# Counties in Missouri by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 115 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/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pemiscot County | 20.152 |
| 2 | Caldwell County | 15.593 |
| 3 | Atchison County | 15.484 |
| 4 | Moniteau County | 13.399 |
| 5 | McDonald County | 13.333 |
| 6 | Benton County | 13.139 |
| 7 | Carter County | 13.077 |
| 8 | Madison County | 13.054 |
| 9 | Hickory County | 12.879 |
| 10 | New Madrid County | 12.536 |
| 11 | Schuyler County | 12.245 |
| 12 | St. Clair County | 12.1 |
| 13 | Sullivan County | 11.957 |
| 14 | Daviess County | 11.93 |
| 15 | Vernon County | 11.821 |
| 16 | Warren County | 11.683 |
| 17 | St. Louis city | 11.668 |
| 18 | Bates County | 11.594 |
| 19 | Ralls County | 11.529 |
| 20 | Scott County | 11.307 |
| 21 | Cass County | 11.262 |
| 22 | Harrison County | 11.18 |
| 23 | Mississippi County | 11.165 |
| 24 | Miller County | 11.147 |
| 25 | Ripley County | 11.135 |
| 26 | Audrain County | 10.847 |
| 27 | Dunklin County | 10.84 |
| 28 | Webster County | 10.835 |
| 29 | Callaway County | 10.776 |
| 30 | Texas County | 10.771 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 10.738 |
| 32 | St. Francois County | 10.671 |
| 33 | Osage County | 10.609 |
| 34 | Buchanan County | 10.568 |
| 35 | Polk County | 10.364 |
| 36 | St. Louis County | 10.322 |
| 37 | Monroe County | 10.204 |
| 38 | Iron County | 10.198 |
| 39 | Pettis County | 10.182 |
| 40 | Stoddard County | 10.133 |
| 41 | Carroll County | 10.056 |
| 42 | Shelby County | 9.967 |
| 43 | Christian County | 9.961 |
| 44 | Lafayette County | 9.939 |
| 45 | Laclede County | 9.927 |
| 46 | Howard County | 9.907 |
| 47 | Andrew County | 9.816 |
| 48 | Pike County | 9.804 |
| 49 | Clinton County | 9.763 |
| 50 | Washington County | 9.72 |
| 51 | Lincoln County | 9.677 |
| 52 | DeKalb County | 9.662 |
| 53 | Jackson County | 9.624 |
| 54 | Lawrence County | 9.621 |
| 55 | Pulaski County | 9.617 |
| 56 | Dallas County | 9.563 |
| 57 | St. Charles County | 9.47 |
| 58 | Clark County | 9.412 |
| 59 | Gentry County | 9.384 |
| 60 | Douglas County | 9.315 |
| 61 | Wayne County | 9.29 |
| 62 | Morgan County | 9.198 |
| 63 | Cedar County | 9.139 |
| 64 | Henry County | 8.999 |
| 65 | Worth County | 8.989 |
| 66 | Maries County | 8.98 |
| 67 | Crawford County | 8.955 |
| 68 | Boone County | 8.897 |
| 69 | Grundy County | 8.889 |
| 70 | Saline County | 8.879 |
| 71 | Phelps County | 8.875 |
| 72 | Cooper County | 8.864 |
| 73 | Stone County | 8.846 |
| 74 | Scotland County | 8.835 |
| 75 | Howell County | 8.825 |
| 76 | Shannon County | 8.8 |
| 77 | Butler County | 8.774 |
| 78 | Bollinger County | 8.723 |
| 79 | Platte County | 8.692 |
| 80 | Jasper County | 8.637 |
| 81 | Macon County | 8.599 |
| 82 | Wright County | 8.594 |
| 83 | Clay County | 8.566 |
| 83 | Dent County | 8.566 |
| 85 | Franklin County | 8.557 |
| 86 | Greene County | 8.392 |
| 86 | Ozark County | 8.392 |
| 88 | Camden County | 8.333 |
| 89 | Johnson County | 8.251 |
| 90 | Barry County | 8.143 |
| 91 | Taney County | 8.097 |
| 92 | Nodaway County | 8.027 |
| 93 | Cole County | 7.923 |
| 94 | Adair County | 7.868 |
| 95 | Cape Girardeau County | 7.854 |
| 96 | Jefferson County | 7.76 |
| 97 | Newton County | 7.708 |
| 98 | Gasconade County | 7.547 |
| 99 | Ray County | 7.535 |
| 100 | Reynolds County | 7.512 |
| 101 | Marion County | 7.474 |
| 102 | Putnam County | 7.407 |
| 103 | Knox County | 7.317 |
| 104 | Mercer County | 7.299 |
| 105 | Holt County | 7.258 |
| 106 | Barton County | 7.143 |
| 107 | Randolph County | 6.814 |
| 108 | Oregon County | 6.79 |
| 109 | Linn County | 6.593 |
| 110 | Livingston County | 6.225 |
| 111 | Perry County | 6.104 |
| 112 | Dade County | 6.084 |
| 113 | Chariton County | 5.391 |
| 114 | Ste. Genevieve County | 5.385 |
| 115 | Lewis County | 4.819 |