# Employer firm births in Iowa

Employer firm births in Iowa was 3,717 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-19`
- 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/iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-19

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,717 |
| 2022 | 3,773 |
| 2021 | 3,504 |
| 2020 | 3,481 |
| 2019 | 3,420 |
| 2018 | 3,693 |
| 2017 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 3,376 |
| 2015 | 3,235 |
| 2014 | 3,063 |
| 2013 | 3,086 |
| 2012 | 3,210 |
| 2011 | 3,182 |
| 2010 | 3,160 |
| 2009 | 3,251 |
| 2008 | 3,994 |
| 2007 | 4,073 |
| 2006 | 4,572 |
| 2005 | 4,264 |
| 2004 | 4,205 |
| 2003 | 4,088 |
| 2002 | 3,999 |
| 2001 | 3,686 |
| 2000 | 4,019 |
| 1999 | 4,019 |
| 1998 | 4,497 |
| 1997 | 4,534 |
| 1996 | 4,623 |
| 1995 | 4,763 |
| 1994 | 4,691 |
| 1993 | 4,429 |
| 1992 | 4,407 |
| 1991 | 4,297 |
| 1990 | 4,553 |
| 1989 | 4,533 |
| 1988 | 4,446 |
| 1987 | 4,576 |
| 1986 | 4,457 |
| 1985 | 4,822 |
| 1984 | 5,840 |
| 1983 | 4,864 |
| 1982 | 4,532 |
| 1981 | 5,032 |
| 1980 | 5,444 |
| 1979 | 5,905 |
| 1978 | 6,560 |