# Counties in Tennessee by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 95 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Van Buren County | 23.81 |
| 2 | Crockett County | 13.152 |
| 3 | Perry County | 13.023 |
| 4 | Grainger County | 12.889 |
| 5 | Hardeman County | 12.272 |
| 6 | Hancock County | 11.215 |
| 7 | Grundy County | 10.526 |
| 8 | Bledsoe County | 10.48 |
| 9 | Overton County | 10.272 |
| 10 | Shelby County | 10.16 |
| 11 | Polk County | 9.926 |
| 12 | Wilson County | 9.886 |
| 13 | Blount County | 9.862 |
| 14 | Wayne County | 9.669 |
| 15 | Pickett County | 9.655 |
| 16 | Jefferson County | 9.606 |
| 17 | Williamson County | 9.549 |
| 18 | Union County | 9.548 |
| 19 | Loudon County | 9.443 |
| 20 | Davidson County | 9.357 |
| 21 | Hickman County | 9.187 |
| 22 | Carter County | 9.156 |
| 23 | Fayette County | 9.135 |
| 24 | Madison County | 9.091 |
| 25 | Humphreys County | 9.032 |
| 26 | Lawrence County | 8.995 |
| 27 | McNairy County | 8.955 |
| 28 | Stewart County | 8.75 |
| 29 | Meigs County | 8.743 |
| 30 | Houston County | 8.738 |
| 31 | Knox County | 8.737 |
| 32 | Lewis County | 8.736 |
| 33 | Obion County | 8.711 |
| 34 | Fentress County | 8.644 |
| 35 | Haywood County | 8.566 |
| 36 | Tipton County | 8.559 |
| 37 | Sumner County | 8.558 |
| 38 | Montgomery County | 8.524 |
| 39 | Rutherford County | 8.485 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 8.475 |
| 40 | Sevier County | 8.475 |
| 42 | Cumberland County | 8.432 |
| 43 | Anderson County | 8.42 |
| 44 | Franklin County | 8.339 |
| 45 | Giles County | 8.325 |
| 46 | Coffee County | 8.309 |
| 47 | Smith County | 8.2 |
| 48 | Robertson County | 8.157 |
| 49 | Cocke County | 8.154 |
| 50 | Washington County | 8.136 |
| 51 | Hamilton County | 8.085 |
| 52 | Morgan County | 8.081 |
| 53 | Dyer County | 8.027 |
| 54 | Hamblen County | 8.006 |
| 55 | Clay County | 8 |
| 56 | Campbell County | 7.985 |
| 57 | Greene County | 7.742 |
| 58 | Putnam County | 7.73 |
| 59 | Bedford County | 7.702 |
| 60 | Roane County | 7.643 |
| 61 | Marshall County | 7.64 |
| 62 | Benton County | 7.609 |
| 63 | DeKalb County | 7.603 |
| 64 | Scott County | 7.453 |
| 65 | White County | 7.314 |
| 66 | Hawkins County | 7.298 |
| 67 | Sequatchie County | 7.254 |
| 68 | Sullivan County | 7.191 |
| 69 | Gibson County | 7.175 |
| 70 | Cheatham County | 7.149 |
| 71 | Macon County | 7.12 |
| 72 | Maury County | 7.063 |
| 73 | Bradley County | 7.021 |
| 74 | Chester County | 6.911 |
| 75 | Lauderdale County | 6.897 |
| 76 | Henderson County | 6.889 |
| 77 | Monroe County | 6.862 |
| 78 | Lake County | 6.838 |
| 79 | Rhea County | 6.832 |
| 80 | Carroll County | 6.821 |
| 81 | Johnson County | 6.652 |
| 82 | Trousdale County | 6.531 |
| 83 | Hardin County | 6.372 |
| 84 | Claiborne County | 6.323 |
| 85 | Warren County | 6.259 |
| 86 | Jackson County | 6.167 |
| 87 | McMinn County | 5.791 |
| 88 | Weakley County | 5.773 |
| 89 | Moore County | 5.405 |
| 90 | Lincoln County | 5.101 |
| 91 | Henry County | 4.961 |
| 92 | Cannon County | 4.902 |
| 93 | Unicoi County | 4.846 |
| 94 | Decatur County | 4.819 |
| 95 | Marion County | 4.767 |