Georgia

Best Counties for Business in Georgia

Counties ranked by business formation, labor market strength, and economic dynamism.

Rankings

Rank	County	Score	Key Metric	Value
#1	Forsyth County Deep Dive	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#2	Fulton County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#3	Gwinnett County Deep Dive	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#4	Appling County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#5	Atkinson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#6	Bacon County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#7	Baker County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#8	Baldwin County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#9	Banks County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#10	Barrow County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#11	Bartow County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#12	Ben Hill County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#13	Berrien County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#14	Bibb County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#15	Cobb County Deep Dive	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#16	Douglas County Deep Dive	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#17	Bleckley County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#18	Brantley County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#19	Brooks County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#20	Bryan County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#21	Bulloch County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#22	Burke County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#23	Butts County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#24	Calhoun County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#25	Camden County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#26	Candler County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#27	Carroll County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#28	Catoosa County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#29	Charlton County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#30	Chatham County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#31	Chattahoochee County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#32	Chattooga County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#33	Cherokee County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#34	Clarke County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#35	Clay County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#36	Clayton County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#37	Clinch County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#38	Coffee County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#39	Colquitt County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#40	Columbia County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#41	Cook County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#42	Coweta County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#43	Crawford County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#44	Crisp County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#45	Dade County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#46	Dawson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#47	Decatur County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#48	DeKalb County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#49	Dodge County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#50	Dooly County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#51	Dougherty County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#52	Early County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#53	Echols County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#54	Effingham County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#55	Elbert County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#56	Emanuel County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#57	Evans County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#58	Fannin County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#59	Fayette County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#60	Floyd County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#61	Franklin County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#62	Gilmer County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#63	Glascock County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#64	Glynn County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#65	Gordon County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#66	Grady County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#67	Greene County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#68	Habersham County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#69	Hall County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#70	Hancock County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#71	Haralson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#72	Harris County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#73	Hart County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#74	Heard County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#75	Henry County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#76	Houston County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#77	Irwin County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#78	Jackson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#79	Jasper County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#80	Jeff Davis County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#81	Jefferson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#82	Jenkins County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#83	Johnson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#84	Jones County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#85	Lamar County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#86	Lanier County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#87	Laurens County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#88	Lee County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#89	Liberty County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#90	Lincoln County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#91	Long County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#92	Lowndes County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#93	Lumpkin County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#94	McDuffie County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#95	McIntosh County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#96	Macon County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#97	Madison County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#98	Marion County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#99	Meriwether County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#100	Miller County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#101	Mitchell County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#102	Monroe County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#103	Montgomery County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#104	Morgan County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#105	Murray County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#106	Muscogee County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#107	Newton County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#108	Oconee County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#109	Oglethorpe County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#110	Paulding County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#111	Peach County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#112	Pickens County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#113	Pierce County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#114	Pike County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#115	Polk County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#116	Pulaski County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#117	Putnam County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#118	Quitman County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#119	Rabun County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#120	Randolph County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#121	Richmond County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#122	Rockdale County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#123	Schley County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#124	Screven County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#125	Seminole County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#126	Spalding County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#127	Stephens County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#128	Stewart County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#129	Sumter County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#130	Talbot County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#131	Taliaferro County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#132	Tattnall County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#133	Taylor County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#134	Telfair County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#135	Terrell County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#136	Thomas County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#137	Tift County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#138	Toombs County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#139	Towns County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#140	Treutlen County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#141	Troup County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#142	Turner County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#143	Twiggs County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#144	Union County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#145	Upson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#146	Walker County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#147	Walton County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#148	Ware County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#149	Warren County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#150	Washington County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#151	Wayne County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#152	Webster County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#153	Wheeler County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#154	White County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#155	Whitfield County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#156	Wilcox County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#157	Wilkes County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#158	Wilkinson County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN
#159	Worth County	NaN	Net Firm Formation	+NaN

Methodology

Composite of firm births, job creation, unemployment rate, and SBA lending activity.

U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics |Vintage: 2022 |Last refreshed: Nov 2024 |Next refresh: Nov 2025 |Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics |Vintage: 2024 |Last refreshed: Jan 2025 |Next refresh: Feb 2025 |Source

U.S. Small Business Administration, Lending Statistics |Vintage: FY2024 |Last refreshed: Oct 2024 |Next refresh: Oct 2025 |Source