Counties in Arizona by establishment exit rate

Apache County had the highest establishment exit rate of 15 counties in 2022, at 11.002%. Greenlee County had the lowest, at 6.098%. The median was 8.977% and the figure for Arizona was 10.007%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest11.002Apache County

Lowest6.098Greenlee County

Median8.97715 counties

Arizona10.007History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 7.7
7.7 to 8.7
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9.7 and over

%, 2022. 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, 2022

%. 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	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Apache County	11.002	+1.57 pts
2	Maricopa County	10.385	+0.51 pts
3	Yavapai County	9.775	+0.49 pts
4	Pinal County	9.724	+0.85 pts
5	Pima County	9.414	-0.11 pts
6	Navajo County	9.133	-1.25 pts
7	Cochise County	9.015	-1.32 pts
8	Coconino County	8.977	-0.22 pts
9	Gila County	8.875	+0.87 pts
10	Mohave County	8.547	-0.49 pts
11	Santa Cruz County	8.511	-2.42 pts
12	Yuma County	7.731	-0.65 pts
13	Graham County	7.615	-2.67 pts
14	La Paz County	7.36	-1.46 pts
15	Greenlee County	6.098	n/a

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. 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, 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Arizona by establishment exit 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-exit-rate/arizona-counties?period=2022. 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, 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-exit-rate/arizona-counties?period=2022.

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, 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-exit-rate/arizona-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Apache County, with 11.002% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Greenlee County, with 6.098% 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.