# Counties in New Jersey by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 21 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/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hudson County | 11.209 |
| 2 | Somerset County | 10.372 |
| 3 | Essex County | 10.142 |
| 4 | Middlesex County | 9.87 |
| 5 | Warren County | 9.862 |
| 6 | Salem County | 9.839 |
| 7 | Cape May County | 9.79 |
| 8 | Union County | 9.755 |
| 9 | Bergen County | 9.655 |
| 10 | Mercer County | 9.636 |
| 11 | Monmouth County | 9.315 |
| 12 | Sussex County | 9.296 |
| 13 | Camden County | 9.282 |
| 14 | Passaic County | 9.245 |
| 15 | Hunterdon County | 9.178 |
| 16 | Ocean County | 9.122 |
| 17 | Morris County | 9.047 |
| 18 | Gloucester County | 8.893 |
| 19 | Atlantic County | 8.891 |
| 20 | Burlington County | 8.812 |
| 21 | Cumberland County | 8.051 |