# Employer firm births in California

Employer firm births in California was 70,055 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- 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/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-06

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 70,055 |
| 2022 | 74,582 |
| 2021 | 67,895 |
| 2020 | 69,797 |
| 2019 | 64,516 |
| 2018 | 61,272 |
| 2017 | 60,868 |
| 2016 | 60,802 |
| 2015 | 57,849 |
| 2014 | 56,514 |
| 2013 | 53,569 |
| 2012 | 53,818 |
| 2011 | 51,193 |
| 2010 | 48,258 |
| 2009 | 51,790 |
| 2008 | 60,838 |
| 2007 | 66,340 |
| 2006 | 71,146 |
| 2005 | 65,559 |
| 2004 | 62,317 |
| 2003 | 59,968 |
| 2002 | 57,283 |
| 2001 | 55,504 |
| 2000 | 56,281 |
| 1999 | 54,702 |
| 1998 | 56,396 |
| 1997 | 57,489 |
| 1996 | 58,038 |
| 1995 | 56,043 |
| 1994 | 53,925 |
| 1993 | 52,653 |
| 1992 | 54,810 |
| 1991 | 60,471 |
| 1990 | 66,877 |
| 1989 | 65,577 |
| 1988 | 65,040 |
| 1987 | 66,665 |
| 1986 | 66,113 |
| 1985 | 64,911 |
| 1984 | 63,802 |
| 1983 | 55,955 |
| 1982 | 54,593 |
| 1981 | 58,844 |
| 1980 | 60,507 |
| 1979 | 63,807 |
| 1978 | 63,652 |