# Counties in Washington by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 39 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Garfield County | 18.667 |
| 2 | Columbia County | 14.218 |
| 3 | Pend Oreille County | 12.736 |
| 4 | Ferry County | 12.648 |
| 5 | Jefferson County | 12.034 |
| 6 | Stevens County | 11.893 |
| 7 | Pacific County | 11.834 |
| 8 | Asotin County | 11.646 |
| 9 | Douglas County | 11.596 |
| 10 | San Juan County | 11.536 |
| 11 | Wahkiakum County | 11.321 |
| 12 | Grays Harbor County | 11.243 |
| 13 | Pierce County | 11.054 |
| 14 | Kittitas County | 11.024 |
| 15 | Island County | 10.965 |
| 16 | Kitsap County | 10.887 |
| 17 | Snohomish County | 10.64 |
| 18 | Clallam County | 10.586 |
| 19 | Benton County | 10.474 |
| 20 | King County | 10.407 |
| 21 | Mason County | 10.137 |
| 22 | Thurston County | 10.124 |
| 23 | Clark County | 10.093 |
| 24 | Whatcom County | 10.019 |
| 25 | Spokane County | 10.013 |
| 26 | Grant County | 9.786 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 9.676 |
| 28 | Skagit County | 9.63 |
| 29 | Lewis County | 9.604 |
| 30 | Okanogan County | 9.557 |
| 31 | Cowlitz County | 9.272 |
| 32 | Chelan County | 9.211 |
| 33 | Yakima County | 9.014 |
| 34 | Klickitat County | 8.885 |
| 35 | Walla Walla County | 8.808 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 8.765 |
| 37 | Whitman County | 7.888 |
| 38 | Skamania County | 5.978 |
| 39 | Adams County | 5.658 |