# Employer firm births in Florida

Employer firm births in Florida was 51,518 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-12`
- 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/florida
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-12

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 51,518 |
| 2022 | 51,449 |
| 2021 | 51,290 |
| 2020 | 42,833 |
| 2019 | 42,819 |
| 2018 | 40,828 |
| 2017 | 40,587 |
| 2016 | 40,607 |
| 2015 | 39,027 |
| 2014 | 37,082 |
| 2013 | 36,823 |
| 2012 | 37,487 |
| 2011 | 36,423 |
| 2010 | 34,148 |
| 2009 | 33,985 |
| 2008 | 39,984 |
| 2007 | 45,616 |
| 2006 | 50,503 |
| 2005 | 49,317 |
| 2004 | 49,186 |
| 2003 | 40,749 |
| 2002 | 37,120 |
| 2001 | 34,517 |
| 2000 | 33,652 |
| 1999 | 34,594 |
| 1998 | 35,612 |
| 1997 | 36,591 |
| 1996 | 37,260 |
| 1995 | 37,085 |
| 1994 | 37,508 |
| 1993 | 37,648 |
| 1992 | 35,244 |
| 1991 | 34,320 |
| 1990 | 38,090 |
| 1989 | 37,570 |
| 1988 | 38,274 |
| 1987 | 37,549 |
| 1986 | 36,905 |
| 1985 | 35,354 |
| 1984 | 34,539 |
| 1983 | 31,059 |
| 1982 | 28,401 |
| 1981 | 29,641 |
| 1980 | 28,674 |
| 1979 | 28,389 |
| 1978 | 28,089 |