Counties in Washington by establishment entry rate

Ferry County had the highest establishment entry rate of 39 counties in 2022, at 17.573%. Columbia County had the lowest, at 7.306%. The median was 12.13% and the figure for Washington was 12.076%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest17.573Ferry County

Lowest7.306Columbia County

Median12.1339 counties

Washington12.076History

Map of counties, 2022

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%, 2022. 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, 2022

%. 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	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Ferry County	17.573	+5.35 pts
2	Pend Oreille County	14.762	+1.15 pts
3	Kittitas County	14.16	+0.85 pts
4	Franklin County	13.709	+1.21 pts
5	Grant County	13.56	+1.8 pts
6	Klickitat County	13.428	+3.81 pts
7	Clark County	13.259	+1.01 pts
8	Stevens County	13.027	+0.78 pts
9	Pierce County	12.958	+0.54 pts
10	San Juan County	12.68	+2.23 pts
11	Benton County	12.624	-0.02 pts
12	Whatcom County	12.581	+1.3 pts
13	Kitsap County	12.563	+1.67 pts
14	Whitman County	12.476	+2.19 pts
15	Island County	12.444	+1.76 pts
16	Okanogan County	12.363	-1.07 pts
17	Mason County	12.286	+0.94 pts
18	Jefferson County	12.208	+4.4 pts
19	Spokane County	12.155	+1.13 pts
20	Cowlitz County	12.13	+2.25 pts
21	Grays Harbor County	12.073	+1.38 pts
22	Snohomish County	12.057	+0.29 pts
23	Pacific County	12.008	-0.42 pts
24	Skamania County	11.864	-2.76 pts
25	Lincoln County	11.861	-1.93 pts
26	King County	11.656	+0.69 pts
27	Thurston County	11.495	+0.52 pts
28	Chelan County	11.372	+1.06 pts
29	Yakima County	11.309	+1.31 pts
30	Walla Walla County	11.19	+1.58 pts
31	Douglas County	10.841	-0.03 pts
32	Lewis County	10.612	+0.06 pts
33	Clallam County	10.535	-0.64 pts
34	Wahkiakum County	10.39	-5.3 pts
35	Skagit County	10.26	+0.78 pts
36	Garfield County	10.127	-5.26 pts
37	Asotin County	9.285	+0.79 pts
38	Adams County	7.803	-2.88 pts
39	Columbia County	7.306	-2.97 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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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Ferry County, with 17.573% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Columbia County, with 7.306% in 2022.

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.