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US counties by establishment exit rate, 2023

Borden County had the highest establishment exit rate of 3095 counties in 2023, at 36.364%. Rock County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 8.541% and the figure for the United States was 9.396%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest36.364Borden County
Lowest0Rock County
Median8.5413095 counties
United States9.396History

Top 40 counties, 2023

Borden County: 36.364 %Borden County36.364Loup County: 27.273 %Loup County27.273Jackson County: 26.316 %Jackson County26.316Fulton County: 24.576 %Fulton County24.576Prairie County: 24.49 %Prairie County24.49Van Buren County: 23.81 %Van Buren County23.81Hinsdale County: 23.158 %Hinsdale County23.158Mineral County: 22.222 %Mineral County22.222Baker County: 21.429 %Baker County21.429Roberts County: 20.513 %Roberts County20.513Pemiscot County: 20.152 %Pemiscot County20.152Daggett County: 20 %Daggett County20Menard County: 19.512 %Menard County19.512Wrangell City and Borough: 19.355 %Wrangell City and Borough19.355Trinity County: 19.231 %Trinity County19.231Hayes County: 18.75 %Hayes County18.75Garfield County: 18.667 %Garfield County18.667Glascock County: 18.182 %Glascock County18.182Billings County: 17.978 %Billings County17.978Glasscock County: 17.91 %Glasscock County17.91Mellette County: 17.391 %Mellette County17.391Cleveland County: 17.333 %Cleveland County17.333Clear Creek County: 17.193 %Clear Creek County17.193Marion County: 17.143 %Marion County17.143Metcalfe County: 17.062 %Metcalfe County17.062Hancock County: 16.794 %Hancock County16.794Troup County: 16.561 %Troup County16.561Jasper County: 16.216 %Jasper County16.216Greer County: 16.176 %Greer County16.176Lemhi County: 15.896 %Lemhi County15.896Goliad County: 15.862 %Goliad County15.862Searcy County: 15.859 %Searcy County15.859Cheyenne County: 15.842 %Cheyenne County15.842Harding County: 15.789 %Harding County15.789Boise County: 15.738 %Boise County15.738East Carroll Parish: 15.707 %East Carroll Parish15.707Newton County: 15.635 %Newton County15.635Heard County: 15.596 %Heard County15.596Caldwell County: 15.593 %Caldwell County15.593Sterling County: 15.584 %Sterling County15.584
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Borden County36.364+36.36 pts
2Loup County27.273n/a
3Jackson County26.316+17.7 pts
4Fulton County24.576+19.72 pts
5Prairie County24.49+13.17 pts
6Van Buren County23.81+10.33 pts
7Hinsdale County23.158+7.32 pts
8Mineral County22.222+17.22 pts
9Baker County21.429n/a
10Roberts County20.513+5.51 pts
11Pemiscot County20.152+4.35 pts
12Daggett County20+5.37 pts
13Menard County19.512n/a
14Wrangell City and Borough19.355+10.66 pts
15Trinity County19.231+7.68 pts
16Hayes County18.75n/a
17Garfield County18.667+6.01 pts
18Glascock County18.182+7.47 pts
19Billings County17.978+3.24 pts
20Glasscock County17.91+6.48 pts
21Mellette County17.391n/a
22Cleveland County17.333+11.74 pts
23Clear Creek County17.193+8.22 pts
24Marion County17.143+4.78 pts
25Metcalfe County17.062+6.97 pts
26Hancock County16.794+10.34 pts
27Troup County16.561+0.24 pts
28Jasper County16.216+11.78 pts
29Greer County16.176+11.73 pts
30Lemhi County15.896+5.62 pts
31Goliad County15.862+2.35 pts
32Searcy County15.859+7.24 pts
33Cheyenne County15.842+2.76 pts
34Harding County15.789+3.59 pts
35Boise County15.738+2.49 pts
36East Carroll Parish15.707+2.51 pts
37Newton County15.635+6.57 pts
38Heard County15.596-2.75 pts
39Caldwell County15.593+8.26 pts
40Sterling County15.584+5.83 pts
41Atchison County15.484+9.95 pts
42Cottle County15.385n/a
42Haskell County15.385+9.01 pts
44Tyler County15.063+8.51 pts
45Glacier County15.026+8.34 pts
46Wheatland County14.953+2.11 pts
47Ringgold County14.884+3.17 pts
48Craig County14.876+9.92 pts
48Powder River County14.876-2.87 pts
