pts
44Grayson County15.054+6.81 pts
44Sierra County15.054n/a
46Utah County14.924+0.48 pts
47Walton County14.914+1.84 pts
48Pleasants County14.876+5.63 pts
49Wahkiakum County14.865+0.37 pts
50Wolfe County14.706-0.05 pts
51Oneida County14.689+1.67 pts
52LaSalle Parish14.656+2.36 pts
53Fort Bend County14.652+0.1 pts
54Douglas County14.6+0.93 pts
55Cherokee County14.556+9.15 pts
56Liberty County14.474+2.71 pts
57Worth County14.458n/a
58Franklin County14.354+6.51 pts
59Jefferson County14.317+0.57 pts
60Boundary County14.286+4.01 pts
60Echols County14.286n/a
62Garfield County14.235-2.93 pts
63Morrow County14.227+3.1 pts
64St. Louis city14.194+1.24 pts
65Harding County14.118+4.24 pts
66Miller County14.097+7.76 pts
67Powell County14.094+10.08 pts
68Santa Rosa County14.08+0.56 pts
68St. Johns County14.08+1.39 pts
70Alpine County14.035-4.48 pts
71Lincoln County14.015-0.86 pts
72Denton County13.984+0.29 pts
73Dallas County13.972-1.5 pts
74Gem County13.96-0.14 pts
75Sheridan County13.927+1.84 pts
76Saguache County13.913+2.95 pts
77Bastrop County13.838+0.32 pts
78Johnson County13.827-2.5 pts
79Fremont County13.82-0.78 pts
80Hood County13.815+0.63 pts
81Keweenaw County13.793-11.21 pts
82Callahan County13.759+2.05 pts
83Bottineau County13.744+7.97 pts
84Dolores County13.725-2.77 pts
85Collin County13.72+0.28 pts
86Lake County13.684+3.88 pts
87Adams County13.636-4.12 pts
87Kusilvak Census Area13.636n/a
87Piute County13.636-0.32 pts
90Montgomery County13.629+1.35 pts
91Washington County13.586+0.94 pts
92St. Lucie County13.579+0.75 pts
93Prairie County13.559n/a
94Duchesne County13.494-0.49 pts
95Carter County13.475+5.2 pts
96Andrews County13.469-0.74 pts
97Sherman County13.462n/a
98Flagler County13.456+1.39 pts
99Orange County13.443+0.65 pts
100Spencer County13.437+0.87 pts
101Daviess County13.433+3.58 pts
102Custer County13.428-1.33 pts
103Meagher County13.333-4.14 pts
104Sweet Grass County13.284+7.53 pts
105Williamson County13.266-0.33 pts
106Bonner County13.253-0.17 pts
107Harris County13.243+2.92 pts
108Kimble County13.23+5.91 pts
109Paulding County13.193-0.56 pts
110Ottawa County13.127+3.64 pts
111Matanuska-Susitna Borough13.117+2.33 pts
112Dade County13.115+8.22 pts
112Miami-Dade County13.115+0.4 pts
114Madison County13.1+1.9 pts
114Wagoner County13.1+0.56 pts
116Garrard County13.098+4.53 pts
117Adams County13.076+3.54 pts
118Klickitat County13.066+3.16 pts
119Morris County13.061+6.37 pts
119Ouray County13.061-1.86 pts
121Waseca County13.049+7.47 pts
122Blanco County13.037+3.8 pts
123Valley County12.994-2.12 pts
124Parker County12.992+0.08 pts
125Monroe County12.969+9.6 pts
126Dawson County12.968-2.51 pts
127Sabine County12.963-0.72 pts
128Rockwall County12.948+0.08 pts
129Lowndes County12.935+7.86 pts
130Love County12.925+2.96 pts
131Pasco County12.899+1.01 pts
132Beaver County12.879+5.3 pts
132Berkeley County12.879+1.32 pts
134Haskell County12.834+6.03 pts
135Logan County12.795+2.04 pts
136Lincoln County12.739+7.51 pts
137Atkinson County12.717-0.86 pts
137Lander County12.717+6.87 pts
139Kings County12.712+0.01 pts
139Mitchell County12.712+5.96 pts
141Ellis County12.698+3.18 pts
142Hays County12.693-0.56 pts
143Poquoson city12.69+6.99 pts
144Forsyth County12.687+0.3 pts
145Freestone County12.684+1.91 pts
146Gwinnett County12.68+0.51 pts
147Van Zandt County12.679+3.48 pts
148Jefferson County12.673-2.02 pts
149Cherokee County12.658+0.82 pts
150Lawrence County12.626+4.91 pts
151Choctaw County12.613+2.38 pts
152Broward County12.59+0.35 pts
153Brown County12.583+1.29 pts
154Wayne County12.579-6.47 pts
155Douglas County12.571+4.29 pts
156Cannon County12.534+0.17 pts
157Chugach Census Area12.526-0.24 pts
158Rusk County12.522+5.29 pts
