Sussex County is home to more than 23,000 solo businesses
Nonemployer businesses — a proxy for self-employed and microbusiness activity and a key audience for coworking and shared workspace — are most concentrated in New Castle County, but Sussex County accounts for a significant share downstate.
A bar chart showing the number of nonemployer businesses in Delaware by county in 2023. New Castle County has the largest total with 52,892 nonemployer businesses, followed by Sussex County with 23,077 and Kent County with 17,053.
