# Employer firm births in Santa Clara County

Employer firm births in Santa Clara County was 3,032 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-06085`
- 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/santa-clara-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-06085

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 3,032 |
| 2022 | 3,166 |
| 2021 | 2,799 |
| 2020 | 3,263 |
| 2019 | 3,163 |
| 2018 | 3,066 |
| 2017 | 3,165 |
| 2016 | 3,258 |
| 2015 | 3,060 |
| 2014 | 3,028 |
| 2013 | 2,971 |
| 2012 | 3,147 |
| 2011 | 2,873 |
| 2010 | 2,506 |
| 2009 | 2,592 |
| 2008 | 3,050 |
| 2007 | 3,258 |
| 2006 | 3,421 |
| 2005 | 3,278 |
| 2004 | 3,138 |
| 2003 | 2,936 |
| 2002 | 2,841 |
| 2001 | 3,282 |
| 2000 | 3,454 |
| 1999 | 3,240 |
| 1998 | 3,437 |
| 1997 | 3,452 |
| 1996 | 3,407 |
| 1995 | 3,211 |
| 1994 | 3,061 |
| 1993 | 2,975 |
| 1992 | 2,907 |
| 1991 | 2,976 |
| 1990 | 3,322 |
| 1989 | 3,350 |
| 1988 | 3,440 |
| 1987 | 3,282 |
| 1986 | 3,312 |
| 1985 | 3,645 |
| 1984 | 3,613 |
| 1983 | 3,121 |
| 1982 | 3,087 |
| 1981 | 3,287 |
| 1980 | 3,398 |
| 1979 | 3,329 |
| 1978 | 3,444 |