50Lewis County14.847+2.35 pts
51Park County14.841+0.3 pts
52Kimball County14.815+7.77 pts
53Apache County14.778+3.78 pts
54Lincoln County14.767+4.29 pts
55Skagway Municipality14.765+2.18 pts
56Power County14.744+6.46 pts
57Mineral County14.679+7.34 pts
58Graham County14.634+8.75 pts
59Dunn County14.57+5.01 pts
59Gallatin County14.57+6.78 pts
61Greene County14.407+8.32 pts
62Noxubee County14.371-0.36 pts
63Sheridan County14.366+2.24 pts
64Wilson County14.359+7.79 pts
65Le Flore County14.316+0.63 pts
66Berrien County14.286+4.84 pts
66Glades County14.286+3.22 pts
66Hickman County14.286+6.77 pts
69Swain County14.265+4.63 pts
70Jack County14.249+9.56 pts
71Columbia County14.218+6 pts
72Park County14.196+2.03 pts
73Southampton County14.173+1.99 pts
74Plumas County14.156+0.04 pts
75Lincoln County14.13+4.94 pts
76Graham County14.085+1.63 pts
77Dolores County14.035+3.03 pts
78Elbert County13.998+1.27 pts
79Motley County13.953-5.09 pts
79Throckmorton County13.953+6.98 pts
81Poquoson city13.882+3.78 pts
82Chambers County13.865+1.73 pts
83Sanders County13.772+1.21 pts
84Grand Isle County13.699+6.71 pts
85Delta County13.673+1.8 pts
86Custer County13.669+1.95 pts
87Lee County13.659+1.79 pts
88De Baca County13.636n/a
88Thomas County13.636n/a
90Hoke County13.601+2.22 pts
91Hardin County13.592n/a
92Switzerland County13.546+5.51 pts
93Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area13.502+3.42 pts
94Adams County13.445-1.02 pts
95Calaveras County13.41+2.38 pts
96Owyhee County13.4+4.59 pts
97Moniteau County13.399+3.56 pts
98Mono County13.396+4.64 pts
99Anderson County13.333+5.82 pts
99Atoka County13.333+5.71 pts
99Hooker County13.333n/a
99Lincoln County13.333+7.96 pts
99McDonald County13.333+3.84 pts
99Washita County13.333+1.45 pts
105Schoolcraft County13.296-0.4 pts
106Johnson County13.265+5.38 pts
107Grand County13.259+0.15 pts
108Pulaski County13.213+4.36 pts
109Bandera County13.195+2.97 pts
110Crockett County13.152+3.8 pts
111Luna County13.143+2.59 pts
112Benton County13.139+3.3 pts
113Carroll County13.131-3.62 pts
114Franklin County13.125+3.45 pts
114Macon County13.125+3.95 pts
116Claiborne County13.115+4.69 pts
117Oneida County13.095+2.81 pts
118Carter County13.077+3.08 pts
119Madison County13.054+1.55 pts
120Foard County13.043n/a
121Perry County13.023+2.6 pts
122Jones County12.998+0.81 pts
123Perkins County12.935+3.13 pts
124Worth County12.903+4.93 pts
125Wasatch County12.9+0.12 pts
126Ouray County12.891+3.54 pts
127Union County12.89+7.58 pts
128Grainger County12.889+3.39 pts
129Hickory County12.879+2.47 pts
130Teller County12.871+0.39 pts
131Twiggs County12.857-2.75 pts
132Crawford County12.837+5.63 pts
133Fall River County12.834+1.66 pts
134Custer County12.821-1.75 pts
135Gilchrist County12.816+5.26 pts
136Tehama County12.801+2.97 pts
137Upshur County12.797+2.55 pts
138Camden County12.785+3.86 pts
139Bland County12.766+0.35 pts
139Chase County12.766+7.84 pts
141Klamath County12.754+2.3 pts
142Pend Oreille County12.736-2.98 pts
143Humboldt County12.727+5.3 pts
143Wirt County12.727+5.58 pts
145Moody County12.709+7.3 pts
146Divide County12.676+1.79 pts
146Donley County12.676n/a
148Quay County12.658+6.6 pts
149Ferry County12.648+2.61 pts
150Kemper County12.644+0.82 pts
151Rockdale County12.643+0.71 pts
152Doniphan County12.632+6.16 pts
152Dooly County12.632+4.09 pts
154Douglas County12.612-0.17 pts
155Haakon County12.587+0.17 pts
155Oglala Lakota County12.587+6.79 pts
157Taylor County12.549+2.74 pts
158Osceola County12.546+0.37 pts
159Oscoda County12.537+4.87 pts
160New Madrid County12.536+0.66 pts
161Morgan County12.521+5.65 pts
162Gallatin County12.5+6.97 pts
162Pendleton County12.5+2.98 pts
162Phillips County12.5+3.72 pts
162Rooks County12.5+4.47 pts
162Trinity County12.5+0.4 pts
167Canyon County12.489+3.24 pts
168Broadwater County12.463+0.08 pts
169Camp County12.438+2.09 pts
