# Counties in North Dakota by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 50 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 3 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/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Billings County | 17.978 |
| 2 | Dunn County | 14.57 |
| 3 | Divide County | 12.676 |
| 4 | LaMoure County | 11.07 |
| 5 | McKenzie County | 10.938 |
| 6 | Emmons County | 10.471 |
| 7 | Dickey County | 10 |
| 8 | Wells County | 9.934 |
| 9 | Williams County | 9.649 |
| 10 | Sheridan County | 9.524 |
| 11 | Mountrail County | 9.467 |
| 12 | Eddy County | 9.231 |
| 13 | Steele County | 9.091 |
| 14 | Adams County | 9.032 |
| 15 | Ransom County | 9.014 |
| 16 | Golden Valley County | 8.621 |
| 17 | Grant County | 8.511 |
| 18 | Burke County | 8.392 |
| 19 | McLean County | 8.389 |
| 20 | Nelson County | 8.333 |
| 21 | Pembina County | 8.315 |
| 22 | Stark County | 8.307 |
| 23 | Cass County | 8.299 |
| 24 | Rolette County | 7.958 |
| 25 | Kidder County | 7.895 |
| 25 | Ramsey County | 7.895 |
| 27 | Burleigh County | 7.804 |
| 28 | Hettinger County | 7.547 |
| 29 | Grand Forks County | 7.356 |
| 30 | Bowman County | 7.353 |
| 31 | Mercer County | 7.273 |
| 32 | Ward County | 7.261 |
| 33 | McHenry County | 7.258 |
| 34 | Bottineau County | 7.256 |
| 35 | Pierce County | 7.175 |
| 36 | Stutsman County | 7.137 |
| 37 | Traill County | 7.101 |
| 38 | Renville County | 7.071 |
| 39 | Foster County | 7.059 |
| 40 | Morton County | 6.931 |
| 41 | Walsh County | 6.646 |
| 42 | Richland County | 6.452 |
| 43 | Benson County | 6.03 |
| 44 | Griggs County | 5.263 |
| 45 | Barnes County | 4.805 |
| 46 | Logan County | 4.8 |
| 47 | Towner County | 4.317 |
| 48 | McIntosh County | 3.922 |
| 49 | Sargent County | 3.791 |
| 50 | Cavalier County | 3.137 |