# Employer firm births in Philadelphia County

Employer firm births in Philadelphia County was 1,766 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-42101`
- 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/philadelphia-county-pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-42101

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,766 |
| 2022 | 2,082 |
| 2021 | 2,165 |
| 2020 | 1,912 |
| 2019 | 1,943 |
| 2018 | 1,808 |
| 2017 | 1,853 |
| 2016 | 1,788 |
| 2015 | 1,640 |
| 2014 | 1,634 |
| 2013 | 1,571 |
| 2012 | 1,609 |
| 2011 | 1,493 |
| 2010 | 1,473 |
| 2009 | 1,472 |
| 2008 | 1,639 |
| 2007 | 1,641 |
| 2006 | 1,691 |
| 2005 | 1,638 |
| 2004 | 1,649 |
| 2003 | 1,496 |
| 2002 | 1,397 |
| 2001 | 1,393 |
| 2000 | 1,315 |
| 1999 | 1,405 |
| 1998 | 1,473 |
| 1997 | 1,542 |
| 1996 | 1,521 |
| 1995 | 1,578 |
| 1994 | 1,423 |
| 1993 | 1,476 |
| 1992 | 1,510 |
| 1991 | 1,582 |
| 1990 | 1,798 |
| 1989 | 1,932 |
| 1988 | 2,054 |
| 1987 | 2,059 |
| 1986 | 2,120 |
| 1985 | 2,025 |
| 1984 | 2,010 |
| 1983 | 2,193 |
| 1982 | 1,808 |
| 1981 | 1,796 |
| 1980 | 2,058 |
| 1979 | 2,036 |
| 1978 | 2,092 |