# Employer firm births in Tennessee

Employer firm births in Tennessee was 8,740 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-47`
- 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/tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-47

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,740 |
| 2022 | 8,767 |
| 2021 | 8,303 |
| 2020 | 7,419 |
| 2019 | 7,095 |
| 2018 | 6,958 |
| 2017 | 7,029 |
| 2016 | 6,690 |
| 2015 | 6,466 |
| 2014 | 6,196 |
| 2013 | 6,368 |
| 2012 | 6,303 |
| 2011 | 6,226 |
| 2010 | 6,151 |
| 2009 | 6,207 |
| 2008 | 7,983 |
| 2007 | 8,388 |
| 2006 | 8,650 |
| 2005 | 8,395 |
| 2004 | 8,318 |
| 2003 | 7,539 |
| 2002 | 7,612 |
| 2001 | 7,247 |
| 2000 | 7,499 |
| 1999 | 8,035 |
| 1998 | 8,747 |
| 1997 | 9,207 |
| 1996 | 9,431 |
| 1995 | 9,366 |
| 1994 | 8,952 |
| 1993 | 8,826 |
| 1992 | 8,058 |
| 1991 | 8,057 |
| 1990 | 8,842 |
| 1989 | 9,368 |
| 1988 | 9,251 |
| 1987 | 9,488 |
| 1986 | 9,307 |
| 1985 | 9,156 |
| 1984 | 10,663 |
| 1983 | 8,037 |
| 1982 | 7,481 |
| 1981 | 7,407 |
| 1980 | 7,936 |
| 1979 | 8,947 |
| 1978 | 9,244 |