# Counties in Georgia by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 156 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 3 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Baker County | 21.429 |
| 2 | Glascock County | 18.182 |
| 3 | Marion County | 17.143 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 16.794 |
| 5 | Troup County | 16.561 |
| 6 | Heard County | 15.596 |
| 7 | Berrien County | 14.286 |
| 8 | Pulaski County | 13.213 |
| 9 | Macon County | 13.125 |
| 10 | Twiggs County | 12.857 |
| 11 | Rockdale County | 12.643 |
| 12 | Dooly County | 12.632 |
| 13 | Taylor County | 12.295 |
| 14 | Jones County | 12.251 |
| 15 | Randolph County | 12.227 |
| 16 | DeKalb County | 12.151 |
| 17 | Fulton County | 11.842 |
| 18 | Clayton County | 11.825 |
| 19 | Henry County | 11.797 |
| 20 | Rabun County | 11.567 |
| 21 | Newton County | 11.386 |
| 22 | Seminole County | 11.221 |
| 23 | Meriwether County | 11.168 |
| 24 | Harris County | 11.165 |
| 25 | Gwinnett County | 11.091 |
| 26 | Paulding County | 10.856 |
| 27 | Cobb County | 10.758 |
| 28 | Jasper County | 10.633 |
| 29 | Quitman County | 10.526 |
| 30 | Butts County | 10.5 |
| 31 | Coweta County | 10.496 |
| 32 | Oglethorpe County | 10.462 |
| 33 | Upson County | 10.341 |
| 34 | Douglas County | 10.282 |
| 35 | Muscogee County | 10.266 |
| 36 | Jenkins County | 10.256 |
| 37 | Lowndes County | 10.207 |
| 38 | Stewart County | 10.204 |
| 39 | Walton County | 10.057 |
| 40 | Forsyth County | 10.056 |
| 41 | Peach County | 10.043 |
| 42 | Bibb County | 10.003 |
| 43 | Fayette County | 9.996 |
| 44 | Dougherty County | 9.938 |
| 45 | Charlton County | 9.929 |
| 46 | Hart County | 9.908 |
| 47 | Columbia County | 9.86 |
| 48 | Long County | 9.852 |
| 49 | Echols County | 9.836 |
| 50 | Monroe County | 9.779 |
| 51 | Cherokee County | 9.74 |
| 52 | Houston County | 9.738 |
| 53 | Chattahoochee County | 9.709 |
| 54 | Bryan County | 9.706 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 9.689 |
| 56 | Irwin County | 9.662 |
| 57 | Towns County | 9.594 |
| 58 | Pickens County | 9.577 |
| 59 | Barrow County | 9.57 |
| 60 | Treutlen County | 9.524 |
| 61 | Lee County | 9.499 |
| 62 | Telfair County | 9.496 |
| 63 | Murray County | 9.427 |
| 64 | Grady County | 9.368 |
| 65 | Camden County | 9.322 |
| 66 | Stephens County | 9.293 |
| 67 | Carroll County | 9.258 |
| 68 | Baldwin County | 9.21 |
| 69 | Chattooga County | 9.168 |
| 70 | Fannin County | 9.159 |
| 71 | Catoosa County | 9.152 |
| 72 | Walker County | 9.091 |
| 73 | Oconee County | 9.068 |
| 74 | Cook County | 9.06 |
| 75 | Laurens County | 9.012 |
| 76 | McIntosh County | 9.009 |
| 77 | Lumpkin County | 8.92 |
| 78 | Union County | 8.919 |
| 79 | Talbot County | 8.85 |
| 80 | Chatham County | 8.793 |
| 80 | Haralson County | 8.793 |
| 82 | Brooks County | 8.759 |
| 83 | Pike County | 8.727 |
| 83 | Spalding County | 8.727 |
| 85 | Wilkes County | 8.646 |
| 86 | Candler County | 8.629 |
| 87 | Tift County | 8.579 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 8.562 |
| 89 | Colquitt County | 8.561 |
| 90 | Gilmer County | 8.532 |
| 91 | Hall County | 8.525 |
| 92 | Dodge County | 8.511 |
| 93 | Dawson County | 8.47 |
| 94 | Warren County | 8.451 |
| 95 | Bacon County | 8.411 |
| 96 | Coffee County | 8.374 |
| 97 | Clarke County | 8.347 |
| 98 | Lamar County | 8.333 |
| 99 | Liberty County | 8.294 |
| 100 | Crisp County | 8.289 |
| 101 | Effingham County | 8.279 |
| 102 | Habersham County | 8.2 |
| 103 | Richmond County | 8.15 |
| 104 | Crawford County | 8.108 |
| 105 | Toombs County | 8.068 |
| 106 | Bartow County | 8.038 |
| 107 | Putnam County | 7.973 |
| 108 | Floyd County | 7.882 |
| 109 | Greene County | 7.839 |
| 110 | Polk County | 7.783 |
| 111 | Burke County | 7.736 |
| 112 | Glynn County | 7.722 |
| 113 | Miller County | 7.595 |
| 114 | Evans County | 7.583 |
| 115 | Ben Hill County | 7.568 |
| 116 | Whitfield County | 7.551 |
| 117 | Morgan County | 7.532 |
| 118 | Thomas County | 7.427 |
| 119 | Brantley County | 7.39 |
| 120 | White County | 7.334 |
| 121 | Madison County | 7.282 |
| 122 | Appling County | 7.273 |
| 123 | Terrell County | 7.19 |
| 124 | Clay County | 7.143 |
| 125 | Dade County | 7.126 |
| 126 | Elbert County | 7.108 |
| 127 | Gordon County | 7.104 |
| 128 | Johnson County | 7.08 |
| 129 | Bulloch County | 7.062 |
| 130 | Washington County | 7.044 |
| 131 | Turner County | 7.042 |
| 132 | Decatur County | 7.018 |
| 133 | Mitchell County | 6.907 |
| 134 | Ware County | 6.872 |
| 135 | Montgomery County | 6.857 |
| 136 | Bleckley County | 6.757 |
| 137 | Banks County | 6.711 |
| 137 | Screven County | 6.711 |
| 139 | Worth County | 6.667 |
| 140 | Sumter County | 6.552 |
| 141 | Early County | 6.452 |
| 142 | Franklin County | 6.316 |
| 143 | Schley County | 6.299 |
| 144 | Wayne County | 6.266 |
| 145 | Jefferson County | 6.122 |
| 146 | McDuffie County | 6.061 |
| 147 | Pierce County | 5.961 |
| 148 | Emanuel County | 5.691 |
| 149 | Tattnall County | 5.585 |
| 150 | Wilkinson County | 5.166 |
| 151 | Wilcox County | 5.128 |
| 152 | Clinch County | 5.021 |
| 153 | Jeff Davis County | 4.752 |
| 154 | Calhoun County | 4.651 |
| 155 | Atkinson County | 3.659 |
| 156 | Lanier County | 3.109 |