# Employer firm births in Massachusetts

Employer firm births in Massachusetts was 9,985 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-25`
- 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/massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-25

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9,985 |
| 2022 | 10,178 |
| 2021 | 8,692 |
| 2020 | 9,081 |
| 2019 | 9,016 |
| 2018 | 8,854 |
| 2017 | 8,985 |
| 2016 | 9,070 |
| 2015 | 8,056 |
| 2014 | 8,130 |
| 2013 | 8,105 |
| 2012 | 8,179 |
| 2011 | 7,671 |
| 2010 | 7,418 |
| 2009 | 7,437 |
| 2008 | 8,653 |
| 2007 | 9,416 |
| 2006 | 10,501 |
| 2005 | 10,065 |
| 2004 | 10,286 |
| 2003 | 10,968 |
| 2002 | 9,738 |
| 2001 | 9,652 |
| 2000 | 10,174 |
| 1999 | 10,947 |
| 1998 | 10,137 |
| 1997 | 10,752 |
| 1996 | 10,191 |
| 1995 | 10,543 |
| 1994 | 9,951 |
| 1993 | 9,194 |
| 1992 | 8,467 |
| 1991 | 8,510 |
| 1990 | 10,477 |
| 1989 | 12,551 |
| 1988 | 13,652 |
| 1987 | 14,001 |
| 1986 | 13,255 |
| 1985 | 12,351 |
| 1984 | 11,538 |
| 1983 | 10,055 |
| 1982 | 8,921 |
| 1981 | 8,648 |
| 1980 | 8,980 |
| 1979 | 9,478 |
| 1978 | 9,637 |