# Employer firm births in Hawaii

Employer firm births in Hawaii was 1,736 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-15`
- 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/hawaii
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-15

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,736 |
| 2022 | 1,770 |
| 2021 | 1,473 |
| 2020 | 1,564 |
| 2019 | 1,661 |
| 2018 | 1,562 |
| 2017 | 1,578 |
| 2016 | 1,506 |
| 2015 | 1,502 |
| 2014 | 1,448 |
| 2013 | 1,387 |
| 2012 | 1,328 |
| 2011 | 1,345 |
| 2010 | 1,358 |
| 2009 | 1,501 |
| 2008 | 1,713 |
| 2007 | 1,944 |
| 2006 | 2,043 |
| 2005 | 1,961 |
| 2004 | 1,930 |
| 2003 | 1,803 |
| 2002 | 1,842 |
| 2001 | 1,675 |
| 2000 | 1,728 |
| 1999 | 1,594 |
| 1998 | 1,703 |
| 1997 | 1,808 |
| 1996 | 1,910 |
| 1995 | 1,911 |
| 1994 | 1,863 |
| 1993 | 1,964 |
| 1992 | 1,978 |
| 1991 | 2,214 |
| 1990 | 2,337 |
| 1989 | 2,270 |
| 1988 | 2,412 |
| 1987 | 2,220 |
| 1986 | 2,086 |
| 1985 | 2,035 |
| 1984 | 2,142 |
| 1983 | 2,339 |
| 1982 | 2,088 |
| 1981 | 2,360 |
| 1980 | 2,392 |
| 1979 | 2,367 |
| 1978 | 2,313 |