159Comal County12.505-0.4 pts
160Elliott County12.50 pts
160Washington County12.5+4.1 pts
162Lincoln County12.493+2.54 pts
163Gaines County12.486-1.36 pts
163Glenn County12.486+4.69 pts
165Aransas County12.473+4.24 pts
165Kaufman County12.473-0.77 pts
167Mathews County12.465+7.34 pts
168Clay County12.454+5.1 pts
169Elbert County12.443-3.01 pts
170Clark County12.439-0.71 pts
171Wise County12.437+1.4 pts
172Cheatham County12.436+3.05 pts
173Jasper County12.434+2.55 pts
174Wakulla County12.412-4.39 pts
175Bandera County12.394+4.3 pts
176Madison County12.392+2.61 pts
177Teller County12.373-3 pts
178Hinsdale County12.371+1.73 pts
178Madison County12.371-0.84 pts
180Davis County12.358+0.48 pts
181Hillsborough County12.348+0.69 pts
182Ada County12.347-0.12 pts
183Searcy County12.335-2.41 pts
184Ripley County12.333-1.42 pts
185Loudoun County12.316-0.15 pts
186Hamilton County12.315+4.76 pts
187Medina County12.299+2.54 pts
188Chaffee County12.287+0.22 pts
189Kingsbury County12.274+7.29 pts
190Denver County12.271+0.26 pts
191Henry County12.267+1.01 pts
191Wilson County12.267+1.4 pts
193Travis County12.259+0.19 pts
194Denali Borough12.245-1.74 pts
195Kootenai County12.242-0.62 pts
196Fulton County12.235+0.69 pts
197Carbon County12.222+3.36 pts
198Palm Beach County12.22+0.32 pts
199Calhoun County12.195+1.29 pts
199Menard County12.195+4.7 pts
201Webster County12.186+4.1 pts
202Teton County12.177+1.58 pts
203Pawnee County12.174+7.13 pts
204Surry County12.162+0.81 pts
205Manatee County12.129-0.51 pts
206Lee County12.099+0.29 pts
207El Dorado County12.096+0.43 pts
208Leon County12.093-0.63 pts
209Boulder County12.09+0.47 pts
210Morrill County12.088+6.74 pts
211Stevens County12.085+1.3 pts
212Franklin County12.07+0.55 pts
213Currituck County12.069+2.63 pts
214Effingham County12.06+2.39 pts
214Marion County12.06+0.81 pts
216Queens County12.053-0.12 pts
217Bracken County12.048+4.73 pts
217Crawford County12.048+0.05 pts
219Dorchester County12.044+1.23 pts
219Middlesex County12.044+5.84 pts
221Copper River Census Area12.022n/a
222Bollinger County12+1.92 pts
223Guadalupe County11.992+0.48 pts
224Sumter County11.991-0.86 pts
225Christian County11.983+0.31 pts
226Seminole County11.978+0.29 pts
227Hancock County11.966+1.8 pts
227Martin County11.966+4.07 pts
227Pershing County11.966+1.53 pts
230Granite County11.957+4.43 pts
230Washington County11.957+2.57 pts
232Towns County11.946+0.73 pts
233Mountrail County11.932+0.08 pts
234Routt County11.927+1.57 pts
235Goliad County11.921-0.87 pts
235Niobrara County11.921+8.02 pts
237Presidio County11.915+6.76 pts
238Midland County11.914+0.61 pts
239Gilmer County11.902+2.92 pts
240Boone County11.899+2.12 pts
241Dent County11.885-3.26 pts
242Iron County11.88-2.44 pts
243Trimble County11.852-6.47 pts
244Deschutes County11.846-1.46 pts
245Lake County11.837-0.41 pts
245Minidoka County11.837+4.63 pts
247Canadian County11.832-0.75 pts
248Sevier County11.814+8.84 pts
249Green County11.806+2.28 pts
250Los Angeles County11.8+0.46 pts

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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. 70 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US counties by establishment entry rate, 2019. 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/us-counties?period=2019. 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, US counties by establishment entry rate, 2019 [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/us-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Eureka County, with 25.455% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Ziebach County, with 0% in 2019.

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