# Counties in Florida by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 67 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/florida-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Glades County | 14.286 |
| 2 | Gilchrist County | 12.816 |
| 3 | Osceola County | 12.546 |
| 4 | Hamilton County | 12.081 |
| 5 | Charlotte County | 12.021 |
| 6 | Lee County | 11.762 |
| 7 | St. Lucie County | 11.669 |
| 8 | Orange County | 11.668 |
| 9 | Broward County | 11.568 |
| 10 | Palm Beach County | 11.303 |
| 11 | Hillsborough County | 11.267 |
| 12 | Miami-Dade County | 11.251 |
| 13 | Wakulla County | 11.233 |
| 14 | Okeechobee County | 11.192 |
| 15 | Jefferson County | 10.985 |
| 16 | Walton County | 10.951 |
| 17 | Seminole County | 10.925 |
| 18 | Hernando County | 10.891 |
| 19 | Manatee County | 10.87 |
| 20 | Clay County | 10.83 |
| 21 | Polk County | 10.807 |
| 22 | Pasco County | 10.796 |
| 23 | Putnam County | 10.781 |
| 24 | Nassau County | 10.692 |
| 25 | Pinellas County | 10.656 |
| 26 | Lake County | 10.531 |
| 27 | Flagler County | 10.526 |
| 28 | Sarasota County | 10.35 |
| 29 | Marion County | 10.336 |
| 30 | Duval County | 10.29 |
| 31 | Collier County | 10.274 |
| 32 | Brevard County | 10.265 |
| 33 | Volusia County | 10.222 |
| 34 | Monroe County | 10.198 |
| 35 | Escambia County | 10.117 |
| 36 | Liberty County | 10.063 |
| 37 | Indian River County | 10.014 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 10.007 |
| 39 | Citrus County | 9.934 |
| 40 | Martin County | 9.921 |
| 41 | St. Johns County | 9.908 |
| 42 | Alachua County | 9.907 |
| 43 | Levy County | 9.877 |
| 44 | Okaloosa County | 9.835 |
| 45 | Santa Rosa County | 9.702 |
| 46 | Gulf County | 9.579 |
| 47 | Hendry County | 9.438 |
| 48 | DeSoto County | 9.369 |
| 49 | Suwannee County | 9.219 |
| 50 | Franklin County | 9.168 |
| 51 | Highlands County | 9.129 |
| 52 | Gadsden County | 9.125 |
| 53 | Bradford County | 9.102 |
| 54 | Baker County | 9.024 |
| 55 | Bay County | 8.901 |
| 56 | Sumter County | 8.845 |
| 57 | Columbia County | 8.712 |
| 58 | Holmes County | 8.602 |
| 59 | Madison County | 8.567 |
| 60 | Leon County | 8.49 |
| 61 | Hardee County | 8.386 |
| 62 | Washington County | 8.385 |
| 63 | Calhoun County | 8.38 |
| 64 | Lafayette County | 6.573 |
| 65 | Taylor County | 6.289 |
| 66 | Union County | 5.128 |
| 67 | Dixie County | 4.432 |