Data / Employer firm births / Spokane County

Employer firm births in Spokane County

Employer firm births in Spokane County was 879 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 8% from 2022. That is the 5th highest of 38 counties in 2023.

2023, count879
Change on 2022-8%
Rank5th of 38Counties in Washington ranked
Series high9552022
Series low5772013
Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firm births in Spokane County, 1978 to 2023

5006007008009001,00019781985199219992006201320231978: 922 count1979: 848 count1980: 777 count1981: 714 count1982: 696 count1983: 840 count1984: 881 count1985: 825 count1986: 794 count1987: 744 count1988: 737 count1989: 715 count1990: 722 count1991: 730 count1992: 841 count1993: 781 count1994: 899 count1995: 880 count1996: 866 count1997: 827 count1998: 763 count1999: 758 count2000: 692 count2001: 696 count2002: 678 count2003: 737 count2004: 825 count2005: 819 count2006: 871 count2007: 923 count2008: 808 count2009: 626 count2010: 613 count2011: 605 count2012: 578 count2013: 577 count2014: 645 count2015: 713 count2016: 771 count2017: 727 count2018: 783 count2019: 733 count2020: 762 count2021: 835 count2022: 955 count2023: 879 count5006007008009001,00019781994201020231978: 922 count1979: 848 count1980: 777 count1981: 714 count1982: 696 count1983: 840 count1984: 881 count1985: 825 count1986: 794 count1987: 744 count1988: 737 count1989: 715 count1990: 722 count1991: 730 count1992: 841 count1993: 781 count1994: 899 count1995: 880 count1996: 866 count1997: 827 count1998: 763 count1999: 758 count2000: 692 count2001: 696 count2002: 678 count2003: 737 count2004: 825 count2005: 819 count2006: 871 count2007: 923 count2008: 808 count2009: 626 count2010: 613 count2011: 605 count2012: 578 count2013: 577 count2014: 645 count2015: 713 count2016: 771 count2017: 727 count2018: 783 count2019: 733 count2020: 762 count2021: 835 count2022: 955 count2023: 879 count
count. 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. Retrieved 2026-10-22, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
2023879
2022955
2021835
2020762
2019733
2018783
2017727
2016771
2015713
2014645
2013577
2012578
2011605
2010613
2009626
2008808
2007923
2006871
2005819
2004825
2003737
2002678
2001696
2000692
1999758
1998763
1997827
1996866
1995880
1994899
1993781
1992841
1991730
1990722
1989715
1988737
1987744
1986794
1985825
1984881
1983840
1982696
1981714
1980777
1979848
1978922

Compared with Washington and United States

Place2023
Spokane County879
Washington12,280
United States508,777

Spokane County compared with nearby places

Adams County: 18 countAsotin County: 23 countBenton County: 299 countChelan County: 172 countClallam County: 129 countClark County: 882 countColumbia County: 5 countCowlitz County: 132 countDouglas County: 65 countFerry County: 15 countFranklin County: 148 countGrant County: 154 countGrays Harbor County: 93 countIsland County: 123 countJefferson County: 50 countKing County: 4,079 countKitsap County: 376 countKittitas County: 101 countKlickitat County: 36 countLewis County: 122 countLincoln County: 14 countMason County: 66 countOkanogan County: 61 countPacific County: 38 countPend Oreille County: 22 countPierce County: 1,231 countSan Juan County: 76 countSkagit County: 226 countSkamania County: 15 countSnohomish County: 1,328 countSpokane County: 879 countStevens County: 55 countThurston County: 364 countWahkiakum County: 5 countWalla Walla County: 74 countWhatcom County: 466 countWhitman County: 42 countYakima County: 314 count
  • Under 20
  • 20 to 60
  • 60 to 100
  • 100 to 150
  • 150 to 370
  • 370 and over
  • No data
Employer firm births, 2023, count. Spokane County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

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.

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.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (Employer firm births, Spokane County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Spokane County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/spokane-county-washington. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Employer firm births, Spokane County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/spokane-county-washington.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Spokane County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/spokane-county-washington (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firm_births_spokane_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Employer firm births, Spokane County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/spokane-county-washington. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Employer firm births, Spokane County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/spokane-county-washington
Y2  - 2026/10/22
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/spokane-county-washington.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firm births in Spokane County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firm_births","place":"us-county-53063"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-53063

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firm births in Spokane County?

Employer firm births in Spokane County was 879 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 8% from 2022. That is the 5th highest of 38 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-22.

What was the highest employer firm births in Spokane County?

955 in 2022, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Spokane County

All statistics for Spokane County | Spokane County in figures