Employer firm births in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Employer firm births in Ketchikan Gateway Borough was 35 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 16.7% from 2022.

2023, count35

Change on 2022+16.7%

Series high611983

Series low142014

Employer firm births in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1978 to 2023

count. 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. Retrieved 2026-10-22, published 2025-09-25.

All 46 values

Period	count
2023	35
2022	30
2021	38
2020	24
2019	27
2018	22
2017	19
2016	29
2015	33
2014	14
2013	19
2012	30
2011	40
2010	29
2009	38
2008	26
2007	23
2006	36
2005	29
2004	32
2003	21
2002	34
2001	38
2000	23
1999	37
1998	37
1997	49
1996	34
1995	60
1994	44
1993	37
1992	36
1991	46
1990	34
1989	40
1988	39
1987	47
1986	39
1985	49
1984	53
1983	61
1982	33
1981	33
1980	40
1979	34
1978	38

Compared with Alaska and United States

Place	2023
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	35
Alaska	1,222
United States	508,777

Ketchikan Gateway Borough compared with nearby places

Under 5
5 to 7
7 to 9
9 to 35
35 and over
No data

Employer firm births, 2023, count. Ketchikan Gateway Borough is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by employer firm births 51 places
Counties in Alaska by employer firm births 30 places

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.

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.

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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_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (Employer firm births, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/ketchikan-gateway-borough-alaska. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Employer firm births, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/ketchikan-gateway-borough-alaska.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/ketchikan-gateway-borough-alaska (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_employer_firm_births_ketchikan_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Employer firm births, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/ketchikan-gateway-borough-alaska. Publisher attribution: 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\_cty\_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.},
}

RIS

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What is the employer firm births in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?

Employer firm births in Ketchikan Gateway Borough was 35 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 16.7% from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-22.

What was the highest employer firm births in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?

61 in 1983, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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