# Employer firm births in Maricopa County

Employer firm births in Maricopa County was 8,152 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-04013`
- 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/maricopa-county-arizona
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-04013

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,152 |
| 2022 | 8,204 |
| 2021 | 7,624 |
| 2020 | 6,610 |
| 2019 | 6,475 |
| 2018 | 6,492 |
| 2017 | 6,326 |
| 2016 | 5,864 |
| 2015 | 5,664 |
| 2014 | 5,491 |
| 2013 | 5,464 |
| 2012 | 5,428 |
| 2011 | 5,394 |
| 2010 | 5,203 |
| 2009 | 5,423 |
| 2008 | 7,177 |
| 2007 | 7,735 |
| 2006 | 8,222 |
| 2005 | 7,088 |
| 2004 | 6,522 |
| 2003 | 5,954 |
| 2002 | 5,613 |
| 2001 | 5,591 |
| 2000 | 5,626 |
| 1999 | 5,786 |
| 1998 | 5,741 |
| 1997 | 6,063 |
| 1996 | 5,887 |
| 1995 | 5,886 |
| 1994 | 5,590 |
| 1993 | 4,979 |
| 1992 | 4,876 |
| 1991 | 4,937 |
| 1990 | 5,111 |
| 1989 | 5,289 |
| 1988 | 5,567 |
| 1987 | 5,891 |
| 1986 | 5,927 |
| 1985 | 5,930 |
| 1984 | 5,551 |
| 1983 | 4,719 |
| 1982 | 4,481 |
| 1981 | 4,413 |
| 1980 | 4,175 |
| 1979 | 4,314 |
| 1978 | 4,571 |