# Counties in Ohio by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 88 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/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Morgan County | 11.842 |
| 2 | Morrow County | 11.408 |
| 3 | Lawrence County | 10.475 |
| 4 | Paulding County | 10.229 |
| 5 | Adams County | 9.704 |
| 6 | Union County | 9.364 |
| 7 | Hardin County | 9.193 |
| 8 | Knox County | 9.038 |
| 9 | Lorain County | 8.968 |
| 10 | Summit County | 8.886 |
| 11 | Cuyahoga County | 8.877 |
| 12 | Lucas County | 8.806 |
| 13 | Guernsey County | 8.791 |
| 14 | Hocking County | 8.753 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 8.669 |
| 16 | Delaware County | 8.649 |
| 17 | Geauga County | 8.621 |
| 18 | Sandusky County | 8.618 |
| 19 | Clark County | 8.614 |
| 20 | Belmont County | 8.604 |
| 21 | Ashland County | 8.571 |
| 22 | Vinton County | 8.56 |
| 23 | Ottawa County | 8.506 |
| 24 | Licking County | 8.483 |
| 25 | Meigs County | 8.481 |
| 26 | Brown County | 8.421 |
| 27 | Madison County | 8.415 |
| 28 | Lake County | 8.388 |
| 29 | Athens County | 8.32 |
| 30 | Hamilton County | 8.307 |
| 31 | Marion County | 8.295 |
| 32 | Stark County | 8.291 |
| 33 | Portage County | 8.16 |
| 34 | Erie County | 8.141 |
| 35 | Fairfield County | 8.134 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 8.126 |
| 37 | Preble County | 8.119 |
| 38 | Butler County | 8.075 |
| 39 | Fayette County | 8.051 |
| 40 | Montgomery County | 8.002 |
| 41 | Medina County | 7.947 |
| 42 | Clermont County | 7.933 |
| 43 | Ashtabula County | 7.894 |
| 44 | Champaign County | 7.858 |
| 45 | Greene County | 7.798 |
| 46 | Warren County | 7.737 |
| 47 | Fulton County | 7.639 |
| 48 | Perry County | 7.607 |
| 49 | Defiance County | 7.592 |
| 50 | Trumbull County | 7.408 |
| 51 | Mercer County | 7.404 |
| 52 | Wayne County | 7.334 |
| 53 | Scioto County | 7.242 |
| 54 | Jefferson County | 7.21 |
| 55 | Miami County | 7.201 |
| 56 | Shelby County | 7.186 |
| 57 | Highland County | 7.116 |
| 58 | Henry County | 7.115 |
| 58 | Ross County | 7.115 |
| 60 | Seneca County | 7.11 |
| 61 | Auglaize County | 7.1 |
| 62 | Carroll County | 7.07 |
| 63 | Van Wert County | 7.047 |
| 64 | Mahoning County | 6.991 |
| 65 | Wood County | 6.989 |
| 66 | Noble County | 6.846 |
| 67 | Jackson County | 6.841 |
| 68 | Clinton County | 6.792 |
| 69 | Hancock County | 6.724 |
| 70 | Tuscarawas County | 6.699 |
| 71 | Richland County | 6.642 |
| 72 | Logan County | 6.625 |
| 73 | Huron County | 6.604 |
| 74 | Harrison County | 6.55 |
| 75 | Muskingum County | 6.51 |
| 76 | Darke County | 6.467 |
| 77 | Coshocton County | 6.429 |
| 78 | Pike County | 6.299 |
| 79 | Allen County | 6.278 |
| 80 | Columbiana County | 6.261 |
| 81 | Pickaway County | 6.254 |
| 82 | Washington County | 6.25 |
| 83 | Wyandot County | 6.107 |
| 84 | Gallia County | 5.956 |
| 85 | Putnam County | 5.891 |
| 86 | Crawford County | 5.495 |
| 87 | Williams County | 5.288 |
| 88 | Holmes County | 5.178 |