# Employer firm births New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups. ## Key facts - Employer firm births in the United States was 508,777 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. - California had the highest employer firm births of 51 states in 2023, at 70,055, and Vermont the lowest, at 1,068. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau. - Published for 3,196 places, with figures from 1978 to 2023. - Figures last updated on 2026-10-22. - Indicator id: `employer_firm_births` - Unit: count - Note: A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023. - Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births - API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/employer_firm_births ## Latest figures | Place | Period | count | Source | |---|---|---:|---| | United States | 2023 | 508,777 | U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_fa.csv. 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