# Counties in Maine by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lincoln County | 10.88 |
| 2 | Waldo County | 9.977 |
| 3 | Franklin County | 9.601 |
| 4 | Oxford County | 9.539 |
| 5 | Somerset County | 9.313 |
| 6 | Washington County | 9.078 |
| 7 | Hancock County | 9.06 |
| 8 | Piscataquis County | 8.991 |
| 9 | Androscoggin County | 8.91 |
| 10 | Penobscot County | 8.802 |
| 11 | Sagadahoc County | 8.666 |
| 12 | York County | 8.45 |
| 13 | Cumberland County | 8.222 |
| 14 | Knox County | 8.204 |
| 15 | Aroostook County | 7.932 |
| 16 | Kennebec County | 7.83 |