# Counties in Connecticut by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 9 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/connecticut-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 9.226 |
| 2 | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 8.83 |
| 3 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 8.484 |
| 4 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 8.467 |
| 5 | Capitol Planning Region | 8.408 |
| 6 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 8.349 |
| 7 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 8.268 |
| 8 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 7.95 |
| 9 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 7.929 |