# Employer firm births in Middlesex County

Employer firm births in Middlesex County was 2,569 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-25017`
- 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/middlesex-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-25017

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,569 |
| 2022 | 2,479 |
| 2021 | 2,117 |
| 2020 | 2,348 |
| 2019 | 2,283 |
| 2018 | 2,247 |
| 2017 | 2,309 |
| 2016 | 2,358 |
| 2015 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 2,149 |
| 2013 | 2,173 |
| 2012 | 2,127 |
| 2011 | 1,980 |
| 2010 | 1,910 |
| 2009 | 1,890 |
| 2008 | 2,162 |
| 2007 | 2,203 |
| 2006 | 2,496 |
| 2005 | 2,459 |
| 2004 | 2,420 |
| 2003 | 2,344 |
| 2002 | 2,372 |
| 2001 | 2,340 |
| 2000 | 2,504 |
| 1999 | 2,558 |
| 1998 | 2,583 |
| 1997 | 2,809 |
| 1996 | 2,616 |
| 1995 | 2,697 |
| 1994 | 2,540 |
| 1993 | 2,346 |
| 1992 | 2,168 |
| 1991 | 2,086 |
| 1990 | 2,436 |
| 1989 | 2,939 |
| 1988 | 3,129 |
| 1987 | 3,267 |
| 1986 | 3,061 |
| 1985 | 2,980 |
| 1984 | 2,735 |
| 1983 | 2,545 |
| 1982 | 2,154 |
| 1981 | 2,068 |
| 1980 | 2,158 |
| 1979 | 2,284 |
| 1978 | 2,262 |