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Best for Business Counties in Georgia (2026)
Counties ranked highest for overall business conditions and economic vitality.
Based on data from Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, Tax Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Top 5 Best for Business Counties
- Jackson County — Business Score: 69/100
- Dawson County — Business Score: 68/100
- Long County — Business Score: 67/100
- Bryan County — Business Score: 67/100
- Greene County — Business Score: 61/100
Jackson County leads the 2026 ranking at 69/100. The table below ranks all 159 counties, with links to each county's full data profile.
Full County Rankings
| Rank | County | Business Score | Firm Births | Effective Tax Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jackson County | 69/100 | -- | 92.6% |
| #2 | Dawson County | 68/100 | -- | 68.5% |
| #3 | Long County | 67/100 | -- | 114.4% |
| #4 | Bryan County | 67/100 | -- | 83.6% |
| #5 | Greene County | 61/100 | -- | 69.2% |
| #6 | Bacon County | 61/100 | -- | 96.8% |
| #7 | Wilcox County | 60/100 | -- | 93.1% |
| #8 | Oconee County | 59/100 | -- | 73.8% |
| #9 | Treutlen County | 59/100 | -- | 105.3% |
| #10 | Taliaferro County | 59/100 | -- | 127.6% |
| #11 | Troup County | 57/100 | -- | 100.8% |
| #12 | Bartow County | 57/100 | -- | 75.4% |
| #13 | Barrow County | 57/100 | -- | 84.9% |
| #14 | Pickens County | 57/100 | -- | 70.5% |
| #15 | Johnson County | 57/100 | -- | 98.9% |
| #16 | Jasper County | 57/100 | -- | 92.8% |
| #17 | Glascock County | 57/100 | -- | 104.6% |
| #18 | Monroe County | 56/100 | -- | 73.7% |
| #19 | Clinch County | 56/100 | -- | 154.4% |
| #20 | Stewart County | 55/100 | -- | 100.7% |
| #21 | Oglethorpe County | 55/100 | -- | 83.6% |
| #22 | Camden County | 55/100 | -- | 96.2% |
| #23 | Fannin County | 55/100 | -- | 36.6% |
| #24 | Effingham County | 55/100 | -- | 100.2% |
| #25 | Bleckley County | 55/100 | -- | 104.3% |
| #26 | Meriwether County | 55/100 | -- | 92.4% |
| #27 | Morgan County | 54/100 | -- | 81.7% |
| #28 | Wilkinson County | 54/100 | -- | 87.8% |
| #29 | Haralson County | 54/100 | -- | 90.1% |
| #30 | Baker County | 54/100 | -- | 75.1% |
| #31 | Houston County | 53/100 | -- | 86.7% |
| #32 | Wheeler County | 53/100 | -- | 82.9% |
| #33 | Lincoln County | 52/100 | -- | 89.5% |
| #34 | Telfair County | 52/100 | -- | 119.6% |
| #35 | Hart County | 52/100 | -- | 59.8% |
| #36 | Towns County | 51/100 | -- | 38.3% |
| #37 | Echols County | 51/100 | -- | 91.0% |
| #38 | Gilmer County | 51/100 | -- | 41.1% |
| #39 | Lamar County | 51/100 | -- | 101.2% |
| #40 | Harris County | 50/100 | -- | 90.0% |
| #41 | McIntosh County | 50/100 | -- | 79.4% |
| #42 | Webster County | 50/100 | -- | 128.9% |
| #43 | Peach County | 50/100 | -- | 116.1% |
| #44 | Union County | 50/100 | -- | 52.4% |
| #45 | Madison County | 50/100 | -- | 83.8% |
| #46 | Forsyth County | 50/100 | -- | 77.6% |
| #47 | Bulloch County | 50/100 | -- | 80.6% |
| #48 | Pike County | 50/100 | -- | 94.6% |
| #49 | Walton County | 49/100 | -- | 85.0% |
| #50 | Lumpkin County | 49/100 | -- | 72.5% |
| #51 | Rabun County | 49/100 | -- | 54.7% |
| #52 | Banks County | 48/100 | -- | 62.1% |
| #53 | Glynn County | 48/100 | -- | 65.8% |
| #54 | Fulton County | 48/100 | -- | 91.2% |
| #55 | Pulaski County | 48/100 | -- | 96.6% |
| #56 | Taylor County | 48/100 | -- | 90.3% |
| #57 | Dooly County | 48/100 | -- | 128.6% |
| #58 | Habersham County | 47/100 | -- | 68.2% |
| #59 | White County | 47/100 | -- | 67.7% |
| #60 | Upson County | 47/100 | -- | 89.2% |
| #61 | Columbia County | 47/100 | -- | 91.2% |
| #62 | Lanier County | 47/100 | -- | 103.8% |
| #63 | Coweta County | 46/100 | -- | 79.8% |
| #64 | Henry County | 46/100 | -- | 97.6% |
| #65 | Catoosa County | 46/100 | -- | 73.1% |
| #66 | Lee County | 46/100 | -- | 103.4% |
| #67 | Elbert County | 46/100 | -- | 93.1% |
| #68 | Quitman County | 46/100 | -- | 64.9% |
| #69 | Cherokee County | 46/100 | -- | 71.3% |
| #70 | Lowndes County | 46/100 | -- | 85.7% |
| #71 | Franklin County | 46/100 | -- | 82.9% |
| #72 | Carroll County | 46/100 | -- | 68.0% |
| #73 | Charlton County | 45/100 | -- | 101.0% |
| #74 | Walker County | 45/100 | -- | 84.0% |
| #75 | Chattahoochee County | 45/100 | -- | 85.3% |
| #76 | Schley County | 45/100 | -- | 92.7% |
