# Counties in Montana by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 50 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 6 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/montana-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Prairie County | 24.49 |
| 2 | Glacier County | 15.026 |
| 3 | Wheatland County | 14.953 |
| 4 | Powder River County | 14.876 |
| 5 | Park County | 14.196 |
| 6 | Sanders County | 13.772 |
| 7 | Broadwater County | 12.463 |
| 8 | Stillwater County | 12.329 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 12.116 |
| 10 | Teton County | 11.957 |
| 11 | Dawson County | 11.47 |
| 12 | Flathead County | 11.408 |
| 13 | Powell County | 11.258 |
| 14 | Phillips County | 10.909 |
| 15 | Gallatin County | 10.88 |
| 16 | Carbon County | 10.667 |
| 17 | Madison County | 10.614 |
| 18 | Ravalli County | 10.53 |
| 19 | Granite County | 10.526 |
| 20 | Rosebud County | 10.256 |
| 21 | Judith Basin County | 10.204 |
| 22 | Lake County | 10.114 |
| 23 | Chouteau County | 10.039 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 9.825 |
| 25 | Meagher County | 9.677 |
| 26 | Musselshell County | 9.615 |
| 27 | Beaverhead County | 9.426 |
| 28 | Hill County | 9.393 |
| 29 | Mineral County | 9.302 |
| 30 | Missoula County | 8.94 |
| 31 | Richland County | 8.919 |
| 32 | Toole County | 8.814 |
| 33 | Blaine County | 8.696 |
| 34 | Yellowstone County | 8.58 |
| 35 | Liberty County | 8.547 |
| 36 | Big Horn County | 8.537 |
| 37 | Lewis and Clark County | 8.525 |
| 38 | Fergus County | 8.312 |
| 39 | Fallon County | 8.072 |
| 40 | Deer Lodge County | 8.044 |
| 41 | Cascade County | 7.794 |
| 42 | Valley County | 7.724 |
| 43 | Pondera County | 7.619 |
| 44 | Silver Bow County | 6.993 |
| 45 | Roosevelt County | 6.63 |
| 46 | Sheridan County | 6.569 |
| 47 | Sweet Grass County | 6.102 |
| 48 | Custer County | 5.838 |
| 49 | Garfield County | 0 |
| 49 | Petroleum County | 0 |