# Employer firm births in King County

Employer firm births in King County was 4,079 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-53033`
- 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_cty_fac.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_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/king-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-53033

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 4,079 |
| 2022 | 4,363 |
| 2021 | 4,162 |
| 2020 | 4,062 |
| 2019 | 4,343 |
| 2018 | 4,547 |
| 2017 | 4,286 |
| 2016 | 4,366 |
| 2015 | 4,081 |
| 2014 | 3,887 |
| 2013 | 3,808 |
| 2012 | 3,737 |
| 2011 | 3,761 |
| 2010 | 3,521 |
| 2009 | 3,521 |
| 2008 | 4,477 |
| 2007 | 4,692 |
| 2006 | 4,712 |
| 2005 | 4,445 |
| 2004 | 4,067 |
| 2003 | 3,806 |
| 2002 | 3,701 |
| 2001 | 3,700 |
| 2000 | 4,087 |
| 1999 | 4,009 |
| 1998 | 4,368 |
| 1997 | 4,495 |
| 1996 | 4,486 |
| 1995 | 4,504 |
| 1994 | 4,413 |
| 1993 | 4,308 |
| 1992 | 4,176 |
| 1991 | 4,150 |
| 1990 | 4,530 |
| 1989 | 4,250 |
| 1988 | 4,305 |
| 1987 | 4,262 |
| 1986 | 4,304 |
| 1985 | 4,131 |
| 1984 | 4,328 |
| 1983 | 3,844 |
| 1982 | 3,533 |
| 1981 | 3,601 |
| 1980 | 3,709 |
| 1979 | 3,960 |
| 1978 | 4,127 |