# Counties in Maryland by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 24 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Baltimore city | 10.012 |
| 2 | Prince George's County | 9.932 |
| 3 | Queen Anne's County | 9.819 |
| 4 | Montgomery County | 9.455 |
| 5 | Garrett County | 9.388 |
| 6 | Somerset County | 9.375 |
| 7 | Howard County | 9.356 |
| 8 | Worcester County | 9.017 |
| 9 | Baltimore County | 9.013 |
| 10 | Anne Arundel County | 8.996 |
| 11 | Calvert County | 8.978 |
| 12 | Talbot County | 8.552 |
| 13 | Caroline County | 8.549 |
| 14 | Wicomico County | 8.504 |
| 15 | Carroll County | 8.462 |
| 16 | Charles County | 8.423 |
| 17 | Harford County | 8.341 |
| 18 | Frederick County | 8.241 |
| 19 | Kent County | 8.156 |
| 20 | Cecil County | 8.052 |
| 21 | Washington County | 7.793 |
| 22 | St. Mary's County | 7.692 |
| 23 | Dorchester County | 7.661 |
| 24 | Allegany County | 7.542 |