170Washington County12.371-1.84 pts
171Brewster County12.36+4.14 pts
172Stillwater County12.329+4.97 pts
173Camas County12.308n/a
174Routt County12.3+1.09 pts
175Taylor County12.295+4.89 pts
176Todd County12.281+5.38 pts
177Hardeman County12.272-2.06 pts
178Jones County12.251+2.03 pts
179Alexander County12.245+4.35 pts
179Minidoka County12.245+3.58 pts
179Schuyler County12.245n/a
182Gem County12.231+0.92 pts
183Randolph County12.227+2.91 pts
184George County12.219+6.59 pts
185Knox County12.195+4.01 pts
186Idaho County12.174+0.36 pts
187DeKalb County12.151-0.94 pts
188Kiowa County12.121+0.18 pts
189Lincoln County12.116+0.13 pts
190Tama County12.109+0.5 pts
191St. Clair County12.1+4.33 pts
192Edwards County12.081n/a
192Hamilton County12.081+4.72 pts
192McIntosh County12.081+0.34 pts
195Boulder County12.076+0.71 pts
196Wallowa County12.052+2.26 pts
197Montmorency County12.048+4.8 pts
198Jefferson County12.034+1.77 pts
199Charlotte County12.021+1.72 pts
200Russell County12.015+3.77 pts
201Okfuskee County12+2.41 pts
202Polk County11.994+1.11 pts
203Crenshaw County11.97+2.77 pts
204Socorro County11.962+6.17 pts
205Sullivan County11.957+1.2 pts
205Teton County11.957+0.59 pts
207El Dorado County11.942+1.59 pts
208Daviess County11.93+3.63 pts
209McCook County11.905+5.9 pts
210Stevens County11.893-1.64 pts
211Roane County11.856+3.03 pts
212Gunnison County11.843+1.51 pts
213Fulton County11.842-1.17 pts
213Morgan County11.842+3.12 pts
215Pacific County11.834-0.17 pts
216Clayton County11.825-1.91 pts
217Tooele County11.823+2.36 pts
218Vernon County11.821+0.71 pts
219Petersburg city11.801+4.26 pts
220Henry County11.797-1.1 pts
221Barbour County11.765+4.68 pts
221Calhoun County11.765+2.18 pts
221Fluvanna County11.765+3.51 pts
221Livingston County11.765+3.17 pts
221San Juan County11.765-0.41 pts
226Lee County11.762+1.13 pts
227Hancock County11.743+3.46 pts
228Huerfano County11.722-3.61 pts
229Laramie County11.717-0.22 pts
230Henry County11.705+2.52 pts
231Utah County11.701+0.73 pts
232Lake County11.688+2.16 pts
233Warren County11.683+2.13 pts
234St. Lucie County11.669+0.47 pts
235Orange County11.668+0.48 pts
235St. Louis city11.668+0.46 pts
237Louisa County11.667+2.99 pts
238Jefferson County11.647+0.04 pts
239Asotin County11.646+1.61 pts
240Chugach Census Area11.642-2.62 pts
241Stanton County11.64+4.19 pts
242Montezuma County11.63+2 pts
243El Paso County11.614-0.23 pts
244Robertson County11.61+4.98 pts
245Las Animas County11.607+2.18 pts
246Jackson County11.605+2.45 pts
247Chaffee County11.6+0.82 pts
248Douglas County11.596+3.12 pts
248La Plata County11.596+0.41 pts
250Ballard County11.594+2.77 pts

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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.

Counts closed locations, including branches of firms that keep operating elsewhere, so it is not a firm failure rate. Not comparable with enterprise_death_rate, which counts enterprise deaths in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 47 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (US counties by establishment exit rate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US counties by establishment exit rate, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/us-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. US counties by establishment exit rate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/us-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US counties by establishment exit rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/us-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Borden County, with 36.364% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Rock County, with 0% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 47 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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