# Employer firm births in United States

Employer firm births in United States was 508,777 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us`
- 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_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_fa.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 508,777 |
| 2022 | 521,312 |
| 2021 | 485,256 |
| 2020 | 455,725 |
| 2019 | 453,027 |
| 2018 | 442,078 |
| 2017 | 439,859 |
| 2016 | 442,414 |
| 2015 | 421,155 |
| 2014 | 411,948 |
| 2013 | 405,350 |
| 2012 | 408,546 |
| 2011 | 395,680 |
| 2010 | 379,145 |
| 2009 | 395,235 |
| 2008 | 471,285 |
| 2007 | 509,517 |
| 2006 | 541,317 |
| 2005 | 518,727 |
| 2004 | 505,056 |
| 2003 | 467,532 |
| 2002 | 455,162 |
| 2001 | 436,993 |
| 2000 | 446,204 |
| 1999 | 451,218 |
| 1998 | 477,206 |
| 1997 | 494,483 |
| 1996 | 493,289 |
| 1995 | 495,030 |
| 1994 | 475,989 |
| 1993 | 461,135 |
| 1992 | 438,701 |
| 1991 | 450,750 |
| 1990 | 493,080 |
| 1989 | 502,558 |
| 1988 | 507,091 |
| 1987 | 513,574 |
| 1986 | 517,516 |
| 1985 | 512,439 |
| 1984 | 529,584 |
| 1983 | 456,610 |
| 1982 | 418,627 |
| 1981 | 430,100 |
| 1980 | 439,667 |
| 1979 | 473,471 |
| 1978 | 488,103 |