Counties in Washington by establishment entry rate

Pend Oreille County had the highest establishment entry rate of 39 counties in 2015, at 17.054%. Lincoln County had the lowest, at 6.912%. The median was 11.077% and the figure for Washington was 10.864%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest17.054Pend Oreille County

Lowest6.912Lincoln County

Median11.07739 counties

Washington10.864History

Map of counties, 2015

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%, 2015. 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.

All counties, 2015

%. 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

Rank	Counties	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Pend Oreille County	17.054	+8.06 pts
2	Wahkiakum County	14.388	+6.11 pts
3	Columbia County	13.913	-1.88 pts
4	Stevens County	13.239	+4.72 pts
5	Ferry County	13.223	+3.35 pts
6	Klickitat County	13.098	-1.53 pts
7	Skamania County	12.219	-4.77 pts
8	Kittitas County	12.023	+0.37 pts
9	Douglas County	11.792	+1.94 pts
10	Chelan County	11.481	+1.54 pts
11	Clark County	11.447	+0.15 pts
12	San Juan County	11.398	-0.25 pts
13	Snohomish County	11.349	-0.23 pts
14	Kitsap County	11.253	+1.1 pts
15	Grant County	11.177	+3.15 pts
16	Okanogan County	11.176	+1.18 pts
17	King County	11.143	+0.29 pts
18	Island County	11.129	-0.28 pts
19	Mason County	11.099	+0.94 pts
20	Adams County	11.077	+4.25 pts
21	Franklin County	10.821	+1.08 pts
22	Benton County	10.755	+1.45 pts
23	Spokane County	10.528	+0.83 pts
24	Thurston County	10.502	+0.57 pts
25	Walla Walla County	10.439	+1.8 pts
26	Lewis County	10.345	+1.49 pts
27	Whatcom County	10.189	-0.27 pts
28	Pierce County	10.122	-0.37 pts
29	Jefferson County	9.95	+1.12 pts
30	Whitman County	9.93	+1.21 pts
31	Grays Harbor County	9.882	+0.08 pts
32	Skagit County	9.865	+0.85 pts
33	Clallam County	9.427	+0.6 pts
34	Yakima County	8.923	+0.6 pts
35	Pacific County	8.85	+0.64 pts
36	Cowlitz County	7.721	-0.36 pts
37	Garfield County	7.5	n/a
38	Asotin County	6.974	-0.98 pts
39	Lincoln County	6.912	-1.25 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. 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 Washington by establishment entry rate, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Washington by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/washington-counties?period=2015. 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 Washington by establishment entry rate, 2015. 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/washington-counties?period=2015.

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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 Washington by establishment entry rate, 2015 [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/washington-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Pend Oreille County, with 17.054% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Lincoln County, with 6.912% in 2015.

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.