# Counties in Kentucky by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 118 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 2 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/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fulton County | 24.576 |
| 2 | Metcalfe County | 17.062 |
| 3 | Lewis County | 14.847 |
| 4 | Hickman County | 14.286 |
| 5 | Gallatin County | 12.5 |
| 6 | Livingston County | 11.765 |
| 7 | Henry County | 11.705 |
| 8 | Ballard County | 11.594 |
| 9 | Carter County | 11.554 |
| 10 | Bourbon County | 11.189 |
| 11 | Hart County | 10.901 |
| 12 | Graves County | 10.492 |
| 13 | Grayson County | 10.435 |
| 14 | Greenup County | 10.412 |
| 15 | Clinton County | 10.398 |
| 16 | Meade County | 10.287 |
| 17 | Edmonson County | 10.185 |
| 18 | Webster County | 9.845 |
| 19 | Marion County | 9.841 |
| 20 | Clark County | 9.813 |
| 21 | Trimble County | 9.524 |
| 22 | Bullitt County | 9.461 |
| 23 | Bath County | 9.449 |
| 24 | Green County | 9.396 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 9.219 |
| 26 | Trigg County | 9.201 |
| 27 | McLean County | 9.121 |
| 28 | Estill County | 9.036 |
| 29 | Lawrence County | 9 |
| 30 | Calloway County | 8.981 |
| 31 | Carlisle County | 8.974 |
| 32 | Elliott County | 8.955 |
| 33 | Owen County | 8.907 |
| 34 | Henderson County | 8.896 |
| 35 | Muhlenberg County | 8.844 |
| 36 | Laurel County | 8.82 |
| 37 | Boyle County | 8.696 |
| 37 | Breathitt County | 8.696 |
| 39 | Daviess County | 8.659 |
| 40 | Boone County | 8.634 |
| 41 | Montgomery County | 8.612 |
| 42 | Hardin County | 8.595 |
| 43 | Garrard County | 8.511 |
| 44 | Hopkins County | 8.488 |
| 45 | Campbell County | 8.375 |
| 46 | Woodford County | 8.364 |
| 47 | Nicholas County | 8.333 |
| 48 | Oldham County | 8.282 |
| 49 | Scott County | 8.239 |
| 50 | Nelson County | 8.134 |
| 51 | Grant County | 8.092 |
| 52 | Boyd County | 8.078 |
| 53 | Letcher County | 8.077 |
| 54 | Logan County | 7.991 |
| 55 | Fayette County | 7.84 |
| 56 | Mason County | 7.823 |
| 57 | Bracken County | 7.821 |
| 58 | Pulaski County | 7.794 |
| 59 | Marshall County | 7.792 |
| 59 | Rowan County | 7.792 |
| 61 | Washington County | 7.572 |
| 62 | Jessamine County | 7.521 |
| 63 | Breckinridge County | 7.463 |
| 63 | Larue County | 7.463 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 7.452 |
| 66 | Allen County | 7.44 |
| 67 | Martin County | 7.438 |
| 68 | Todd County | 7.427 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 7.407 |
| 69 | Knott County | 7.407 |
| 71 | Taylor County | 7.372 |
| 72 | Harlan County | 7.331 |
| 73 | Kenton County | 7.291 |
| 74 | Spencer County | 7.256 |
| 75 | Cumberland County | 7.254 |
| 76 | Simpson County | 7.235 |
| 77 | Caldwell County | 7.157 |
| 78 | Adair County | 7.131 |
| 79 | McCracken County | 7.067 |
| 80 | Warren County | 7.064 |
| 81 | Knox County | 7.047 |
| 82 | Madison County | 7.046 |
| 83 | Floyd County | 7.039 |
| 84 | Shelby County | 6.974 |
| 85 | Union County | 6.972 |
| 86 | Pendleton County | 6.962 |
| 87 | McCreary County | 6.92 |
| 88 | Bell County | 6.913 |
| 89 | Pike County | 6.86 |
| 90 | Casey County | 6.813 |
| 91 | Lee County | 6.742 |
| 92 | Russell County | 6.677 |
| 93 | Whitley County | 6.463 |
| 94 | Mercer County | 6.442 |
| 95 | Ohio County | 6.433 |
| 96 | Anderson County | 6.431 |
| 97 | Perry County | 6.377 |
| 98 | Christian County | 6.336 |
| 99 | Morgan County | 6.04 |
| 100 | Barren County | 6.006 |
| 101 | Leslie County | 5.848 |
| 102 | Crittenden County | 5.839 |
| 103 | Menifee County | 5.66 |
| 104 | Johnson County | 5.607 |
| 105 | Clay County | 5.594 |
| 106 | Wayne County | 5.385 |
| 107 | Lincoln County | 5.367 |
| 108 | Rockcastle County | 5.319 |
| 109 | Wolfe County | 5.263 |
| 110 | Lyon County | 5.145 |
| 111 | Harrison County | 5.068 |
| 112 | Powell County | 4.348 |
| 113 | Magoffin County | 4.255 |
| 114 | Butler County | 3.955 |
| 115 | Hancock County | 3.721 |
| 116 | Monroe County | 3.608 |
| 117 | Fleming County | 3.596 |
| 118 | Carroll County | 3.31 |