Counties in Washington by establishment entry rate

Lincoln County had the highest establishment entry rate of 38 counties in 2019, at 19.59%. Ferry County had the lowest, at 5.622%. The median was 10.16% and the figure for Washington was 10.292%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19.59Lincoln County

Lowest5.622Ferry County

Median10.1638 counties

Washington10.292History

Map of counties, 2019

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%, 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.

All counties, 2019

%. 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	2019 (%)	Change on 2018
1	Lincoln County	19.59	+11.06 pts
2	Columbia County	19.324	+6.06 pts
3	Wahkiakum County	14.865	+0.37 pts
4	Adams County	13.076	+3.54 pts
5	Klickitat County	13.066	+3.16 pts
6	Stevens County	12.085	+1.3 pts
7	Franklin County	12.07	+0.55 pts
8	Walla Walla County	11.705	+3.32 pts
9	Kittitas County	11.234	-0.43 pts
10	Clark County	11.007	-0.52 pts
11	Snohomish County	10.922	-0.2 pts
12	Island County	10.842	-1.57 pts
13	Benton County	10.642	+0.09 pts
14	Skamania County	10.526	-5.17 pts
15	King County	10.479	-0.26 pts
16	Pierce County	10.461	-0.28 pts
17	Whatcom County	10.284	+0.17 pts
18	San Juan County	10.242	-0.22 pts
19	Grant County	10.19	+0.48 pts
20	Jefferson County	10.129	+1.24 pts
21	Clallam County	10.099	-0.65 pts
22	Lewis County	10.089	+0.95 pts
23	Douglas County	10.021	-1.48 pts
24	Kitsap County	9.882	-0.42 pts
25	Thurston County	9.759	-0.11 pts
26	Pacific County	9.348	-0.34 pts
27	Chelan County	9.265	-0.02 pts
28	Whitman County	9.247	+1.99 pts
29	Spokane County	9.202	-0.75 pts
30	Skagit County	9.177	-0.1 pts
31	Mason County	9.105	-1.91 pts
32	Cowlitz County	8.647	-0.5 pts
33	Grays Harbor County	8.397	+0.06 pts
34	Yakima County	8.35	-0.92 pts
35	Pend Oreille County	8.095	-4.89 pts
36	Okanogan County	7.518	-2.09 pts
37	Asotin County	6.948	-1.5 pts
38	Ferry County	5.622	-4.5 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. 1 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.

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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APA 7

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, 2019) [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, 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/washington-counties?period=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

Harvard

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, 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/washington-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Lincoln County, with 19.59% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Ferry County, with 5.622% in 2019.

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. 1 counties have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.