# Counties in Illinois by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 102 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/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gallatin County | 14.57 |
| 2 | Hardin County | 13.592 |
| 3 | Alexander County | 12.245 |
| 4 | Mercer County | 10.73 |
| 5 | Pope County | 10.526 |
| 6 | Pulaski County | 10.39 |
| 7 | Clay County | 10.327 |
| 8 | Kendall County | 10.05 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 10 |
| 10 | Vermilion County | 9.967 |
| 11 | Cook County | 9.84 |
| 12 | Will County | 9.682 |
| 13 | Menard County | 9.551 |
| 14 | Lake County | 9.472 |
| 15 | Kane County | 9.451 |
| 16 | DuPage County | 9.378 |
| 17 | Marion County | 9.367 |
| 18 | Bond County | 9.353 |
| 19 | Boone County | 9.259 |
| 20 | Grundy County | 9.189 |
| 21 | McHenry County | 9.098 |
| 22 | Hancock County | 9.091 |
| 23 | Johnson County | 8.974 |
| 24 | Brown County | 8.955 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 8.942 |
| 26 | Edwards County | 8.835 |
| 27 | Jersey County | 8.828 |
| 28 | Macon County | 8.806 |
| 29 | Jo Daviess County | 8.732 |
| 30 | Stephenson County | 8.686 |
| 31 | Peoria County | 8.589 |
| 32 | Winnebago County | 8.569 |
| 33 | Clark County | 8.567 |
| 34 | Champaign County | 8.516 |
| 35 | Marshall County | 8.491 |
| 36 | Schuyler County | 8.481 |
| 37 | Rock Island County | 8.357 |
| 38 | St. Clair County | 8.339 |
| 39 | Macoupin County | 8.328 |
| 40 | Iroquois County | 8.267 |
| 41 | Greene County | 8.247 |
| 42 | Perry County | 8.215 |
| 43 | Sangamon County | 8.207 |
| 44 | Henderson County | 8.122 |
| 45 | Scott County | 8.108 |
| 46 | Woodford County | 8.066 |
| 47 | Madison County | 8.033 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 8.031 |
| 49 | Kankakee County | 8.008 |
| 50 | Mason County | 8 |
| 51 | Hamilton County | 7.951 |
| 52 | Morgan County | 7.778 |
| 53 | Massac County | 7.711 |
| 54 | Ford County | 7.705 |
| 55 | Union County | 7.645 |
| 56 | Crawford County | 7.642 |
| 57 | De Witt County | 7.524 |
| 57 | LaSalle County | 7.524 |
| 59 | Williamson County | 7.509 |
| 60 | DeKalb County | 7.485 |
| 61 | Bureau County | 7.413 |
| 62 | Henry County | 7.38 |
| 63 | McLean County | 7.366 |
| 64 | Richland County | 7.342 |
| 65 | Lee County | 7.317 |
| 66 | Pike County | 7.278 |
| 67 | Tazewell County | 7.253 |
| 68 | Douglas County | 7.252 |
| 69 | Whiteside County | 7.163 |
| 70 | Carroll County | 7.132 |
| 71 | Montgomery County | 7.061 |
| 72 | Fayette County | 6.927 |
| 73 | Clinton County | 6.917 |
| 74 | Monroe County | 6.87 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 6.849 |
| 76 | Knox County | 6.81 |
| 77 | Piatt County | 6.768 |
| 78 | Effingham County | 6.641 |
| 79 | Jefferson County | 6.611 |
| 80 | Washington County | 6.597 |
| 81 | Warren County | 6.49 |
| 82 | Shelby County | 6.46 |
| 83 | Logan County | 6.458 |
| 84 | McDonough County | 6.44 |
| 85 | Saline County | 6.413 |
| 86 | Coles County | 6.368 |
| 87 | Christian County | 6.222 |
| 88 | Jasper County | 6.22 |
| 89 | Adams County | 6.191 |
| 90 | Wayne County | 6.186 |
| 91 | Ogle County | 6.159 |
| 92 | White County | 6.09 |
| 93 | Stark County | 6.03 |
| 94 | Livingston County | 6.021 |
| 95 | Moultrie County | 5.961 |
| 96 | Fulton County | 5.941 |
| 97 | Cass County | 5.568 |
| 98 | Edgar County | 5.316 |
| 99 | Randolph County | 4.97 |
| 100 | Putnam County | 4.329 |
| 101 | Lawrence County | 4 |
| 102 | Wabash County | 3.939 |