| #77 | Newton County | 45/100 | -- | 95.1% |
| #78 | Calhoun County | 45/100 | -- | 112.8% |
| #79 | Heard County | 45/100 | -- | 68.2% |
| #80 | Putnam County | 45/100 | -- | 71.3% |
| #81 | Montgomery County | 45/100 | -- | 100.6% |
| #82 | Douglas County | 44/100 | -- | 82.3% |
| #83 | Paulding County | 44/100 | -- | 89.7% |
| #84 | Pierce County | 44/100 | -- | 96.7% |
| #85 | McDuffie County | 44/100 | -- | 86.9% |
| #86 | Irwin County | 44/100 | -- | 112.1% |
| #87 | Hall County | 44/100 | -- | 79.2% |
| #88 | Brantley County | 44/100 | -- | 121.6% |
| #89 | Spalding County | 44/100 | -- | 95.9% |
| #90 | Gordon County | 44/100 | -- | 72.7% |
| #91 | Crawford County | 43/100 | -- | 91.3% |
| #92 | Jones County | 43/100 | -- | 101.6% |
| #93 | Cook County | 43/100 | -- | 86.6% |
| #94 | Clarke County | 43/100 | -- | 94.9% |
| #95 | Washington County | 43/100 | -- | 116.6% |
| #96 | Tift County | 42/100 | -- | 96.7% |
| #97 | Floyd County | 42/100 | -- | 82.1% |
| #98 | Emanuel County | 42/100 | -- | 88.2% |
| #99 | Jenkins County | 42/100 | -- | 92.2% |
| #100 | Thomas County | 42/100 | -- | 81.7% |
| #101 | Wayne County | 42/100 | -- | 82.1% |
| #102 | Murray County | 42/100 | -- | 66.9% |
| #103 | Fayette County | 42/100 | -- | 82.6% |
| #104 | Ben Hill County | 41/100 | -- | 102.8% |
| #105 | Atkinson County | 41/100 | -- | 93.3% |
| #106 | Wilkes County | 41/100 | -- | 129.1% |
| #107 | Dade County | 41/100 | -- | 64.0% |
| #108 | Clay County | 41/100 | -- | 107.5% |
| #109 | Chatham County | 41/100 | -- | 94.3% |
| #110 | Butts County | 41/100 | -- | 84.4% |
| #111 | Turner County | 41/100 | -- | 120.9% |
| #112 | Twiggs County | 41/100 | -- | 106.8% |
| #113 | Marion County | 40/100 | -- | 83.2% |
| #114 | Liberty County | 40/100 | -- | 115.2% |
| #115 | Miller County | 40/100 | -- | 135.2% |
| #116 | Rockdale County | 40/100 | -- | 75.4% |
| #117 | Warren County | 40/100 | -- | 96.1% |
| #118 | Berrien County | 39/100 | -- | 106.7% |
| #119 | Cobb County | 39/100 | -- | 68.8% |
| #120 | Burke County | 39/100 | -- | 83.8% |
| #121 | Whitfield County | 39/100 | -- | 72.9% |
| #122 | Jefferson County | 39/100 | -- | 103.2% |
| #123 | Decatur County | 39/100 | -- | 96.7% |
| #124 | Macon County | 39/100 | -- | 106.7% |
| #125 | Evans County | 39/100 | -- | 88.6% |
| #126 | Toombs County | 39/100 | -- | 96.8% |
| #127 | Gwinnett County | 38/100 | -- | 101.7% |
| #128 | Crisp County | 38/100 | -- | 128.2% |
| #129 | Candler County | 38/100 | -- | 96.5% |
| #130 | Coffee County | 38/100 | -- | 75.8% |
| #131 | Laurens County | 38/100 | -- | 83.9% |
| #132 | Baldwin County | 38/100 | -- | 75.4% |
| #133 | Colquitt County | 38/100 | -- | 90.9% |
| #134 | Dodge County | 38/100 | -- | 93.7% |
| #135 | Seminole County | 37/100 | -- | 121.1% |
| #136 | Brooks County | 37/100 | -- | 118.8% |
| #137 | Grady County | 37/100 | -- | 103.3% |
| #138 | Stephens County | 37/100 | -- | 85.3% |
| #139 | Jeff Davis County | 36/100 | -- | 97.3% |
| #140 | Worth County | 36/100 | -- | 110.4% |
| #141 | Terrell County | 36/100 | -- | 123.0% |
| #142 | Muscogee County | 36/100 | -- | 87.8% |
| #143 | Hancock County | 36/100 | -- | 104.8% |
| #144 | Polk County | 36/100 | -- | 85.8% |
| #145 | DeKalb County | 36/100 | -- | 94.8% |
| #146 | Chattooga County | 35/100 | -- | 84.6% |
| #147 | Ware County | 35/100 | -- | 103.3% |
| #148 | Richmond County | 35/100 | -- | 95.6% |
| #149 | Early County | 35/100 | -- | 81.3% |
| #150 | Screven County | 34/100 | -- | 110.6% |
| #151 | Sumter County | 34/100 | -- | 124.1% |
| #152 | Tattnall County | 34/100 | -- | 101.0% |
| #153 | Appling County | 34/100 | -- | 74.2% |
| #154 | Bibb County | 33/100 | -- | 112.3% |
| #155 | Talbot County | 33/100 | -- | 107.1% |
| #156 | Dougherty County | 32/100 | -- | 144.3% |
| #157 | Mitchell County | 32/100 | -- | 135.0% |
| #158 | Randolph County | 31/100 | -- | 93.2% |
| #159 | Clayton County | 29/100 | -- | 91.1% |
Methodology
Counties are ranked by business score (higher is better). Data is sourced from Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, Tax Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. Only counties with available data for this metric are included in the ranking. County names link to the full economy data page for deeper analysis.
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