# Counties in North Carolina by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Swain County | 14.265 |
| 2 | Graham County | 14.085 |
| 3 | Hoke County | 13.601 |
| 4 | Camden County | 12.785 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 11.591 |
| 6 | Alleghany County | 11.514 |
| 7 | Polk County | 11.459 |
| 8 | Ashe County | 11.423 |
| 9 | Onslow County | 10.755 |
| 10 | Yancey County | 10.494 |
| 11 | Perquimans County | 10.303 |
| 12 | Madison County | 10.3 |
| 13 | Mecklenburg County | 10.188 |
| 14 | Anson County | 10.112 |
| 15 | Bertie County | 10.108 |
| 16 | Edgecombe County | 10.084 |
| 17 | Union County | 10.009 |
| 18 | Cabarrus County | 9.86 |
| 19 | Haywood County | 9.826 |
| 20 | Wake County | 9.733 |
| 21 | Duplin County | 9.524 |
| 22 | Greene County | 9.506 |
| 23 | Buncombe County | 9.486 |
| 24 | Davie County | 9.482 |
| 25 | Hertford County | 9.445 |
| 26 | McDowell County | 9.412 |
| 27 | Sampson County | 9.372 |
| 28 | Rockingham County | 9.351 |
| 29 | Cleveland County | 9.348 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 9.342 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 9.337 |
| 32 | Iredell County | 9.309 |
| 33 | Chatham County | 9.307 |
| 34 | Pamlico County | 9.292 |
| 35 | Pender County | 9.291 |
| 36 | Cumberland County | 9.181 |
| 37 | Columbus County | 9.121 |
| 38 | Pasquotank County | 9.118 |
| 39 | Orange County | 9.075 |
| 40 | Stanly County | 9.05 |
| 41 | Harnett County | 8.998 |
| 42 | Guilford County | 8.988 |
| 43 | Henderson County | 8.985 |
| 43 | Randolph County | 8.985 |
| 45 | Wilson County | 8.95 |
| 46 | Gates County | 8.929 |
| 47 | Durham County | 8.917 |
| 48 | Gaston County | 8.893 |
| 49 | Craven County | 8.891 |
| 50 | Jones County | 8.889 |
| 51 | Northampton County | 8.879 |
| 51 | Washington County | 8.879 |
| 53 | Robeson County | 8.795 |
| 54 | Brunswick County | 8.77 |
| 55 | Cherokee County | 8.696 |
| 56 | Avery County | 8.562 |
| 57 | Transylvania County | 8.477 |
| 58 | Currituck County | 8.444 |
| 59 | Rowan County | 8.425 |
| 60 | New Hanover County | 8.41 |
| 61 | Stokes County | 8.396 |
| 62 | Watauga County | 8.349 |
| 63 | Caldwell County | 8.343 |
| 64 | Forsyth County | 8.295 |
| 65 | Granville County | 8.265 |
| 66 | Alamance County | 8.213 |
| 67 | Rutherford County | 8.116 |
| 68 | Moore County | 8.088 |
| 69 | Catawba County | 8.085 |
| 70 | Mitchell County | 8.084 |
| 71 | Macon County | 8.028 |
| 72 | Lee County | 7.997 |
| 73 | Nash County | 7.909 |
| 74 | Wayne County | 7.865 |
| 75 | Davidson County | 7.858 |
| 76 | Pitt County | 7.803 |
| 77 | Bladen County | 7.79 |
| 78 | Clay County | 7.71 |
| 79 | Richmond County | 7.682 |
| 80 | Johnston County | 7.679 |
| 81 | Martin County | 7.654 |
| 82 | Carteret County | 7.577 |
| 83 | Lenoir County | 7.534 |
| 84 | Burke County | 7.46 |
| 85 | Dare County | 7.383 |
| 86 | Scotland County | 7.357 |
| 87 | Halifax County | 7.164 |
| 88 | Person County | 7.154 |
| 89 | Surry County | 7.143 |
| 90 | Jackson County | 6.945 |
| 91 | Hyde County | 6.767 |
| 92 | Beaufort County | 6.731 |
| 93 | Wilkes County | 6.629 |
| 94 | Chowan County | 6.405 |
| 95 | Alexander County | 6.367 |
| 96 | Yadkin County | 6.325 |
| 97 | Caswell County | 6.306 |
| 98 | Vance County | 6.277 |
| 99 | Warren County | 5.674 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 4.317 |