# Counties in Nebraska by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 87 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/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Loup County | 27.273 |
| 2 | Hayes County | 18.75 |
| 3 | Kimball County | 14.815 |
| 4 | Thomas County | 13.636 |
| 5 | Hooker County | 13.333 |
| 6 | Johnson County | 13.265 |
| 7 | Chase County | 12.766 |
| 8 | Stanton County | 11.64 |
| 9 | Dixon County | 11.282 |
| 10 | Dawes County | 10.934 |
| 11 | Polk County | 10.526 |
| 12 | Burt County | 10.435 |
| 12 | Dundy County | 10.435 |
| 14 | Furnas County | 10.409 |
| 15 | Fillmore County | 10.336 |
| 16 | Garden County | 10.127 |
| 17 | Sheridan County | 10.036 |
| 18 | Knox County | 10 |
| 19 | Dawson County | 9.826 |
| 20 | Washington County | 9.658 |
| 21 | Pierce County | 9.569 |
| 22 | Pawnee County | 9.524 |
| 23 | Boone County | 9.496 |
| 24 | Morrill County | 9.346 |
| 25 | Nance County | 9.302 |
| 26 | Douglas County | 9.222 |
| 27 | Cedar County | 9.213 |
| 28 | Gage County | 9.153 |
| 29 | Nuckolls County | 9.121 |
| 30 | Seward County | 8.999 |
| 31 | Sarpy County | 8.97 |
| 32 | Box Butte County | 8.791 |
| 33 | Valley County | 8.746 |
| 34 | Custer County | 8.722 |
| 35 | Deuel County | 8.421 |
| 36 | Wayne County | 8.315 |
| 37 | Cass County | 8.255 |
| 38 | Dodge County | 8.186 |
| 39 | Lancaster County | 8.153 |
| 40 | Cuming County | 8.122 |
| 41 | Clay County | 8.116 |
| 42 | Dakota County | 8.101 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 8 |
| 44 | Merrick County | 7.981 |
| 45 | Howard County | 7.869 |
| 46 | Harlan County | 7.865 |
| 47 | Holt County | 7.769 |
| 48 | Gosper County | 7.692 |
| 49 | Scotts Bluff County | 7.688 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 7.563 |
| 51 | Kearney County | 7.536 |
| 52 | Antelope County | 7.481 |
| 53 | Greeley County | 7.353 |
| 54 | Thayer County | 7.273 |
| 55 | Saunders County | 7.211 |
| 56 | Boyd County | 7.143 |
| 57 | Hall County | 6.814 |
| 58 | Thurston County | 6.78 |
| 59 | Saline County | 6.768 |
| 60 | Platte County | 6.468 |
| 61 | Cherry County | 6.452 |
| 62 | Hitchcock County | 6.4 |
| 63 | Keith County | 6.333 |
| 64 | Buffalo County | 6.31 |
| 65 | Phelps County | 6.26 |
| 66 | Adams County | 6.23 |
| 67 | Cheyenne County | 6.142 |
| 68 | Richardson County | 5.97 |
| 69 | Brown County | 5.926 |
| 70 | Webster County | 5.848 |
| 71 | York County | 5.809 |
| 72 | Otoe County | 5.607 |
| 73 | Sherman County | 5.442 |
| 74 | Garfield County | 5.405 |
| 75 | Madison County | 5.377 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 5.327 |
| 77 | Perkins County | 5.31 |
| 78 | Red Willow County | 5.191 |
| 79 | Hamilton County | 5.146 |
| 80 | Butler County | 5.051 |
| 81 | Nemaha County | 5.047 |
| 82 | Colfax County | 4.908 |
| 83 | Frontier County | 4.651 |
| 84 | Banner County | 0 |
| 84 | Grant County | 0 |
| 84 | McPherson County | 0 |
| 84 | Rock County | 0 |