Counties in Arizona by establishment exit rate

Santa Cruz County had the highest establishment exit rate of 14 counties in 2021, at 10.931%. Gila County had the lowest, at 8.004%. The median was 9.36% and the figure for Arizona was 9.691%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest10.931Santa Cruz County

Lowest8.004Gila County

Median9.3614 counties

Arizona9.691History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 8.9
8.9 to 9.2
9.2 to 9.5
9.5 to 10
10 and over
No data

%, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Santa Cruz County	10.931	+0.82 pts
2	Navajo County	10.379	+0.63 pts
3	Cochise County	10.335	+0.34 pts
4	Graham County	10.288	+3.48 pts
5	Maricopa County	9.874	+0.13 pts
6	Pima County	9.522	+0.45 pts
7	Apache County	9.432	+1.09 pts
8	Yavapai County	9.288	+0.59 pts
9	Coconino County	9.197	+1.16 pts
10	Mohave County	9.033	+0.22 pts
11	Pinal County	8.879	-0.81 pts
12	La Paz County	8.824	-2.94 pts
13	Yuma County	8.377	-0.93 pts
14	Gila County	8.004	-1.51 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Establishments that closed during the year (employees a year earlier and none in March of the year), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

Counts closed locations, including branches of firms that keep operating elsewhere, so it is not a firm failure rate. Not comparable with enterprise_death_rate, which counts enterprise deaths 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 2021 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 exit 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Arizona by establishment exit rate, 2021) [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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Arizona by establishment exit rate, 2021. 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-exit-rate/arizona-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Arizona by establishment exit rate, 2021. 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-exit-rate/arizona-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Arizona by establishment exit rate, 2021 [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-exit-rate/arizona-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Santa Cruz County, with 10.931% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Gila County, with 8.004% in 2021.

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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.