# Employer firm births in Missouri

Employer firm births in Missouri was 8,453 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-29`
- 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/missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-29

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,453 |
| 2022 | 8,852 |
| 2021 | 8,362 |
| 2020 | 8,036 |
| 2019 | 9,033 |
| 2018 | 9,059 |
| 2017 | 9,967 |
| 2016 | 10,464 |
| 2015 | 10,258 |
| 2014 | 9,993 |
| 2013 | 9,077 |
| 2012 | 7,730 |
| 2011 | 7,508 |
| 2010 | 7,968 |
| 2009 | 7,546 |
| 2008 | 8,679 |
| 2007 | 9,455 |
| 2006 | 10,370 |
| 2005 | 11,202 |
| 2004 | 11,135 |
| 2003 | 9,939 |
| 2002 | 9,566 |
| 2001 | 7,883 |
| 2000 | 8,832 |
| 1999 | 8,838 |
| 1998 | 9,248 |
| 1997 | 9,712 |
| 1996 | 10,015 |
| 1995 | 10,491 |
| 1994 | 10,366 |
| 1993 | 9,799 |
| 1992 | 9,118 |
| 1991 | 9,139 |
| 1990 | 9,946 |
| 1989 | 10,325 |
| 1988 | 10,046 |
| 1987 | 10,431 |
| 1986 | 10,476 |
| 1985 | 10,413 |
| 1984 | 10,853 |
| 1983 | 9,372 |
| 1982 | 7,877 |
| 1981 | 8,440 |
| 1980 | 8,720 |
| 1979 | 9,978 |
| 1978 | 10,263 |