# Counties in Washington by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 39 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Wahkiakum County | 17.61 |
| 2 | Ferry County | 16.601 |
| 3 | Pend Oreille County | 15.566 |
| 4 | Grant County | 13.422 |
| 5 | Adams County | 13.296 |
| 6 | Douglas County | 13.233 |
| 7 | Franklin County | 12.999 |
| 8 | Kittitas County | 12.432 |
| 9 | Stevens County | 12.148 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | 11.952 |
| 11 | Clallam County | 11.875 |
| 12 | Klickitat County | 11.846 |
| 13 | Clark County | 11.781 |
| 14 | Pacific County | 11.44 |
| 15 | Snohomish County | 11.334 |
| 16 | Whatcom County | 11.314 |
| 17 | Island County | 11.258 |
| 18 | Spokane County | 11.221 |
| 19 | San Juan County | 11.194 |
| 20 | Chelan County | 11.029 |
| 21 | Pierce County | 11.015 |
| 22 | Skagit County | 10.792 |
| 23 | Mason County | 10.771 |
| 24 | Lewis County | 10.671 |
| 25 | Garfield County | 10.667 |
| 26 | Kitsap County | 10.645 |
| 27 | Asotin County | 10.633 |
| 28 | Benton County | 10.497 |
| 29 | Whitman County | 10.433 |
| 30 | Yakima County | 10.388 |
| 31 | King County | 10.376 |
| 32 | Skamania County | 10.326 |
| 33 | Walla Walla County | 9.845 |
| 34 | Thurston County | 9.794 |
| 35 | Cowlitz County | 9.705 |
| 36 | Grays Harbor County | 9.567 |
| 37 | Jefferson County | 9.169 |
| 38 | Okanogan County | 9.163 |
| 39 | Columbia County | 7.583 |