# Employer firm births in Oakland County

Employer firm births in Oakland County was 2,150 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-26125`
- 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/oakland-county-michigan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-26125

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,150 |
| 2022 | 2,220 |
| 2021 | 2,006 |
| 2020 | 1,979 |
| 2019 | 1,918 |
| 2018 | 1,921 |
| 2017 | 1,901 |
| 2016 | 2,068 |
| 2015 | 2,015 |
| 2014 | 1,947 |
| 2013 | 1,986 |
| 2012 | 1,998 |
| 2011 | 2,027 |
| 2010 | 1,829 |
| 2009 | 1,939 |
| 2008 | 2,318 |
| 2007 | 2,389 |
| 2006 | 2,665 |
| 2005 | 2,559 |
| 2004 | 2,555 |
| 2003 | 2,424 |
| 2002 | 2,363 |
| 2001 | 2,270 |
| 2000 | 2,326 |
| 1999 | 2,439 |
| 1998 | 2,638 |
| 1997 | 2,779 |
| 1996 | 2,846 |
| 1995 | 2,880 |
| 1994 | 2,659 |
| 1993 | 2,613 |
| 1992 | 2,484 |
| 1991 | 2,590 |
| 1990 | 2,891 |
| 1989 | 2,913 |
| 1988 | 2,876 |
| 1987 | 2,808 |
| 1986 | 2,795 |
| 1985 | 2,679 |
| 1984 | 2,610 |
| 1983 | 2,422 |
| 1982 | 2,167 |
| 1981 | 2,106 |
| 1980 | 2,173 |
| 1979 | 2,294 |
| 1978 | 2,546 |