# Employer firm births in Arizona

Employer firm births in Arizona was 11,411 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-04`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- 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.
- Source: 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_st_fa.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: 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_st_fa.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/arizona
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-04

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,411 |
| 2022 | 11,609 |
| 2021 | 10,618 |
| 2020 | 9,272 |
| 2019 | 9,069 |
| 2018 | 8,992 |
| 2017 | 8,828 |
| 2016 | 8,391 |
| 2015 | 8,076 |
| 2014 | 7,833 |
| 2013 | 7,778 |
| 2012 | 7,803 |
| 2011 | 7,843 |
| 2010 | 7,546 |
| 2009 | 8,143 |
| 2008 | 10,732 |
| 2007 | 11,768 |
| 2006 | 12,651 |
| 2005 | 10,797 |
| 2004 | 9,958 |
| 2003 | 9,191 |
| 2002 | 8,810 |
| 2001 | 8,702 |
| 2000 | 8,749 |
| 1999 | 8,972 |
| 1998 | 8,910 |
| 1997 | 9,517 |
| 1996 | 9,229 |
| 1995 | 9,184 |
| 1994 | 8,910 |
| 1993 | 7,999 |
| 1992 | 7,602 |
| 1991 | 7,817 |
| 1990 | 8,147 |
| 1989 | 8,436 |
| 1988 | 8,771 |
| 1987 | 9,167 |
| 1986 | 9,228 |
| 1985 | 9,179 |
| 1984 | 8,784 |
| 1983 | 7,437 |
| 1982 | 7,136 |
| 1981 | 7,079 |
| 1980 | 6,971 |
| 1979 | 7,037 |
| 1978 | 7,482 |