# Employer firm births in South Carolina

Employer firm births in South Carolina was 7,641 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- 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/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-45

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 7,641 |
| 2022 | 7,685 |
| 2021 | 7,115 |
| 2020 | 6,305 |
| 2019 | 6,315 |
| 2018 | 6,170 |
| 2017 | 5,919 |
| 2016 | 5,834 |
| 2015 | 5,565 |
| 2014 | 5,258 |
| 2013 | 4,990 |
| 2012 | 4,987 |
| 2011 | 4,949 |
| 2010 | 4,918 |
| 2009 | 5,253 |
| 2008 | 6,500 |
| 2007 | 7,260 |
| 2006 | 7,563 |
| 2005 | 7,222 |
| 2004 | 6,869 |
| 2003 | 6,476 |
| 2002 | 6,330 |
| 2001 | 6,148 |
| 2000 | 6,433 |
| 1999 | 6,753 |
| 1998 | 6,961 |
| 1997 | 7,197 |
| 1996 | 7,049 |
| 1995 | 7,031 |
| 1994 | 6,479 |
| 1993 | 6,192 |
| 1992 | 5,964 |
| 1991 | 6,114 |
| 1990 | 6,803 |
| 1989 | 6,579 |
| 1988 | 6,704 |
| 1987 | 6,774 |
| 1986 | 6,657 |
| 1985 | 6,674 |
| 1984 | 7,782 |
| 1983 | 5,723 |
| 1982 | 4,858 |
| 1981 | 5,145 |
| 1980 | 5,211 |
| 1979 | 5,604 |
| 1978 | 6,122 |