# Employer firm births in Delaware

Employer firm births in Delaware was 2,248 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-10`
- 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/delaware
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-10

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,248 |
| 2022 | 2,155 |
| 2021 | 1,988 |
| 2020 | 2,204 |
| 2019 | 1,474 |
| 2018 | 1,475 |
| 2017 | 1,382 |
| 2016 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 1,234 |
| 2014 | 1,211 |
| 2013 | 1,141 |
| 2012 | 1,202 |
| 2011 | 1,106 |
| 2010 | 1,092 |
| 2009 | 1,155 |
| 2008 | 1,406 |
| 2007 | 1,428 |
| 2006 | 1,613 |
| 2005 | 1,563 |
| 2004 | 1,601 |
| 2003 | 1,524 |
| 2002 | 1,510 |
| 2001 | 1,630 |
| 2000 | 1,785 |
| 1999 | 1,628 |
| 1998 | 1,665 |
| 1997 | 1,547 |
| 1996 | 1,480 |
| 1995 | 1,582 |
| 1994 | 1,517 |
| 1993 | 1,465 |
| 1992 | 1,332 |
| 1991 | 1,425 |
| 1990 | 1,567 |
| 1989 | 1,627 |
| 1988 | 1,514 |
| 1987 | 1,458 |
| 1986 | 1,448 |
| 1985 | 1,340 |
| 1984 | 1,303 |
| 1983 | 1,177 |
| 1982 | 986 |
| 1981 | 971 |
| 1980 | 984 |
| 1979 | 1,128 |
| 1978 | 1,093 |