# Counties in California by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Trinity County | 19.231 |
| 2 | Plumas County | 14.156 |
| 3 | Calaveras County | 13.41 |
| 4 | Mono County | 13.396 |
| 5 | Tehama County | 12.801 |
| 6 | El Dorado County | 11.942 |
| 7 | Lake County | 11.688 |
| 8 | Mariposa County | 11.42 |
| 9 | Los Angeles County | 11.016 |
| 10 | San Bernardino County | 10.702 |
| 11 | Riverside County | 10.624 |
| 12 | San Francisco County | 10.469 |
| 13 | Nevada County | 10.419 |
| 14 | Amador County | 10.386 |
| 15 | Orange County | 10.369 |
| 16 | Mendocino County | 10.351 |
| 17 | Marin County | 10.21 |
| 18 | Alpine County | 10.169 |
| 19 | Placer County | 10.167 |
| 20 | San Diego County | 10.149 |
| 21 | Lassen County | 9.956 |
| 22 | Yuba County | 9.905 |
| 23 | Santa Clara County | 9.874 |
| 24 | San Joaquin County | 9.862 |
| 25 | Sacramento County | 9.829 |
| 26 | Kern County | 9.785 |
| 27 | Shasta County | 9.783 |
| 28 | Modoc County | 9.756 |
| 29 | Siskiyou County | 9.738 |
| 30 | Alameda County | 9.717 |
| 31 | Santa Cruz County | 9.685 |
| 32 | Contra Costa County | 9.681 |
| 33 | San Mateo County | 9.656 |
| 34 | Tuolumne County | 9.653 |
| 35 | Madera County | 9.646 |
| 36 | Ventura County | 9.568 |
| 37 | Sonoma County | 9.554 |
| 38 | Stanislaus County | 9.406 |
| 39 | Solano County | 9.363 |
| 40 | Yolo County | 9.354 |
| 41 | Humboldt County | 9.31 |
| 42 | Fresno County | 9.259 |
| 42 | Sierra County | 9.259 |
| 44 | Imperial County | 9.115 |
| 45 | San Luis Obispo County | 9.055 |
| 46 | Merced County | 8.825 |
| 47 | Sutter County | 8.773 |
| 48 | Del Norte County | 8.763 |
| 49 | San Benito County | 8.76 |
| 50 | Santa Barbara County | 8.517 |
| 51 | Butte County | 8.468 |
| 52 | Tulare County | 8.331 |
| 53 | Kings County | 8.22 |
| 54 | Monterey County | 8.208 |
| 55 | Napa County | 7.865 |
| 56 | Colusa County | 7.51 |
| 57 | Inyo County | 7.489 |
| 58 | Glenn County | 7.174 |
